Injured in the right ankle, Brazilian striker Neymar was taken out on a stretcher on Sunday against Lille in Ligue 1. His injury comes just over two weeks before Paris SG's Champions League round of 16 second leg against Bayern Munich in Germany.
Number 10, already touched in this right ankle during the last World Cup, left the Parc des Princes field in the 51st minute. He scored in the first half. PSG, beaten 1-0 by Bayern on Tuesday in the first leg, face the Germans on March 8 in Bavaria for the return leg.
"Ney"'s right ankle spun sharply on a disputed ball to Benjamin André. Around him on the pitch, his teammates immediately called for the trainers with worried gestures. On the ground and in tears, the Brazilian tried to get up and walk before clapping his hands in rage and lying down in the stretcher. He walked out with his head in his hands.
This injury brings back bad memories for PSG, which has already been deprived of Neymar in the past for high-stakes matches in C1. He had injured his foot before a round of 16 return against Real Madrid in 2018, and Paris had been eliminated (3-1/2-1).
In 2019, "Ney" relapsed against Strasbourg (2-0) and missed the round of 16 against Manchester United (2-0/1-3), and Paris was again eliminated. And in 2021, Neymar is injured again, this time in the left adductor, and misses the reunion with his former club, FC Barcelona, still in 8th. But this time PSG qualified (4-1/1-1), including a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappé at Camp Nou.
