Star Brazilian ahead Neymar Jr suffered a critical harm through the nation’s FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier recreation towards Uruguay on Tuesday, October 17. Neymar suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) to his left knee and was stretchered off in the primary half at Centenario Stadium in Montevideo.
CBF, Brazil’s Football Confederation, launched an replace on Neymar’s harm on Thursday and confirmed that the participant will go beneath surgical procedure. The legendary ahead is unlikely to return to pitch this 12 months and will probably be lacking Hilal’s upcoming AFC Champions League away match towards Mumbai City FC scheduled on November 6.
“Striker Neymar Jr. of the Brazilian team and Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, underwent clinical and imaging tests this Wednesday, which confirmed the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee,” Brazil’s Football Confederation mentioned in a press release. “The striker will undergo a surgical procedure, on a date yet to be defined, to correct the injuries. The Brazilian National Team’s medical department, under the supervision of Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar, and Al Hilal, are in permanent contact and aligned in the player’s recovery.”
Neymar moved to Saudi Pro League membership Al Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain through the summer time switch window. Indian cricket followers had been triggered when Mumbai City FC had been drawn with Al Hilal in the identical group for the AFC Champions League 2023-24 and had been anticipating witnessing Neymar reside in India for the primary time.
Mumbai City additionally shifted their official house stadium venue from Pune’s Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex to Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Sports Stadium to fulfil followers’ calls for for extra tickets. But now followers are seemingly to undergo disappointment however will get a possibility to witness international stars Ruben Neves, Malcolm, Kalidou Koulibaly and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic enjoying in India for the primary time.
