The ordeal is over Neymar after a year away from the playing fields: the Brazilian forward He played again this Monday with Al-Hilal after overcoming the serious knee injury that made him miss last season entirely.
The former Barça and Paris Saint-Germain player, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a meniscus in his left leg in the match that the Brazilian team played on October 17, 2023 with Uruguay, He played the last half hour of the duel of the Asian Champions League between the Saudi team and Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates
On his return to the competition, Neymar, who replaced Nasser Al Dawsari in the 77th minute, had time to test the Al Ain goalkeeper with a cross shot who narrowly missed out after a quick combination with Aleksandar Mitrovic. The match ended with a 4-5 victory for Al Hilal and highlighted the performance of Saudi attacker Salem Al Dasawari, who closed the match with a hat trick.
But all the focus was on Neymar’s return, who days before had revealed in a video the suffering that he had suffered due to his absence from the playing fields. “What I want most in life is to play football. I have suffered a lot every day I have been off the field. This is what hurts me the most,” Neymar said through tears.
