Santos' Neymar leaves pitch in tears after injury

Santos guardant Neymar near nan section successful tears aft injuring his limb conscionable 34 minutes into his first commencement successful nan Brazilian Serie A Championship this season.

The 33-year-old, who returned from six weeks retired pinch a thigh wounded against Fluminense connected Sunday, was handed a commencement against Atletico-MG connected Wednesday.

The erstwhile Barcelona guardant was wearing a typical number 100 garment to commemorate his 100th appearances astatine Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium.

But, aft gesturing towards nan chair pursuing Alvaro Barreal's extremity to put nan location broadside 2-0 up, Neymar sat connected nan section to await aesculapian attention.

It was quickly decided that he could not proceed and a clearly-emotional Neymar was taken disconnected nan section connected a buggy, holding nan left-thigh area that had kept him retired for nan erstwhile six weeks.

Neymar was consoled by his ain team-mates, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Brazil team-mate and Atletico-MG guardant Hulk.

"It's still excessively early to springiness immoderate definitive answer, we don't person a test yet," said Santos coach Cesar Sampaio.

"Now we really person to believe that it's not thing that will support him retired for a agelong time."

The erstwhile Paris St-Germain guardant has made 8 appearances for Santos and scored 3 goals since returning to nan nine from Saudi Arabian nine Al-Hilal.

Neymar, Brazil's grounds scorer, has not played for nan nationalist broadside since October 2023 - erstwhile he tore his anterior cruciate ligament.

The guardant was named successful Brazil's squad for nan World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Colombia but was forced to retreat pursuing injury.