The Olympic Celeste opened the score at 41 minutes of the first half, with a goal scored by Darwin Núñez. Three minutes later, Neymar shared a ball with Nicolás de la Cruz on the left side near the central circle and fell in a bad way after a ball match and felt knee pain. Immediately, it was stretched and reported discomfort in the left knee. Upon being served by the medical team of the Brazilian national team, he left the stretcher lawn and went to the locker rooms carried by doctor Rodrigo Lasmar.
The attacker will run tests for a more detailed diagnosis of the injury.
Neymar bumped into the Uruguayan De La Cruz sock, and felt knee pain after a twist as he stepped on the lawn. After being taken out of the field by the stretcher, Neymar went to the locker room of the stadium loaded by the doctors of the Brazilian team, without being able to set foot on the ground.
Neymar's injury occurred minutes after Darwin Núñez's goal, which opened the score at the Montevideo Centennial Stadium for the Uruguayan team.
The last time Neymar was replaced in the first half in a Brazilian team game was in October 2019, against Nigeria, when he left the field at 11 minutes. According to a survey of the ge, this is the first injury of the attacker to the knee. See the infographic below.
