Neymar wins French league's Player of the Year award
Football | May 14, 2018 17:18 ISTNeymar scored 19 league goals and set up another 13 in only 20 games for French champion club Paris Saint-Germain.
Neymar scored 19 league goals and set up another 13 in only 20 games for French champion club Paris Saint-Germain.
Neymar had surgery on his broken right foot on March 3 and is currently recovering at his home in Mangaratiba, near Rio de Janeiro.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar had surgery in March on a cracked fifth metatarsal in his right foot.
Reports suggest that Neymar contacted the Barcelona officials when PSG were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 by Real Madrid.
After another failure on the European scene, it is clear serious lessons need to be learned.
PSG will take on Real Madrid in the second leg of round of 16 encounter in Champions League. PSG are trailing 3-1 after capitulating late in the first leg.
PSG had announced on Wednesday that after three days of rest and various tests, Neymar's doctor advised that it was the best decision to operate on him.
Brazil's national team doctor, Lasmar says Neymar will have surgery on Saturday in Belo Horizonte and will be out between two-and-a-half or three months.
Neymar is set to undergo surgery in Brazil which rules him out of Tuesday's Champions League return leg against Real Madrid, with PSG trailing 3-1.
The injury comes with less than four months until Brazil opens its World Cup campaign against Switzerland on June 17.
Neymar was carried off on a stretcher late in the league leader's 3-0 victory against Marseille on Sunday.
Neymar was taken off with 10 minutes remaining, after going in for a challenge on Marseille defender Bouna Sarr.
Pele feels Neymar has grown as a player and will have to take on the responsibility of leading Brazil as he is now become the 'best player' in the world.
Edinson Cavani netted twice, and Julian Draxler, Angel Di Maria, and Neymar also scored to ensure PSG stayed 12 points clear of second-place Monaco at the top.
Ronaldo scored a goal in each half as Real Madrid came from behind to defeat PSG 3-1 in their first-leg match in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.
Cristiano Ronaldo has helped Madrid win three of the last four Champions League titles, with two goals in last season's final victory over Juventus.
PSG is 11 points clear of second-place Lyon at the top. Marseille is 12 behind while defending champion Monaco trails by 13 in fourth spot.
PSG has been in the UEFA limelight for a number of reasons and the first one is their financial fair play.
The 25-year-old said the fixture depends upon the performance of the whole team and not just him as an individual.
Monaco, which lost 2-1 to leader Paris Saint-Germain last weekend and is already out of the Champions League, was again a shadow of the team that reached the semifinals of Europe's top competition last season.
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