Neymar collapses hours after his return to football, a year later

Neymar (31) He has not played for a year due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee and in a few hours his return to football could take place because his team, the Al-Hilalplays an Asian Champions League match against Al-Ain this Monday. And he could be already summoned. Faced with that possibility, the winger burst into tears remembering the year of suffering he has gone through.

In statements to the ‘NR Sports’ agency, he recalled the moment in which he realized the seriousness of his injury: “I felt enormous pain and I already knew it was serious.” The 31-year-old footballer will now face the tune-up and could not hold back his tears as he relived the last twelve months. He confessed, through tears: “What I love most in life is playing football. Every day that I walk away from it is a day of suffering. So that… That is what hurts me the most.”