Neymar left this Sunday as a starter in Santos in the match of the Paulista championship in the field of the Novorizontino. The former Barcelona and PSG player played 74 minutes, but, far from his best version, he could not avoid 0-0.
Although on paper it was a commitment without greater danger to Santos, Novorizontino played equally, dominated at times with some comfort and He knew how to keep Neymar controlled with effective marks in zone.
A humble rival but responded
Without figures but with a neat game and pressure, the humble team of Novo Horizonte came to put in trouble to Santos, which this year will return to the first division of Brazilian football, after playing last season in Second.
The Portuguese coach of Santos, Pedro Caixinhanothing was kept and also aligned among its headlines the Venezuelan Jefferson Soteldo Ya Tququinho Soares, who has just arrived from the Botafogo, with which last year he won the Copa Libertadores.
Neymar, who debuted again in the team in which he formed last Wednesday, when he entered the second part of the match against Botafogo (1-1), showed this time more mobility, but he lacks bellows and was replaced in the 74th minute by Gabriel Bomtempo.
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The ‘Menino Ney’, who turned 33 this week still does not recover his form, after a year stopped by a serious knee injury with the Brazilian team while he was a player of the Saudi Al-Hilal, with whom he terminated contract in January to return to Santos, which he left in 2013 to start his European adventure, first in Barcelona and then in the PSG.
Santos is third of his group with 9 points in 8 days of the Paulista championship, one of the Guaraní leader.
