This midday Wednesday, Neymar self celebrated his 28th birthday on social networks. "Happy birthday to me. Thank God for everything, ”wrote the PSG star born on February 5 and not February 2, the date he had chosen to invite his friends and partners to Yoyo, a nightclub in western Paris. It is unclear whether it is, under his pen, a stroke of humor or a touch of megalomania. But this Wednesday, a whole club must say that it is finished with Neymar's birthday and its implications, until (maybe) next year.
Now place on the ground. Finally this is what the staff hoped for until Thomas Tuchel learned Monday afternoon that he could not count on his best player. Victim of a "chondro-costal lesion" (an injury between the ribs and the cartilage) which occurred on Saturday, after a shock, during the match against Montpellier, the number 10 Parisian missed the match in Nantes (2-1 victory) and his package certainly limited the effectiveness of his team. With him, Paris was likely to take shelter earlier and avoid a complicated end of the match.
His injury is progressing favorably
It remains to be seen when Neymar will return to official competition? In a statement in English published Monday evening on his Twitter account, the Brazilian was very confident for the reception of Lyon Sunday evening. "He (Neymar) will be back against Lyon," said the message. Thomas Tuchel, Tuesday evening, appeared less categorical. Typically, it takes 7 to 8 days for this type of lesion to resolve. Neymar could therefore be on time knowing that the staff does not want to risk the impossible with a player subscribed to the infirmary for the past two seasons and still affected in the thigh at the start of it.
Even less than 13 days from an important first match against Dortmund in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. This Wednesday, while his partners were enjoying a day of rest, the crack of Santos went to the Camp des Loges in the morning. If he did not walk on the lawns of the training center, the Brazilian still received care and rode an indoor bike to work on his heart rate. His injury - subject to caution, but real assure the club and those around him - would evolve favorably. The possibility of seeing him again against Lyon is not entirely excluded, even if he must first watch for his return to training. The final decision will not be made before the end of the week.
