The Coupe de France matches, Neymar generally watches them from his home in Yvelines or on the sidelines, either because of his injuries or to take advantage of time off.
Holder this Wednesday in Caen (1-0 victory for PSG), the Brazilian had only his seventh game in the competition out of the 19 games played by PSG since his arrival.
But Mauricio Pochettino could regret this choice in view of the buffer received by Neymar in the 55th minute.
Severely sent to the ground by Steeve Yago, uninformed for this gesture, the Brazilian was worried about the back of his left leg, or even his adductors before giving way to Kylian Mbappé at the hour of play. gesture of the Caen player, Neymar let the referees know, finally coming out with his head down and limping slightly at the time of going straight to the locker room.
To speak of injury is premature but the concern remains high, less than a week of an "extremely important" meeting at Camp Nou in Barcelona.
Angel Di Maria (right thigh) is already forfeited for this round of 16 first leg of the Champions League.
Losing Neymar would be a big blow for PSG and revive bad memories of the first two seasons of number 10 in Paris.
Against Real Madrid, in 2018, and Manchester United, in 2019, he only appeared in a single match at this stage of European competition.
He had multiplied the accelerations
Last season, his two goals against Dortmund, back and forth, recalled the importance of his presence in major events.
Suspended against Nîmes, replacing at the kick-off against OM after signs of gastroenteritis, the Brazilian was nevertheless gaining pace on the Norman lawn.
The most active player of the PSG on the disputed hour of play, he multiplied the accelerations to try to destabilize the defense to 5, very grouped, formed by the team of Pascal Dupraz.
It is with his left paw that the opening of the score came, signed Moise Kean at close range (49th).
A millimeter center, which contrasts with the meager attempts of Pablo Sarabia or Mitchel Bakker.
During the first period, Neymar had already sent an ideal ball over the head of Julian Draxler (42nd), unscrewed by the German.
The former Barça himself missed a left foot strike a few minutes earlier after a service from Sarabia (33rd).
After his fright of the day, it would not be surprising to see "Ney" stay cool this Saturday during the reception of Nice in Ligue 1. If so, he will appear at Camp Nou with less than 90 minutes of footwork in two weeks.
Really not ideal.