Neymar’s surgery of left ACL, meniscus completed in Brazil

Al Hilal striker Neymar underwent surgery on his left knee on Thursday to restore anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus accidents in his left knee that he sustained whereas enjoying in Brazil’s World Cup qualifying loss to Uruguay in October.

Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar, surgeon for the Brazil nationwide workforce in addition to Atlético-MG, did the surgery in Belo Horizonte. No restoration estimate was given on Thursday, however sources informed ESPN final month that CBF’s medical employees estimates he may very well be again in time for the Copa América, which shall be contested in the United States subsequent summer season.

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Neymar posted on his Instagram stories a photograph of his wrist together with his hospital bracelet in addition to a photograph of himself together with his two youngsters together with a message that mentioned “Everything will be fine.”

Neymar’s father additionally posted a short video on his Instagram feed with a prayer and pictures of Neymar.

Neymar tripped and fell throughout a run in the forty fourth minute of Brazil’s 2-0 loss on the Centenario Stadium and was instantly surrounded by gamers from each groups as he held his left knee.

The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain ahead was carried off on a stretcher as he held his fingers to his face, whereas teammate Richarlison changed him.

Neymar, who’s Brazil’s all-time males’s high scorer with 79 targets in 129 appearances, not too long ago recovered from a severe proper ankle damage.

He had surgery after he twisted his ankle throughout a sport towards Lille in February, sustaining ligament injury, simply three months after he suffered the same drawback on the Qatar World Cup.

He underwent foot surgery with Dr. Lasmar in 2018, on the eve of the World Cup in Russia, because of a fracture.

Since shifting to Al Hilal, Neymar has performed simply 5 occasions, scoring one objective and offering 5 assists.

Brazil, who’re third in South American World Cup qualifying, play at Colombia and at dwelling to Argentina in this month’s qualifiers.

After six years at PSG, Neymar joined Al Hilal in the big-spending Saudi Pro League for a charge of €90 million ($98.6m) in August.