Neymar begins race for World cup with surgery over
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afp25 neymar jr brazil and paris saint germains megastar has begun a race to recuperate before the world cup in russia next year moments after officials announced that the surgery on his broken right foot went successfully saturday1 just after midday 1500 gmt a spokesman from the brazilian football federation announced that the operation was over1 neymar is already in his room. it went well he said1 neymar broke his fifth metatarsal the bone leading to his small toe during a 3-0 drubbing of marseille on february 251 the striker whose transfer from barcelona cost psg a record 222 million euros 264 million last august has scored 28 goals in 30 appearances in all competitions for the club1 neymar will miss psgs make-or-break game against real madrid next tuesday. but with lasmar predicting a recovery period of two and a half to three months brazil is worried that neymar 26 may not be fit for the world cup in russia starting in june1 the operation performed by brazilian national team surgeon rodrigo lasmar began early on saturday morning in the mater dei hospital in belo horizonte1 the report said that neymar was initially found to have suffered a minor fracture and that psg was shocked to hear lasmar say thursday that it was a serious break requiring a longer than expected recuperation1 globoesporte.com reported that psg also insisted it control any future information on the players health1 staff at the hospital in belo horizonte were put on paparazzi lockdown with a ban on using cellphones anywhere near the star1 after a remarkable turnaround in fortunes since the shambolic exit in a 7-1 semifinal loss to germany in the 2014 world cup brazil are seen as top contenders in russia1 but a big part of that optimism depends on the talented neymar who missed that infamous semifinal four years ago and looks likely to miss two warm-up friendlies against russia and germany in march1 the rival demands from club and country appeared to erupt into tension just as he went under the knife with paris newspaper lequipe reporting saturday that psg believes lasmar lied about neymars condition1