Neymar goes for surgery in Brazil
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however neymar should be fit to play for brazil at the world cup in russia in june and july1 it is now certain that brazilian superstar neymar will undergo surgery on his fractured foot in brazil ruling him out of paris saint-germains do-or-die champions league clash with real madrid on 6 march1 psg said wednesday that rodrigo lasmar the surgeon with the brazilian national squad will carry out the operation with several brazilian media outlets reporting that the surgery would take place as early as thursday1 radio tupi said neymar his father and surgeon lasmar left paris wednesday night for belo horizontes mater dei hospital where the operation is set for thursday according to o globo newspaper one of brazils leading dailies1 website uol also reported the surgery would take place in the southeastern brazil city but said it was scheduled for sunday1 on tuesday the brazilians father had claimed the player would be out for at least six weeks1 speaking to espn in brazil before psgs announcement neymar senior said psg know that they will not be able to count on neymar for the upcoming matches. his treatment will last six to eight weeks whether there is an operation or not1 psg coach unai emery had said earlier that no decision had been taken on whether neymar would require surgery and that there remained a small chance of getting him back in time to face real next tuesday march 61 psg lost 3-1 in the first leg in spain two weeks ago and are in danger of being knocked out of the competition in the last 16 for the second season running1 neymar appeared to be in tears as he was stretchered off the field at the parc des princes on sunday1 brazilian newspaper globo esporte claimed the former barcelona player would be sidelined until may while if his fathers estimate was correct neymar would not return before the semi-final stage of the champions league in late april1 the 26-year-old suffered a hairline fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot as well as a twisted ankle late in psgs 3-0 win over marseille in ligue 1 on sunday1 in the meantime psg had to do without neymar for wednesdays french cup quarter-final at home to marseille the second meeting of the clubs in four days1 argentine star angel di maria replaced the brazilian at the parc des princesand scored twice in a 3-0 win as psg stayed on course to win the french cup for the fourth season in a row1 but emery was then confronted with another injury worry when striker kylian mbappe picked up an ankle injury in the game1 kylian mbappe injured his ankle. he asked not to play the second half. i hope that its not too serious said emery1 neymar has scored 28 goals in 30 appearances in all competitions for psg since his 222 million-euro 264 million move from barcelona last august1 meanwhile in brazil neymars foot injury has unleashed sharp emotions and concern rumours and speculation about the player upon whom so many hopes rest for world cup victory1 we just might have lost the world cup last sunday one radio commentator milton neves of bandnews fm said early wednesday1 brazilians care little about the impact on psg. their attention is entirely trained on the world cup where they have ambitions of walking away with a sixth championship1 images of sundays fateful duel between neymar and marseille player bouna sarr were being shown incessantly on tv often in slo-mo before he was stretchered off1 newspapers featured close-up illustrations detailing neymars foot and ankle1 i dont think we can really talk about fears of him not being at the world cup. but there is a noticeable haste to find a solution so that neymar will have recovered in time an espn brasil sports commentator mauro cezar pereira told afp1