Nightmare year for Neymar just got worse
Paris St Germain's Neymar during the match against RC Strasbourg at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris January 23, 2019. — Reuters pic
PARIS, June 6 — A nightmare year for Brazil’s troubled Neymar just got worse. A new injury has ruled him out of Brazil’s team for the Copa America this month, meaning he has lost the chance to redeem a reputation damaged by controversy on and off the field for club and country. The Paris Saint-Germain star’s woes include lengthy injury layoffs that reduced his effectiveness on the field, two separate suspensions for insulting a referee and hitting a fan, a million-dollar tax probe and allegations of rape which the player vehemently denies. Brazil are knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals by Belgium on July 6. Neymar triggers howls of derision from crowds watching on a big screen in Rio.
“I wouldn’t go as far as to say I didn’t want to play again but, I didn’t want to see a ball, or to see any more football played,” the 27-year-old told AFP in July after the disappointment in Russia.He scores a hat-trick for Paris Saint-Germain in a 6-1 thumping of Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League group stage on October 3, a performance described as “sensational” by coach Thomas Tuchel.
Neymar denies raping the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her at a Paris hotel, with his father claiming he is the victim of blackmail.Neymar suffers right knee ligament damage and hobbles off the field early on in Brazil’s 2-0 friendly win against Qatar in Brasilia on Wednesday June 5. The Brazilian Football Federation say the injury will rule him out of the June 15-July 7 Copa America.
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