Neymar: 'I will keep playing despite my injury'
Neymar has confirmed he'll play the next Santos game against Juventude despite his meniscus injury. Medical recommendations were for immediate surgery, as the injury makes his knee so unstable that it can blow at any point.
Attacking midfielder Neymar has confirmed he will be on the field for Santos in the match against Juventude, for the 37th round of the Brazilian Championship. The teams will face each other on Wednesday, at the Alfredo Jaconi stadium, in Caxias do Sul.
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After the 3-0 victory over Sport this Friday, the star player lamented the injury to his left knee, but said that his focus is on helping Santos remain in the Série A of the Brazilian Championship.
"Physically I'm doing well, I'm feeling better and better. This injury now is sad, it's annoying. It's nothing that will stop me from doing anything. That's why I keep playing. Now it's time to think about Santos, to think about leaving Santos where it deserves to be, which is in Série A. And then we'll see what to do," said the Santos captain.
Neymar also celebrated the result against Sport, which allowed Santos to leave the relegation zone and climb to 15th place, overtaking Internacional on goal difference. He said he urged the team to score more goals, keeping the tie-breaking criteria in mind.
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"We've been facing a very difficult fight against relegation. We didn't want this, but now it depends on us. We know that goal difference is important. That's why I've been constantly urging the team to keep trying to score goals. Respecting Sport's team, we really wanted this victory, we wanted a bigger goal difference. We know that in the end this will be important. Congratulations to the team for today's result, for the three points. We have to keep moving forward from here to get better."
