Neymar is again in motion after a 12 months on the sidelines with a severe knee harm.
The previous Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain ahead made his comeback in Al-Hilal’s 5-4 win over UAE Professional League aspect Al-Ain within the Asian Champions League.
The 32-year-old Brazil famous person got here on for the injured Nasser Al-Dawsari within the 77th minute together with his group main 5-3 due to Salem Al-Dawsari’s hat-trick and targets from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Renan Lodi.
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He then got here near scoring after a counter-attack late on, earlier than Al-Ain pulled one again in stoppage time with a penalty from Soufiane Rahimi, who additionally bagged a hat-trick.
“I really feel good, it’s so onerous. I all the time have a superb group. However I’m so glad. I’m again,” stated an emotional Neymar after the sport on the Hazza bin Zayed stadium.
Neymar had not performed for a 12 months after struggling a cruciate knee ligament harm throughout Brazil’s qualifier in opposition to Uruguay in October 2023.
He underwent surgical procedure final November.