Eagles Draw With Brazil As Neymar Sustains Hamstring Injury

BrandPower Magazine 14/10/2019Last Updated: 14/10/2019

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria secured a 1-1 draw with Brazil in the international friendly match played on Sunday even as the Brazilian wonderkid, Neymar secured a hamstring injury just after 12 minutes of action in the highly anticipated contest.

Neymar’s injury implies that his return to Champions League action for his side, Paris Saint-Germain may be delayed till further notice.

The PSG forward, who played the full 90 minutes against Senegal on Thursday, after injuring his hamstring was replaced by Philippe Coutinho.

Neymar’s club, PSG will meet with Club Brugge on October 22 but he will likely miss the encounter despite missing the first two rounds of the competition due to UEFA suspension.

According to the Guardian, Neymar was injured while on national duty back in June when he hurt an ankle in a friendly against Qatar which ruled him out of the Copa America which Brazil went on to win.Neymar’s injury also compounded the woes of his country, who are on a disappointing run of four successive match without a win as their previous three outings since winning the Copa America had yielded draws against Colombia and Senegal and a defeat by Peru.Even when Neymar was on the pitch, the Nigerians were causing problems with Brazil goalkeeper Ederson at full stretch to keep out Victor Osimhen.

Gabriel Jesus went close for Brazil but it was the Super Eagles who took the lead in the 35th minute when Moses Simon slipped the ball to Joe Aribo who got the better of Marquinhos before firing home.

Brazil showed more invention in the second half and levelled three minutes after the break. Marquinhos’ header came back off the bar but Casemiro was on hand to stab the ball across the line.

Jesus and Coutinho both had chances to wrap up the win for Brazil but Nigeria held firm for the moral-boosting draw.