Numbers and statistics do not lie or falsify the facts, which was revealed by the statistics of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) about the injury of the Brazilian international and Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar da Silva in the face of Brazil and Serbia, in which Neymar suffered an ankle injury in the 79th minute, so Anthony participated in his place, and Neymar left the stadium and burst into tears in the evening. The reserve bench with his colleagues, and the Brazilian doctor, Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar, said after the match that Neymar had a sprain in his right ankle, in addition to the presence of swelling.

A shocking statistic

According to the statistics issued by FIFA after each match, Brazil captain Neymar da Silva was fouled 9 times in this match, at least 4 times more than any other player in the 2022 World Cup so far.

It is a shocking fact, to say the least, and confirms that the Brazilian Neymar was the first target by the defense and players of the Serbian national team, who scrambled to obstruct him until he was forced to request a substitution and exit after the multiplication of beatings on him, which resulted in an impressive and frightening ankle injury.

Brazilian fear

And the tears of Neymar after his exit struck the Brazilian public and Brazilian samba fans with terror and fear that the fate of the Brazilian star Neymar would be like the captain of France and Real Madrid, Karim Benzema, whose football music was banned in the World Cup due to the injury that was repeated with Neymar, amid fears that the World Cup followers would be deprived of another musician.

Anniversary 2014

The Brazilian fears lie in the fact that the injury of the Brazilian star Neymar da Silva brings back to the minds of the world and Brazil a painful memory with the player himself, which occurred in the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup, when he suffered an injury that almost ended his football career, after a violent intervention by the Colombian player Juan Zuniga.

It is an incident whose painful details were revealed by Neymar in an interview he conducted with his former colleague in Barcelona, ​​​​Gerard Pique, in which Neymar says: “When the intervention occurred, I felt something at the bottom of my foot, but I tried to get up even though I was in severe pain.” After Zuniga put his knee On the lower back of the Brazilian player.

Neymar continued: «My head was on the ground and Marcelo started screaming: No, they brought the doctor, and I replied to him, saying: No, I do not want to continue playing, because I wanted to score goals, I was crazy.

humiliating defeat

In the last context of the interview, Neymar revealed the extent of the impact of the injury on his career in the 2014 World Cup, saying: “The doctor took me out of the stadium while I was crying. I said start with the bad, and they replied that I will not be able to play the rest of the World Cup matches, but the good news was that I would be able to walk on my feet, because the blow was 2 centimeters from the part that could have ended your football career.

This harsh blow forced Neymar to miss the rest of Brazil’s matches in the World Cup, perhaps the most prominent of which was the disastrous confrontation against Germany, which ended with the loss of the “Samba Dancers” by seven goals to one.

These are painful memories that neither Neymar nor Brazil wish to repeat in the current FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

It is noteworthy that the match ended with Brazil winning 2-0 against Serbia, and leading Group G with 3 points equally with Switzerland, which also beat Cameroon with a clean goal in the first round.

Brazil, accompanied by Serbia, is in Group G of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, along with Cameroon and Switzerland.