Faced with the gaze of emissaries of the coach of the Brazilian team, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, Neymar sent a notice: he is ready to dress the 10 -year -old shirt 10 of the worldwide pentacampeones after almost two years of waiting.
Neymar made Monday night one of his best games since he returned to Santos last January, scoring two goals-one penalty-and leading a 3-1 victory over youth, penultimate, at the close of the decimoctava day of the Brazilian.
Once the Brazil classification to the 2026 World Cup in June with a draw with Ecuador (0-0) and a triumph against Paraguay (1-0), the Delegates of Ancelotti began a tour of the stadiums to monitor possible summoned summoned for the premundialist closure against Chile and Bolivia on September 4 and 9.
And the spotlights are about Neymar, 33.
His Monday presentation at the Morumbi Stadium, in Sao Paulo, was seen in situ by the sports director of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF), Rodrigo Caetano; the technical coordinator of the Brazilian team, Juan; and the Christian physical trainer Nunes.
“I don’t need to prove anything to anyone”
Maximum historical scorer of the Seleção with 79 annotations, the 10 played the last of its 128 games with the national team on October 17, 2023.
That day he left the court on a stretcher, crying, after suffering a serious ligament injury in the left knee that took action for months. Brazil lost 2-0 with Uruguay.
“Every time I’m on the court, I’m wanting. I needed time. Minutes,” the attacker told the press on the press. “I suffered, but it happened,” he said.
When asked a reporter about the presence of Delegates from Ancelotti in Morumbi, Neymar was blunt: “I don’t need to prove anything to anyone.”
Already the Italian coach, when his cycle began with Brazil, a combined who has registered hard blows in recent years, gave the former soccer player of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. Trust him.
“He is a very important player for our selection towards the World Cup,” said Ancelotti in an interview published by Conmebol. “He has to prepare well, he has time to do it.”
Minutes and goals
On June 24, Neymar renewed his contract with Santos until the end of the year, with the team playing permanence in the first division of Brazilian football.
Before the renovation, pursued by recurring injuries, the attacker had not been able to score or attend and had only played four of the 12 games that the Paulista club had played in the Brasileirao 2025.
Then, the star has played every minutes in the five PEIXE games in the tournament and has signed three goals.
Neymar did not follow two targets in the same commitment from Brazil’s 5-1 premundialist victory against Bolivia, on September 8, 2023.
And in clubs, his previous double had occurred when he was still militated with the PSG, on August 21, 2022, in a 7-1 win against Lille in Ligue 1. did not chain five full games in a row since his time with the Parisian team.
“My football knows him. I am available,” he told Sportv about his eventual return to Seleção.
The situation of Santos, however, is still difficult, located in the fifteenth put in the table with 18 points, three above the descent zone. His record in these last five commitments is two victories, a draw and two losses.
