Neymar wears protecting boot after spraining his ankle… however may face Bayern Munich once more

PSG star Neymar has cursed his luck after choosing up one other damage on the weekend, with the striker now having to put on a protecting boot after spraining his ankle.

The Brazilian, who scored PSG’s second purpose of their thrilling 4-3 win over Lille, left the pitch in tears on Sunday after being stretchered off after a conflict with Benjamin Andre.

Neymar took to Instagram on Sunday night time to submit a photograph of his proper foot together with the caption “over and over” adopted by a teary emoji.

PSG boss Christophe Galtier confirmed after the sport that Neymar had sprained his ankle, with the membership’s demanding match schedule taking part in a task within the winger’s newest damage.

‘Neymar sprained his ankle in the course of the match in opposition to Lille and underwent an MRI immediately. He didn’t reveal any fractures,’ PSG mentioned in a press release. “A brand new evaluation of the ligament will likely be completed in 48 hours.”

Neymar cursed his luck by posting a photograph of his protecting boot after spraining his ankle

Neymar left the pitch in tears as he was stretchered off in an exhilarating 4-3 win over Lille

The Brazilian collided with Benjamin Andre in an try and pay money for the ball earlier than twisting his ankle

The membership didn’t present particulars on how lengthy Neymar could be unavailable.

Nevertheless, The French media outlet L’Equipe has reported that Neymar’s crew expects him to solely be sidelined for a most of three weeks, which implies he will likely be again in time to face Bayern Munich within the Champions League spherical of 16 second leg on 8 of March.

PSG at the moment have to overturn a 1-0 deficit on the Allianz Area to progress to the subsequent stage of the Champions League, however they could must below Neymar if he fails to make a full restoration in time.

The 31-year-old suffered an damage to the identical ankle throughout final 12 months’s World Cup in Qatar and missed two matches.

Ligue 1 leaders PSG face Marseille, who’re 5 factors behind in second place, away subsequent weekend and host Nantes earlier than taking over Bayern.

Neymar has twice spent lengthy intervals on the sidelines after sustaining metatarsal fractures forward of PSG’s spherical of 16 tie in opposition to Actual Madrid in 2019 and in opposition to Manchester United the next 12 months, with the French crew eradicated on each events.

“This isn’t dangerous luck,” Galtier mentioned. There are at all times causes for accidents: the calendar, the sequence of matches. It’s by no means random. He’s being examined to seek out out the severity of his sprain.

‘In fact it complicates issues and that’s how issues are. Now we have to maintain our heads down. We’re going to do it once more, however with a victory. That’s nicer.