Presenter revolted by Santos' tribute to Neymar: 'Doomed to fall'

Former player Neto expressed his dissatisfaction with Santos ' attitude in honoring Neymar . Before the draw with Ceará, in the eighth round of the Brazilian Championship, Peixe honored the star, at Allianz Parque, last Monday (12). This is because the striker recently reached 100 games with the team's shirt at Vila Belmiro.

Thus, the attitude of paying tribute to the star caused irritation in the presenter of the program "Os Donos da Bola". Thus, in the Band program, the communications professional evaluated that Santos demonstrated to be disconnected from its current reality by taking such an attitude.

"I watched the game and it's almost unbelievable what Santos did. Before the game, they gave Neymar a plaque in honor of his 100 games at Vila Belmiro. Man, what does that mean? What is Santos' vision? They have five points and are in the Brazilian league zone," Neto explained.

"At this rate, they are destined to fall back to Série B. The team is bad. With Neymar, when he comes back, I don't know if things will improve. Because he's a guy who hasn't played in 80 days. But then, before the game (against Ceará), they come in with a plaque for him. It's the most unpleasant, petty and meaningless thing for Santos' current situation," added the former player.

The star player achieved this impressive feat for Peixe in his last victory in the Brazilian Championship, in the match against Atlético, on April 16. On that occasion, the star was a starter and wore exactly the number 100 shirt. However, he felt a new muscle injury in his thigh, which was also his last appearance on the pitch.

Santos indicates time for possible return of Neymar

Santos fans already have a deadline to see the number 10 back on the pitch. After all, Peixe hopes to complete the full recovery of their star player within three weeks . The deadline is considered "safe" for the star to have a good healing of his left thigh injury. The player, in fact, underwent tests on Tuesday (6), which showed good evolution of his injury.

Therefore, the expectation is that Neymar will return to action in the first days of June. Santos will face Botafogo on the 1st and Fortaleza on the 12th for the Brazilian Championship. After that, the competition will be suspended for the Super Club World Cup. The period without games will be crucial for Peixe to negotiate a new contract with the star, who has a contract with the club until June 30th.

The number 10 has been undergoing intense physiotherapy and is seen as being very focused on his recovery. He is performing activities under the supervision of the Cepraf coordinator, Luiz Alberto Rosan. Neymar was injured last month. It was the player's second problem since returning to Alvinegro, at the beginning of the year. Although the problem is in the same left thigh, the muscles are different. The recovery has been treated as excellent and with adequate healing.

In fact, on the field, Neymar has only played two matches in the Brasileirão and has not completed 90 minutes in any of them. Almost a month ago, he suffered a muscle injury in his left thigh and was out of most of Santos' games in the Brasileirão and the Copa do Brasil.

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