Los Angeles (AFP)

Brazil, despite Neymar coming into play for the last half hour, was beaten in a friendly match by Peru (1-0), who took their revenge from the lost Copa America final against that same Seleçao , Tuesday in Los Angeles.

It was Luis Abram, six minutes from time, who gave the Peruvians success with a whim.

Four days after his convincing return, with a goal and a decisive pass for 90 minutes against Colombia (2-2), after three months of absence, "Ney" this time started on the bench for this reunion two months after the last final of Copa America, won in his absence by the Seleçao at the beginning of July at home.

Coach Tite, who had said he did not want to take any chances for the health of his star, said it was surely better not to have two international fixtures in a short time. Especially after such a long downtime due to this famous right ankle injury suffered on June 5 against Qatar.

So much so that Neymar had to wait a good hour before playing, his entrance having woken the 32,287 spectators so far quite sleepy by the merry spectacle.

- Neymar finds the smile again -

Immediately, the striker, who has resolved at the last hour of the transfer window to stay at Paris SG despite his desires to return to FC Barcelona unsatisfied, has put pep in the Brazilian game that was also lacking notable absences in the starting lineup of veteran side Daniel Alves, stop Thiago Silva and midfielder Arthur.

Even the new star Vinicius Jr, 19, had to wait the 70th minute for her first selection. If this duo, announced promising, did not have time to express themselves, Neymar tried to force things, alerting precisely Richarlison in the axis, still imprecise (63), and piercing without success in solo (71e). He also claimed a penalty for no reason (73).

This defeat after the draw conceded to the Colombians draws a negative balance of the Auriverde, to which Neymar can not be insensitive, but he can at least be satisfied with this international parenthesis where he had to reassure himself on a personal level.

While waiting to be reconciled with the Paris SG and its supporters in the coming days and weeks, nothing was better than a return to his own to restore his health.

That's what Neymar must say, who was able to smile again by really getting back to football, after a summer that was also rotten by the charge of rape that he was subjected to, in a file classified finally without continuation in August. .

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