Dortmund (Germany) (AFP)
Neymar, who has missed the last four games of PSG due to a rib injury, "did not like" being preserved before playing against Dortmund (2-1 defeat) on Tuesday, he said on the microphone of RMC Sport after the round of 16 first leg lost in Germany.
"Unfortunately it was not my choice, it was the choice of the club, of the doctors, it was they who made this decision, which I did not like," said the Brazilian striker, at the microphone from RMC Sport, broadcaster of the Champions League.
Neymar, who could not play in the last 16 of C1 last year with Paris due to a serious foot injury, signed his comeback at this stage of European competition with a goal (77th) which was not enough to avoid defeat for his team.
Sign of the psychosis surrounding the state of health of the Brazilian N. 10, also absent during the 8th final return from the 2018 edition on injury, these last two weeks, the precautionary principle has sometimes been taken to the extreme, like the last match in Amiens (4-4) played on Saturday with a majority of substitutes.
"We had a lot of discussions on that because I wanted to play, I felt good, but the club was afraid and it was me at the end (who) suffered," said Neymar again.
"It was a tough game, but we have to take what we took today, to do everything we can in the second leg. Playing at home is the best thing in the world, we have 90 minutes to do something. It's hard to stay four games without playing, "he added.
PSG, which has made the Champions League its supreme goal since its acquisition by the Qatari QSI fund in 2011, remains on three consecutive eliminations at the stadium of eighths.
The round of 8 return against Dortmund will be played on March 11 at the Parc des Princes.
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