Officially, Neymar will not face Barcelona and determine the period of absence
French club Paris Saint-Germain announced that its Brazilian striker Neymar suffers from a "long adductor muscle" injury that will keep him 4 weeks away from the stadiums, and thus from facing Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League final eighth round.
The French capital's team will meet its Catalan counterpart outside the stadium on the current 16th, but the Brazilian star may participate in the second leg match at the "Parc de Prince" stadium on March 10th.
Neymar was injured during his team's match against Caen in the French Cup yesterday, in the second blow to the Parisian team, which lost the efforts of its Argentine wing, Angel Di Mare, who suffered a muscle injury in the El Clasico match against Marseille on Sunday and will also miss the match against Barcelona.
Neymar, who moved to Saint-Germain for a record deal of 222 million euros from Barcelona in August 2017, had previously missed the second leg against Real Madrid in the final price round in 2018, and the two matches against Manchester United of England the following year in the same round, and in both His team knocked out the competition.
Neymar has played 103 of the 191 matches in various competitions since his move to Saint-Germain, which is only 53.9 percent.
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