Santos was defeated by Fluminense 1-0, on Sunday night (13/04), in Maracanã, for the third round of the Brazilian Championship. The goal of the match was scored by Samuel Xavier. The game was marked by Neymar’s return.
The striker has not been acting since the beginning of March, with another month of recovery for thigh injury. Sporting News shows how was the performance of Shirt 10 Santos.
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How was Neymar’s performance?
Neymar entered the break of the match, in place of Thaciano. The striker played more like a sock, pulling to the left side on some occasions. Ney’s main chance was 24 minutes. He dominated at the entrance of the area, cut to his left leg and finished for easy defense of Fabio.
The striker still received Yellow card 15 minutes into the second half for leaving the arm on Samuel Xavier’s face. In the move, Neymar got annoyed and argued with the Fluminense player.
Neymar missed Samuel Xavier and was p … with the card! 🟨😬 Santos shirt 10 was outraged by the referee’s marking.
— TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR)
Neymar Statistics
| Goal Finishes | 1 |
| Outside finishing | 0 |
| Right dribbles | 2 |
| Actions with the ball | 41 |
| Loss of possession | 15 |
| FAULTS SUFFERED | 6 |
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