This Tuesday evening, PSG reported that Neymar’s injury, which occurred during Caen / PSG, was an injury to the left long adductor. A purely muscular injury that questions his lifestyle off the field.
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Four weeks. This is the downtime estimated by the Parisian club for Neymar, victim of a grade 2 injury of the left adductor longus, Wednesday evening, during the victory (1-0) in Caen in the Coupe de France. A new injury to be entered on the Brazilian’s health record, not spared by the glitches since his arrival at PSG. The 29-year-old has missed no less than 64 matches in all competitions under the Parisian colors since 2017, often due to injury, just over a third of matches. A question points, therefore, at the end of everyone’s lips: why is it so fragile?
First, let’s do a quick listing of the Brazilian’s injuries in Paris. Of his 64 missed matches, Neymar already has 34, or a good half, due to his two fractures of the fifth metatarsal of the right foot, which occurred in February 2018 and then in January 2019. Far from being so-called fatigue injuries, so to speak. say. The question is all the more relevant when it comes to muscle injuries. Twice, in the fall of 2018, and last October, he had suffered an injury to the adductors. No more worry with ischios at the end of 2019.
Sleep and hydration deemed insufficient internally
This recurrence questions. Of course, these injuries occur at a key period of the season when it is cold, when the terrain is dented, where a single step can quickly be miscalculated. “Even though he really did have gastro, he also maybe partied for his birthday, didn’t go to bed early and probably had a little alcohol,” explains Jean-Bernard Fabre, doctor in physiology, in Parisian. However, we know that alcohol or a lack of sleep affect the muscle motor and tendons. (…) As it is fragile, we have the winning cocktail … “
Neymar’s lifestyle in question? Yet it is one of the concerns within the club as explained this morning L’Équipe. According to the sports daily, some members of the club believe that “His sleep, his diet and his hydration are not always in line with the needs of a very high level athlete. “ We are far from the far-fetched hypothesis: did he not recall, with a smile, on Sept à Huit, at the end of January, that “The party is an opportunity to relax, to enjoy it. This is one thing that I will never give up. “
Nothing is written in advance, of course. But everything can be prepared as long as possible. Rigor in training does not seem to perfectly precede the same requirement off the pitch. And at 29, his body can still play tricks on him. “His period where he is, in quotes, indestructible is over. In addition, as you get older you pay for all the gaps related to preparation but also to recovery, warns Jean-Bernard Fabre at Le Parisien. Because recovery is part of the preparation for the next match. Your lifestyle catches up with you. “
At a time when an extension of the Brazilian agitates the football sector as a whole, the question will necessarily arise of making such a lease profitable, on the PSG side. And his repeated injuries necessarily complicate the matter.
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