Neymar has a huge debut on Santos!

Neymar. The number ten played the second half of the game that Santos tied 1-1 to BOTAFOGO of Ribeirao Preta, a result that allowed him to stay in the first place of Group B’s classification of the Paulista Championship.

Although he only played a part -time, Neymar ended up being selected as the best game player after achieving six ends with the opposite purpose, distributed by 24 proper passage and suffered 5 fouls. Playing on the left but a bit more backward than normal, more as a midfielder than as a striker, Neymar took advantage of 45 minutes (more 6 minutes of replacement) to confirm as the new generator of risks playing the saints, with accurate passes, depth launch, invasion of the area and experienced dribbles.

Neymar started the game on the bench, from which he attracted all the stadium’s eyes and the focus of the cameras on television, and from which Santos saw the first time there were outstanding plays from the Venezuelan Tomás Rincón and Yeferson Salary and dangerous choices of guilherme attacker.

Neymar entered the court at the beginning of the second half, when Santos defeated 1-0 thanks to a punishment’s goal marked by Tquinho Soares in the 37th minute, and in two minutes in court he suffered the first powerful foul . Some show his skills to develop risk causes for the Saints: he got a corner kick that Guilherme was changing a goal; It gave a deep pass to Escobar that would almost end up with annotation and, to the limit of the place and in the sad gaming, he removed three markers before shooting and forcing goalkeeper Joao Carlos to stretch throughout -Bea to avoid The excess.

But at the same time he started Hilvanar performing for the saints attracted a stronger marking and repeated fouls that often left him in the grass. When Neymar began to become an opponent of the game, Santos allowed Alexandre Jesus, with a header inside the area in the 21st minute of the second half, drawing 1-1 the match for the boots.

Despite the draw, the debutant continues to display flashs of a good football that has not been seen many months ago, as well as distributing plays, left in an unparalleled position with his teammates , which attracts the brand of rivals and charge all the mistakes and corners of your team’s shot. His efforts, however, were not paid for a goal or a play that allowed Santos to defeat the game at home. But at the end of the game, the bootfogo players celebrated him, lined up to take a picture next to him.

Neymar has not played an official match since November last year, when he performed a few minutes in a Saudi Al-Hilal match, a club where he signed a millionaire contracts, but where he was the only one of a goal in seven promises played a little more than one year. His return to Santos was a party not seen at Vila Belmiro Stadium, with all fans, singing the club hymn and the happy birthday for Neymar, who, by unity, celebrated his 33 years on Wednesday.

In the middle of the game the fans have deployed to Vila Belmiro’s locals A massive flag honored by Pelé and Neymar, the two greatest fans of the club. The attacker even looked on Wednesday the number 10 in which Edson Arantes Do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ became famous, which no player has used since the king’s death.

Neymar signed last Friday a six -month contract that would expand for another six with Santos, the club where he was formed and that he was back after his successful career in Europe, following a Stage of Aciaga in Saudi football. But he returned hardly to act nearly a year and a half because the surgery on the knee in which he underwent in October 2023 went away from the courts for almost a year, until October 2024, because other deficiencies in comfort they prevented him from playing for his Saudi Club.