Neymar Jr. created history on Friday (Saturday IST) as he broke Pele's all-time record of scoring 77 goals for Brazil in international football. The 31-year-old footballer who equaled Pele's goal record last year during the FIFA World Cup 2023 scored his 78th and 79th goal for Brazil during the five-time World Cup winners first match of South American World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia, which his side won by a margin of 5-1., Football News, Times Now
Neymar left Paris Saint-Germain for Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal but hasn't yet played for his new club. He said in a press conference Thursday that the Saudi Pro League could be as good as France's Ligue 1 if not better.
Neymar suffered the injury in Brazil s opening 2-0 win over Serbia, which ruled him out of their 1-0 win over Switzerland and the shock defeat by Cameroon, one of a series of injury problems within the squad.