Neymar Diangkut Helikopter untuk Jalani Pemulihan
Neymar Flies to Sao Paulo to Begin Recovery
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Terespolis (B2B) - Bintang Brasil yang cedera, Neymar meninggalkan basis latihan timnya di Terespolis dengan menumpang helikopter pada Sabtu dan menuju rumahnya di Sao Paulo.
Pemain 22 tahun, yang menderita patah tulang vertebrae setelah duel dengan pemain Kolombia Juan Zuniga dalam kemenangan 2-1 Brasil di Fortaleza Jumat (Sabtu pagi WIB), dibawa dengan tandu menuju helikopter di lapangan tempat latihan di Granja Comary, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Dengan ayahnya di sampingnya, Neymar melambai ke banyak kamera sebelum helikopter lepas landas. Media setempat melaporkan ia menuju Sao Paulo.
Di sana, ia akan bergabung dengan keluarganya di kampung halamannya di Santos untuk memulai pemulihan yang diperkirakan membutuhkan setidaknya satu bulan.
Tanpa pemain bintang mereka, Brazil harus menghadapi Jerman pada pertandingan semifinal di Belo Horizonte, Selasa waktu setempat.
Terespolis - Brazil star Neymar says his World Cup may be over because of a fractured vertebra but his World Cup dream of celebrating the title with his teammates at the Maracana Stadium next Sunday is still alive.
In a video released by the Brazilian football confederation on Saturday, Neymar thanked fans and everyone else for the support in this "very difficult moment.
The video was made just before the striker was airlifted from Brazil's training camp in a medical helicopter to be treated at home for the back injury that ruled him out of the last two games of the World Cup.
Neymar was on a stretcher when he was transferred from an ambulance into the helicopter that took off Saturday afternoon from one of Brazil's practice pitches in the city of Teresopolis, about an hour from Rio de Janeiro.
Sports channels broadcast live as Neymar - who is a star on the field and a celebrity off of it - waved briefly from his stretcher inside the helicopter before the doors were closed and the aircraft flew away.
