'Discomfort' kept Neymar from playing in Santos' semi-final defeat

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00:00Neymar showed a discomfort that we all thought it was important not to have a contribution in the game.

00:08It's just a discomfort, but it led to him not being able to participate.

00:16It was a request of mine and he clearly accepted to be with the group,

00:20knowing that he couldn't participate because he's a different player,

00:24he's an enlightened player, he's a player who has fantastic energy,

00:27and today he suffered a lot not being able to participate in the game.

00:31When a player has a discomfort, whatever it is,

00:35and there may be some risk of injury, I'm not going to take that risk.

00:41Obviously this has to do with a conversation directly with the player himself,

00:46and one of the things we have as a promise is

00:49we're going to do everything so that Neymar doesn't get injured,

00:53and a discomfort is not an injury.

00:55So we're not going to make a case where he doesn't exist,

00:58just because he felt discomfort and wasn't able to give his best.