{"id":288164,"date":"2023-09-19T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288164"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:34:28","slug":"neymar-completely-loses-his-head-in-first-al-hilal-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/neymar-completely-loses-his-head-in-first-al-hilal-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar completely loses his head in first Al-Hilal start"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Furious Neymar shoves an opponent to the ground and boots the ball into him from yards away in Al-Hilal&#8217;s Asian Champions League draw with Uzbekistani side<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Neymar made his first start for Al-Hilal in Monday&#8217;s AFC Champions League tie<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Brazilian was booked for kicking the ball at a player after pushing him over<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neymar made his first start for\u00a0Al-Hilal on Monday night but the Brazilian found himself hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons once again.<\/p>\n<p>The former Barcelona and PSG\u00a0man had an evening to forget as his side were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by\u00a0Uzbekistani side Navbahor in their AFC Champions league opener.<\/p>\n<p>He made little impact and the frustration clearly got the better of him as he was involved in an incident with one of the opposition players.<\/p>\n<p>Neymar was seen shoving the player to the ground before purposely kicking the ball at him as he lay there.<\/p>\n<p>It came after the forward, who has just returned from injury, had been on the receiving end of a poor challenge from the\u00a0Navbahor man.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down for video\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/08\/75586425-12534553-image-a-93_1695110275712.jpg\" height=\"531\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neymar shoved an opposition player to the ground before purposely kicking the ball at him<\/p>\n<p>Neymar was lucky to escape with just a yellow and his side were able to salvage a draw deep into injury time.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old made his debut as a substitute on Friday as Al-Hilal thrashed Al-Riyadh 6-1 to maintain their one-point lead at the top of the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>He became the league&#8217;s marquee summer arrival after leaving Paris Saint-Germain to join Al-Hilal in a \u00a378m deal that saw him cash-in on a career in European football.<\/p>\n<p>Neymar joined esteemed company in Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane, while former Man City star Riyad Mahrez and ex-Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson similarly left England for Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/09\/75586483-12534553-image-a-94_1695110427306.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian was lucky to escape with a yellow card during the AFC Champions League clash<\/p>\n<p>Neymar starred in France for six years after arriving in Paris for a world-record \u00a3198m deal in 2017 from Barcelona and decided to call time on his career in the nation after approaches from Saudi Arabia were made.<\/p>\n<p>He still had four-years left on his contract at PSG but sought a new challenge in the Middle East and signed a two-year deal with Al-Hilal that is understood to be worth \u00a3130million a year.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12534553\/Neymar-completely-loses-head-shoves-opponent-ground-boots-ball-Al-Hilals-draw-Uzbekistani-side.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furious Neymar shoves an opponent to the ground and boots the ball into him from yards away in Al-Hilal&#8217;s Asian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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