A whole nation inhaled and feared the worst as their star player fell to the ground and screamed in pain with his arm bent to his back.
Neymar, then 22 years old, was Brazil’s talisman and the player who would lead the national team to glory at the 2014 World Cup on home soil. However, he broke his vertebrae in a challenge for the ball with Juan Zuniga of Colombia and was out of the tournament.
According to BBC News, Brazil won the game to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to Germany 7-1, a humiliating defeat.
They lost to Belgium in the quarterfinals four years ago.
Even though Neymar is 30 years old, he is in some of his best form of his career, and there is a real possibility that this could be the year for him and Brazil.
