Neymar sat on the bench throughout Santos' 2-1 defeat to Corinthians in the Campeonato Paulista semi-final.
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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 is a different player,
00:24he is an enlightened player, he has a 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 will not risk in that sense.
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
00:49that we will do everything so that Neymar doesn't get injured,
00:53and a discomfort is not an injury,
00:55so we will not make a case where he doesn't exist,
00:58just because he felt a discomfort and wasn't able to give his best.