PARIS: When Paris Saint-Germain travel to Spain on Tuesday to face Real Madrid in the Champions League it will be with a Neymar who has, according to his teammate Marquinhos, grown up.
He is generally respected by the fans but not loved. Indeed there was some jeering when he was substituted during Friday's win over Lille, his first game in six weeks following a hamstring injury.Advertisement "Once he's on the pitch, even after all that happened during the transfer window and the other stories, he's back on the pitch to win, to score, to make a difference.Neymar's return on Friday was his first appearance for PSG since Oct 5, having suffered a hamstring injury playing for Brazil against Nigeria a week later.