Neymar has been told by doctors to stop playing for the remainder of the year but ignored them and scored Santos' opening goal as they secured a much needed win in their survival bid

Neymar defied doctors' orders to sit out and instead scored for Santos as they secured a much needed 3-0 win over Sport to aid their survival hopes on an emotional night for the Brazilian superstar.

Santos are in the midst of as relegation scrap but their victory on Saturday was timely and owed to the former Barcelona and PSG frontman, who was advised to stop playing football for the remainder of the year. Neymar has been dealing with a meniscus injury but didn't look like a player struggling for fitness.

He opened the scoring after 25 minutes to set Santos on their way. The Brazilian also laid on his

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