Lizarazu Charges PSG To Risk Neymar Against Liverpool

By Max Wise

Former France defender, Bixente Lizarazu, has advised Paris Saint- Germain to play Neymar against Liverpool, irrespective of the Brazilian's injury struggles.

Neymar was injured on international duty, lasting barely seven minutes on the pitch for Brazil against Cameroon last week.

The Brazilian international subsequently missed PSG’s 1-0 win over Toulouse last Saturday, secured by Edinson Cavani’s 9th-minute strike.

Things look tight in the Champions League, Group C, with PSG lying in third place with five points, a point behind Liverpool and Napoli who are on six points each, while bottom-placed, Red Star Belgrade, also have a chance of qualification with four points.

Lizarazu, who won the 1998 World Cup and EURO 2000 with the French National team, believes the French champions must risk the world’s most expensive footballer against the five-time European champions when they clash on Wednesday.

Lizarazu said, "Should we play Neymar? You have to take the risk! When you buy Neymar, it's for the Champions League and not Ligue 1."

"He can certainly get hurt again, but you have to take that risk! So everything depends on what Neymar will do that night. Either the one who is collective, which makes his partners play or conversely one can find the individualist player and capricious."

"Whatever happens, you need the Brazilian of the big days!"