The lowest point of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was an injury to the host nation's poster boy, Neymar in the match against Columbia.

Napoli full-back Juan Zuniga kneed Neymar in the back with just two minutes to go, leaving him with a fractured vertebra.

In an interview with former Barcelona teammate Gerard Pique for The Player's Tribune, the PSG star revealed it could all have been over for him.

"I remember that I had my head on the ground, and Marcelo was saying: 'No, no...Get the doctors in.' And I said: 'No, no, no. I want to play.' Because I wanted to score," Neymar said.

"But I couldn't manage to lift my legs. I couldn't move my legs. And the doctor took me out and I started to ... to cry, because it was very painful and I didn't feel anything.

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