Teammates want Neymar to continue playing for Brazil
According to Goal, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Richarlison, Raphinha, Lucas Paqueta and Antony are the juniors who "begged" Neymar to continue to contribute to the Brazilian team. The 30-year-old star is said to want to take a break from playing for the national team for a while, although he has no intention of ending his international career.
At the 2022 World Cup, Neymar was injured in the opening match against Serbia, and missed the next two matches against Switzerland and Cameroon. He returned in time, contributed a goal in the 4-1 win over Korea in the round of 16, and opened the scoring in the first extra time of the quarter-final against Croatia. However, with about three minutes remaining in the second extra time, the team from South America let Bruno Petkovic score a 1-1 equalizer for Croatia. In the penalty shootout, Rodrygo and Marquinhos missed, causing Brazil to lose 2-4.
After the match, Neymar refused to give an interview as well as share his future in the Brazilian national team. He only had a post on Instagram with the content: "My soul is broken. It was definitely the loss that hurt the most. I was dumbfounded for 10 minutes when the match ended, and then burst into tears but couldn't help it. Unfortunately, this failure will hurt me for a long time."
Also on Instagram, "Football King" Pele had a post of encouragement and affirmed that Neymar's legacy is not over. Meanwhile, the famous player Ronaldo Nazario advised Neymar to see a psychologist, and believed that his juniors would come back strong with the greatest passion and desire. "I just want us to pay more attention to the mental health of football players, while expecting them to do great things on the pitch," he said on Brazilian television on December 14.
According to Folha de Sao Paulo, Neymar threw a big party at his sister's house, less than a week after being knocked out of the 2022 World Cup. The PSG striker has been described as "returning to play and lost. control" since arriving in Sao Paulo.
Neymar tried to organize the party as discreetly as possible to avoid the attention of the media, but failed. Man Utd striker Antony and singer Joao Gomes are famous Brazilian figures present at this party. The information that Folha de Sao Paulo posted made many Brazilian fans angry.
In October 2021, Neymar said Qatar 2022 could be his last time playing at the World Cup because his mind is no longer entirely on football. "Winning the World Cup has been my biggest dream since I was a child. After the 2022 World Cup, I don't think my body and mind are enough for another big tournament with the team," he said in the documentary. whether Neymar & The Line Of Kings of DAZN channel.
Neymar won 26 club titles with Santos, Barca, and PSG, but only won once with Brazil at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. In 2019, Brazil won the Copa America but Neymar did not attend due to injury.
Neymar has been with Brazil since August 2010, spending 124 matches to score 77 goals, 32 more than Pele. The 30-year-old star has attended three World Cups, with the best achievement being in the semi-finals in 2014 - where Brazil lost 7-1 at the hands of Germany. Brazil then lost to the Netherlands 0-3 in the third place match. Both matches Neymar missed due to back injury. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Neymar and his teammates stopped in the quarterfinals when they lost 1-2 to Belgium.
