He tried a lot, but had little success. On the night of Thursday to Friday, during the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Neymar was unable to prevent Brazil, at home, from doing better than a draw against Venezuela (1-1) . Although he offered a decisive pass to Gabriel Magalhaes from a corner to open the scoring, the former PSG player was not very successful, despite two big chances after returning from the locker room.
If the public at the Pantanal Arena in Cuiaba was delighted at the idea of seeing Neymar up close, but also Vinicius Junior, who had been out of injury for the first two matches under the leadership of new coach Fernando Diniz, a spectator, at the end of the match, threw a box of popcorn which landed on the head of the former Barcelona player.
“He’s not an educated guy.”
Which put Neymar, rightly, beside himself: “It’s very sad, I don’t come here on vacation, I came to do what I love most, which is to play football and defend my country, he explained, in comments reported by RMC Sports. This supporter threw… I didn’t even see what it was, I only saw it when he touched me, I became very nervous, I condemn this kind of attitude, you don’t to do it. »
“A guy who does this kind of thing is not an educated guy, he won’t be able to raise his son in the best possible way,” the Brazilian said again. If he complains so much, he should have trained better and been on the pitch, not me. »