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An extra-football element clouded the climate in the selection of Brazil in the preview of Qatar World Cup, which has her as a candidate. And the protagonist of the controversy is Neymar. The striker of PSG30 years old, would have broken an “unwritten” pact in Verdeamarela, so now they look at it from the side. It will be necessary to see if in the coexistence in the Asian contest they are warned tails of an unexpected short circuit.
According to Sportthe conflict arose from the fact that in the intimacy of the America runner-up squad the soccer players they had proposed not to express their political preferences in the face of the elections that Lula da Silva narrowly won over Jair Bolsonaro to lead the country from 2023. And Ney actively campaigned for the outgoing manager’s re-election, even declaring that he would dedicate the first goal he scored in Qatar to him.
Consequently, that pact was detonated. Some of Lula’s supporters even sang against Neymar in the celebrations after the triumph of his political space. A dichotomy in which the footballers and the coaching staff did not want to get involved so that polarization would not interfere in Brazil’s adventure in Qatar, in which those led by Tite hope to return to the Olympic lap, which is denied from Korea -Japan 2002.
the article of Sport, the Catalan sports newspaper that followed the day-to-day during his successful stay in Barcelona (although he became more critical after his move to PSG) harshly lambasted the Brazilian. “Putting tares is the sport in which Neymar Jr. deserves to win the Ballon d’Or every year that he will never get as a footballer. The ‘enfant terrible’ has long since stopped being funny to become a toxic character, who spreads bad vibes wherever he is. It is not surprising that PSG wanted (and still want) to get rid of him.”
The striker did not play because he was suspended in the Parisian team’s 2-1 win against Juventus for the last date of the Champions League group stage. The group led by Christophe Galtier finished undefeated in Zone H, but finished second on away goal difference, behind Benfica, so they could have a very difficult match in the round of 16. Possible contenders: Napoli, Porto, Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City.
Neymar has been exhibiting a high level this season, after being declared expendable in the last transfer market. However, in the absence of offers for his onerous contract and his oscillating behavior, he remained and exploded in the trident with Messi and Mbappé. In any case, the friction with Kylian over issues of prominence became common news, although it did not affect the results. Now, the controversy moved to Brazil. Will it affect the fate of Scratch in Qatar? For now, his debut in Group G will be on November 24 against Serbia (Switzerland and Cameroon, the other inhabitants of the area).
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