2023-10-15 15:12:45
The 2019 Copa America It is not enough to cover up the unease of the Brazilian people, who still consider it a sacrilege to have won the last world more than two decades ago. Possibly for this reason the particular scene occurred last Thursday, when a fan threw a bag of popcorn at Neymar. And in the middle of the controversy the man in question appeared to give his verdict.
The way of playing of the “10” arouses praise and questions practically with the same frequency. That audacity led him to exploit his talent since he was a child, but in bad times soccer fans confuse his way of performing with “disdain.” To make matters worse, his poor current status at the club level motivates the society of his native country to look askance at him, especially when the results do not appear.
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This Thursday the third date of the South American Qualifiers y At Verdeamarelha starred in one of the big surprises of the day. At home they tied (1-1) once morest Venezuela -possibly the weakest team in the conference- and generated an outburst from the fans. Without going further. There was an image that will remain in history: before going to the locker room, a person threw a bag of popcorn at him.
The impact that the episode had was so great that the protagonist decided to appear on scene to tell what happened. The man contacted the Brazilian portal “Leo Dias” to give his version of the events and asked to protect his identity for fear of receiving retaliation for having attacked the captain. Surprisingly, in his testimony he explained that everything was a mistake, since his objective was not to hurt the former striker. PSG y Barcelona.
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“At the end of the game I went downstairs, where I was closer to the players. I was eating popcorn, Neymar came, I screamed, I called and he didn’t even look in my direction. I threw the popcorn at him, but it didn’t happen that way. I had no intention of saying that he had played badly, I really did it to get his attention,” he explained via audio. “It seems like I did it out of spite, but I didn’t do it out of spite, I did it to get her attention,” he insisted.
To give more support to his theory that it was not a matter of aggression, he confessed that he is an admirer of Ney, although he admitted that he was upset because the footballer did not look up at the shouting of the fans who wanted to greet him or take photographs: “I might look at the stands. I am a fan of his, I admire his football, it was not to hurt him, it was simply to draw attention so that he would look at the stands.”
The truth is that his actions generated a scandal in Brazil. The footballer himself Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia He seemed very upset following the game regarding what happened: “It’s sad, obviously it’s very sad, I don’t come here on vacation, much less to walk, I came to do what I love most, which is play football and defend my country. Obviously we are there giving our best and many times the result does not arrive and is not what the fans expect.”
And he pointed directly once morest the fan: “I condemn that type of attitude, it should not be done, it is very bad for football, for human beings. A guy who does this kind of thing is not an educated guy, he will not be able to educate his child in the best possible way. If he complains so much he should have trained better and been on the field.”
With the 1-1 draw once morest Venezuela, Brazil He left behind his perfect gait and lost the top of the mountains. South American Qualifiers at the hands of Argentinathe world champion, who won in his three presentations (Ecuador, Bolivia y Paraguay). La Verdeamarela had begun its path with a 5-1 win once morest Bolivia and an agonizing triumph once morest Peru in Lima. His next challenge will be this Tuesday the 17th once morest Uruguay in the mythical Montevideo Centenario Stadium.
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