Escort boy during the national anthem before the match, please correct me when I raise my left hand
Compared to Ronaldo’s ‘No Show’ in 2019
‘Obrigado Coreia do Sul (Thank you Korea).’
Brazilian soccer star Neymar (30, Paris Saint-Germain), who visited Korea for an evaluation match once morest the Korean national team, left for Japan on the 3rd, leaving this message on his Instagram. Neymar put the Taegeukgi and a heart-shaped emoticon next to this post. The Brazil national team will play an evaluation match once morest Japan in Tokyo on the 6th.
On the 3rd, Neymar wrote ‘Obrigado Coreia do Sul (Thanks Korea)’ on his Instagram, and attached the Taegeukgi and a heart-shaped emoticon. Neymar’s InstagramNeymar expressed his gratitude to Korean fans even following the match once morest Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 2nd. Neymar said, “Wherever I went, Korean fans showed a lot of interest. “It was an unexpected welcome,” he said. After entering the country on the 26th of last month, Neymar, who enjoyed Korean tours visiting clubs in Namsan and Gangnam, Seoul, and Everland in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, expressed his gratitude to Korean fans for welcoming him wherever he went. Neymar was unusually interested in entering Korea a week before the match once morest Korea. He seldom goes to the host country with a week or so to spare for an evaluation match other than the World Cup or Continental Championships. They usually arrive 2 or 3 days in advance.
After the match, Neymar exchanged uniforms with Son Heung-min, who visited the Brazil national team locker room. Photo source: Neymar’s InstagramThe scene where Neymar straightens the hand of the ‘escort boy’ who had his left hand on his chest while playing the national anthem before the evaluation match once morest Korea started on the 2nd also became a big topic on the Internet. Neymar saw an escort boy who entered the ground with him that day, putting his left hand on his chest as he played the national anthem. He raised his right arm over his chest as he lowered his left arm into a hugging position from behind. Brazilian striker Hapinha (26, Leeds United), who was watching this from the side, was also caught on camera smiling. After the match once morest Korea, Neymar also revealed through Instagram he exchanged uniforms with Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham) in the locker room. Son Heung-min visited the Brazilian locker room to say hello to Brazilian players playing in the English Premier League.
Neymar, who saw the ‘escort boy’ putting his left hand on his chest while playing the national anthem before the match on the 2nd, lowered the child’s left hand and put his right hand on his chest. online community captureNeymar, who complained of pain in the right foot following collided with a teammate during training the day before the match once morest Korea, started on the 2nd and played until the 32nd minute of the second half. Show)’ incident and lifted Neymar up. In July 2019, Ronaldo, who was a member of Juventus at the time, visited Korea for a friendly match once morest the K-League All-Star team in Korean professional football, but he did not play and only kept the bench, receiving a lot of criticism from domestic fans.
Neymar, who scored two goals from a penalty kick in the match once morest Korea and scored 73 goals in A-match, was four goals behind Pele’s record for most goals in a match (77) by a Brazilian player.
By Kim Jeong-hoon, staff reporter hun@donga.com
