Neymar admits World Cup theatrics playing for Brazil in Russia
Neymar has used a sponsor’s television advert to admit he exaggerated some of his reactions after being fouled during the World Cup in Russia.
The video, published Sunday and broadcast on several Brazilian TV networks, features the 24-year-old forward accepting criticism for the first time and promising to pick himself up.
Neymar scored two goals in the tournament and was not too disappointing until his team got knocked out by Belgium in the quarter-finals, but fans and players have spoken much more about his theatrics on the pitch, which included dives, rolling and frequent arguing with referees.
„You may think I exaggerate. And sometimes I do exaggerate. But the truth is I suffer on the pitch,“ Neymar said in the ad sponsored by Gillette.
Since Brazil’s elimination, Neymar only spoke about the defeat in Russia via Instagram. In the advert, he tried to explain why he did not speak right after the Belgium game, which fostered more criticism of his behaviour at home.
„When I leave without giving interviews it is not because I only want the victory laurels. It is because I still haven’t learned to disappoint you. When I look impolite, it is not because I am a spoiled kid. It is because I have not learned how to be frustrated,“ Neymar said.
The Paris Saint Germain forward said his football style is akin to a boy’s that „sometime charms the world, sometimes irritates the whole world.“
„You may think I fall too much, but the truth is I did not fall, I fell apart,“ he said, in a reference to Brazil’s quarter-finals elimination against Belgium. „That hurts more than any step on an operated ankle.“
„I took long to accept your criticism. I took long to look at myself in the mirror and become a new man,“ Neymar said. „I fell, but only who falls can pick himself up.“
Neymar ends his ad asking fans to make a choice.
„You can keep casting stones or throw these stones away and help me stand. When I stand, all of Brazil stands with me,“ he said.
On July 20, at his first public appearance after the World Cup, Neymar did not talk about his exaggerations. Instead, he said he was not upset with critics that made fun of his theatrics in Russia.
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