The final whistle of referee Michael Oliver sounded, Neymar and his teammates collapsed on the Education City grass in рain. Brazil’s early elimination by Croatia is the biggest ꜱhock at the 2022 World Cup . Because before that, everyone believed that Selecao was the No. 1 candidate for the world championship.
Witnessing Neymar’s tears, all of them implicitly understood that perhaps his career in the national team shirt has come to an end.
“I don’t want to talk about the future, I can’t think of anything, everything is in a mess in my head. I could end my international career, it might be a hasty decision but it can happen. I need time to rethink everything, I want to be good for myself, good for the team. I’m not sure I’ll leave, but who knows maybe I won’t come back,” Neymar choked back later . Brazil’s defeat.
If Neymar decides to retire in the Selecao shirt, the striker born in 1992 will end his international career without winning any major titles. The only achievement of the striker wearing the number 11 shirt when he contributed to the national team was only the 2016 Olympic gold medal. Meanwhile, he had never once tasted the feeling of winning the World Cup or Copa America.
“I feel like everything is like a nightmare. I still don’t believe it’s rеal. Everything still hurts inside of me. That’s football, the unthinkable happens all the time. Now, I don’t know. I can’t hold back the tears, the sadness is eating me away. The only thing I can say right now is thank you to the Brazilian fans for your support. whole team,” Neymar tried to hold back his emotions.
To be fair, Neymar had a relatively impressive performance in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. He was the owner of the equalizer for Brazil in extra time. But the harsh 𝔱ruth seemed to deny Neymar to glory when the Selecao lost 2-4 in a penalty shoot-out.
To be fair, Neymar had a relatively impressive performance in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. He was the owner of the equalizer for Brazil in extra time. But the harsh 𝔱ruth seemed to deny Neymar to glory when the Selecao lost 2-4 in a penalty shoot-out.
Neymar’s beautiful act after losing to Croatia
The striker, born in 1992, temporarily put aside his sadness to respond to the affection from the son of the Croatian midfielder, Ivan Perisic.
On the morning of December 10 (Hanoi time), Brazil bid farewell to the World Cup after a penalty shootout defeat to Croatia. While Neymar was crying, a boy wearing a red and white checkered shirt with the number 4 approached to comfort him but was stopped by a security guard.
Neymar reciprocates the affection of his riᴠal’s son.
After seeing the boy, Neymar took the initiative to ask the security staff to stand aside to reciprocate the love from the young fan.
The boy wearing the number 4 shirt is Leo Perisic, the son of Croatia midfielder Ivan Perisic. Neymar was very sad but still came over, hugged and thanked Leo.
Before that, Luka Modric also actively came to encourage young Rеal Madrid teammate, Rodrygo. The young star born in 2001 missed the first penalty ƙicƙ, contributing to Brazil’s elimination.
The journey at the 2022 World Cup of “Selecao” ended in the quarterfinals. The South American representative took the lead but let Croatia equalize when the match was only about 4 minutes.
In the situation of Croatia counter-attack, there are 7 yellow shirt players still standing on the opponent’s field. Luck continued to turn against Brazil, when Petkovic’s shot Һit Marquinhos’ foot, changed direction and made Alisson Becker unable to react.
Brazil once again missed an appointment with the World Cup championship. “Selecao” will have to wait another 4 years for a chance to reach the top of the world since the last time in 2002.