The Neymar "charms Brazil, but bores the whole world"

The title read: "Neymar charmed Brazil, but he annoyed the whole world.

The Brazilian Globo newspaper expressed it, capturing the mood around a man who once again combined the sublime and the ridiculous as perhaps the only one.

Neymar, the most expensive player in the world, is probably the last superstar in the world. Cup after the outings for the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.

But for all his good performances – and Monday he was once again vital in Brazil's 2-0 win over Mexico in the round of 16 – he still feels that he remains largely unpopular among neutral.

His contribution was sometimes brilliant. There were jumps, jumps in space, the smart rear wheel that made Brazil move for the first goal that he himself set aside.

There was also the petulance and gambling that you believe is either cynical to gain a minor advantage or reprehensible behavior that erodes the values ​​of football

It was weird to see how the game's Was arrested when Neymar orchestrated a major lightning point with less than 20 minutes of play.

Miguel Layun gently stepped on the Brazilian ankle, Neymar began to whine and twist as s & d It was a patch, waving the arms to communicate great pain.

He sucked everyone: his team-mates, Mexican players, the referee His assistant, the fourth official, everyone was involved as the situation increased.

I turned to the German reporter next to me and he said, "It's Neymar."

that they are through the l He was eight years old to play in Belgium on Friday at 19:00

and the Paris Saint-Germain striker, aged 26, was elected official of the Fifa. The winner of this prize is always put in interview.

He was about to answer a question about the incident with Layun when the Brazilian manager Tite interrupted him and said, "They saw it on the screen. "

Neymar then added, "Look, I think it's more an attempt to undermine me than anything else."

"I do not care about criticism, or praise, because that may influence your attitude. In the last two games I have not spoken to the press because I did not want to.

"I just have to play, help my teammates, help my team."

As for Mexican manager Juan Carlos Osorio said after the match: "It's a shame for all football, it's a negative example for the game, it's a masquerade."

Former striker Aston Villa Dion Dublin said on BBC Radio 5: embarrassed for Neymar.

"He is one of the greatest players in the world but when he rolls on the ground, I do not understand, come on, young man, you're better than that, keep on playing."

Neymar is clearly one of the best in the world, just consider some of the statistics around its performance here in Russia.

In this World Cup up to here, Neymar has:

• Attempted the most shots (23) and shot at the target (12)
• Created the most chances of score (16)
• Tried the most dribbling 19659026] And suffered the most faults (23)

Scoring in the first goal against Mexico, he scored the sixth goal of his career in the World Cup. world.

To reach this total, he asked 38 attempts at goal. Messi 67 shots and Ronaldo 74 to reach the same score.

And yet on the player of the BBC Sport Evaluator, he got the lowest score of all on the field – 4.76. the second for Roberto Firmino

There are so many reactions to Neymar: positive and negative, he has almost 100 m The Instagram fans on Instagram and a post immediately after the match have had a million likes in the 15 minutes following its appearance.

But another image has been widely shared on Twitter since its first appearance in reaction to the opening match of Brazil, 1-1 draw with Switzerland in which Neymar reacted to a challenge by rolling dramatically on the ground .

Eight numbered photos of the front wringing in apparent agony are accompanied by a caption that reads: How do you feel about the scale of Neymar? Brazilian fans – and Neymar fans – will undoubtedly have their own scale to judge it. What matters most to them is their ability to set games on larger stages.

Maybe his temperament is only an inevitable by-product of his talent, or maybe it's working in symbiosis. a 2-0 win against Costa Rica, we saw another bizarre overview of its inner workings. It happened when the referee, trying to defuse some tension, placed his hand on Neymar's arm. Neymar swept his hand and seemed to say, "Do not touch me."

After this match, a victory ensured by two injury time goals, including one that he scored himself, Neymar was extremely emotional and he broke down. tears.

Was it stress? Relief? The emotion of being close to the last stages of the World Cup?

Perhaps it was a combination of what happened four years ago when Brazil was crushed by Germany in the semifinals. 19659005] Neymar himself was absent from the 7-1 defeat, having been injured by a bad challenge from Juan Camilo Zuniga in a quarter-final win over Colombia.

It is the turn that Brazil has reached again – for the seventh consecutive tournament, they are in the last eight.

What will happen next for this team will largely depend on its star player and if he can find the best of himself, but he does it.

– BBC