Neymar has spent more than 14 minutes on the ground since the start of the World Cup! – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia ™

Neymar crystallizes since the beginning of the Mondial the critics on his incessant simulations and his numerous exaggerations in match. We now know how long the attacker of the PSG has passed to the ground and it is consistent!

An outstanding dribbler, a scorer, a decisive passer but also, sometimes, a tendency to overplay the pain. It is important to say, Neymar is one of the best players in the world but like all grown ups, he has some flaws. So yes, since the start of the World Cup, the striker has suffered 22 fouls, the biggest total of the competition according to the statistician Opta. But the problem with Neymar is that he has the nasty habit of amplifying the pain he feels when he is the victim of a fault of one of his opponents. In the match against Serbia (0-2), he made fifteen roulades in 15 seconds after a tackle. Monday in the 8th finals against Mexico (2-0), the PSG striker was stomped on foot when he refused to return the ball to a Mexican. Again, the player rolled in pain before getting up as if nothing had happened.

Being one of his most commented topics of the World Cup, the Swiss Radio Television timed the stops of play caused by the simagnées of Neymar. The verdict is final, the player spent 13 minutes and 50 seconds on the ground in four World Cup matches!
If we go into detail, it was during the 8th finals against Mexico that Neymar spent the most time on the ground. So, 5 minutes and 29 seconds were lost right next to the PSG player. When he stepped on the foot, he extended the pleasure for two minutes … In the group stage, Neymar's exaggerations resulted in 1 minute and 56 seconds of play-offs against Serbia and 3 minutes and 40 seconds against Switzerland!

Criticism of the player's attitude

Since the beginning of the competition, D iego Maradona, Eric Cantona and other former glories of the round ball have called the PSG player stopped to simulate. On the night of Mexico's defeat against Brazil, the Mexican coach strongly criticized Neymar's attitude. "It's a shame for football," complained the coach of Mexico, never naming Neymar, but clearly accusing him of playing "comedy". "We lost a lot of playing time because of a single player, because of the arbitration that all too often stopped the game for too many fake mistakes, for example four minutes at a time. for the world and all the kids watching the game, "said the technician of Colombian origin.

So Neymar will he stop the comedy? We will know Friday, July 6 during the quarter-final between Brazil and Belgium (at 20 hours to follow on TF1).