Expression – The Daily – The last fall of Neymar

In football, having stars does not necessarily mean that you have a very good team capable of flying over all the competitions. The Brazilians have verified it at their expense in Russia. In Kazan, cemetery of the big customers of this Mondial, the Seleçao suffered the same fate as Germany and Argentina, who left the tournament well before. The Brazilian "Messiah", Neymar, saw himself and his compatriots, already world champions after a comeback in this edition. But they ended up falling very high against a Belgian team welded, homogeneous and especially in meteoric rise. And the scapegoat was none other than Neymar, considered the symbol par excellence of this bitter failure. From now on, he is no longer a prophet in his country. For the Brazilians, woken Saturday morning with a headache, Neymar has not progressed since the 2014 World Cup, which raises the question of whether he should be, at 26, a key player in selection in the years to come. Even worse, his refusal to assume his status as leader of the Seleçao resembles a post abandonment.
"Symbol of the individualism of the players of the Seleçao", Neymar shone during this World Cup by his innumerable plunges on faults often imaginary. Before this match against Belgium, he spent 14 minutes to roll on the ground. His exaggerations exasperated the whole world, since he was flamed by the Brazilians and non-Brazilians.
And this match came against the Red Devils where he fell for the last time, taking the door. In this match, he would have had to be much more inspired and sharp to put his mark. But far from it, since it is "Hazard who turned into Neymar" to lead his family to the last four, with a performance of very high class. Witness this statistic Blues, which has achieved a 100% dribble (10/10), which no player had managed in the World Cup. One was therefore illustrated by his intelligence of play and simplicity, while the other, shone by his lack of inspiration, being unable to shake a defense that surrounded a Thibaut Courtois of the great days. Will this last fall of Neymar hurt him in the race to succeed Ronaldo on the list of the Ballon d'Or? This is most likely the case, and the distinction of this year's Golden Ball should also come as a surprise, as well as the identity of the one who will raise the global crown. He did not see his situation well, even though his coach, Tite, tried to defend himself, recalling each time the opportunity was presented to him that his protégé was removed from the field for a long time, for injury, and that he had just recovered. Arguments which finally brought nothing to the Parisian, who is being torpedoed on all sides.