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Former Captain of Germany Lothar Matthaus said Neymar to cut dive and focus on his football.
The Brazilian superstar split his opinion at this World Cup with his sometimes brilliant game and his often comical game.
Speaking at the launch of this year's Best FIFA Soccer Awards, Matthaus said:
"Neymar does not need to act – he is an excellent player and he has everything that A High Level Player Needs 19659004]
"He is one of the top five players in the world, why does he need to act? This does not bring him sympathy and it is not good for him.
"(Diego) Maradona was not acting, (Lionel) Messi does not act (Cristiano) Ronaldo is an actor in a different way but not like that.We need players like Neymar in the game but not like that "
The 57-year-old German was also not impressed by the antics of Colombia against England on Tuesday and this reminded him of the # 39, one of his former opponents.
"When you talk about 1990 and a diver or an actor, I think of (Carlos) Valderrama and he was sitting next to me (during Tuesday's match in Moscow) and he I came back to see how he acted and provoked
"But in 1990, Colombia had only one Valderrama, now they have five or six. I do not like this provocation and this acting game.
"And with (the video assistant referees), I do not understand why a player would treat another player like this or the spectators."
Matthaus, the German captain in 1990 Mark Geiger for losing control of the British-England match.
"You have to cut it, like yesterday, he forgot to cut out the style of Colombia, he let them do," said Matthaus
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"We missed three minutes before the penalty (Harry Kane) because they were arguing: give a yellow card and if it continues, give a second yellow and a red.
" We want to see Football. If people want to see action, they will go elsewhere, not in the stadium. "
Returning to Neymar, Matthaus said that he did not believe that the Brazilian was quite the same level as Messi and Ronaldo.
That could change, though, if Brazil wins the World Cup World, former midfielder Bayern Munich and Inter Milan said, although he made the same remark about the Englishman Harry Kane and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappe. [19659004] talk about Mbappe or Kane, who is the top scorer in England in the last three or four years, is the captain of the national team and has six goals at the World Cup? For me, he is a candidate (for the price of the best player), Mbappe is a candidate, "said Matthaus.
Also at the launch was the original Ronaldo, who won the 1994 and 2002 World Cups with Brazil, and he was more supportive of his compatriot Neymar.
The 41-year-old said: "There are many ways to interpret football and I do not agree that it dives."
"He is a smart player in his moves and how he defends himself from being attacked. I do not think the referees have adequately protected him."
"When people repeatedly criticized me, I felt a sense of injustice, Neymar's criticism is nonsense, his results with Brazil are incredible and he's still not at his best. "
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