Temptation
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He's done.
Neymar
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soul24rage
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Finished Neymar is still their best player
Temptation
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I don't think he's physically capable of playing at the highest level anymore. His fitness is a joke and he's very injury prone.
soul24rage
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He's still better
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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Ney is back!
Its often that the old guys combined with the young lads leading the team to WC so why not this time. He is physically completely finished though, they need to rest him as soon as they are 2-0 up.
Its often that the old guys combined with the young lads leading the team to WC so why not this time. He is physically completely finished though, they need to rest him as soon as they are 2-0 up.
Temptation
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You still have to physically last in a high level game though. Not sure Neymar can do that.
RedxMAK
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Ngl, I thought Neymar would redeem himself and come back into his prime after he scored that goal against Croatia. It felt like a legacy defining goal, just imagine extra time and to take Brazil into semis for first time since 2014. Poor guy, team got complacent and he suffered due to it...
soul24rage
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Great career, but should have achieved much more with his immense talent.
What a waste.
What a waste.
MonteCuler
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I agree
But a player like Neymar leaves astonishing legacy purely with the way he played and entertained all over the world. With the way people all over the world were in awe of his talent when they saw him play - for the national team, for PSG, for Barca or in Arabia. It's what people remember and what stays in their memory - more so than winning trophies.
So I have a firm belief Neymar will be one of the most well remembered footballers of his generation. In Brazil people have immense respect for him and it only increases as time goes by and they witness the state of modern joga bonito, i.e Vini, Rodrygo, Raphinha. They realize, he may well be the last of his kind.
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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You could already see his talent in 13/14 but never thought he would become that good. His peak is easily top5 in this generation, unfortunately injuries killed him over the years. Its a pity he didnt win WC18.
Maradona37
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True, for instance everyone remembers and eulogises over many sides who didn't win the World Cup or Euros, because they were beautiful to watch. Some examples of teams who are loved despite winning nothing are Netherlands 74 and 78, Hungary 54, Brazil 82, Czech Republic 2004.
These teams remain etched in football history and the memory because they played the game it should be played. They didn't win, but everyone knows that winning can be fine margins. What isn't fine margins is the skill they displayed and the joy they brought to people (in a football capacity, which as I have said in lewy thread must be placed in its proper perspective).
Nobody remembers half the teams who beat them to tournaments who were ugly to watch and played the percentages and/or cheated (eg West Germany 54, Portugal 2016 and Greece 2004). Credit to them for winning but sometimes the poorer teams win and the better teams lose.
Neymar is like that. He doesn't have as many cold hard facts and achievements (boring, you can't be entertained by numbers) as, for example, C Ronaldo does. But what he does have is a beautiful way of playing that nobody will ever forget. The guy is a fud really, but as a footballer he was the embodiment of 'the beautiful game'.
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