December 10, 2022, 10:26 AM
December 10, 2022, 10:26 AM
The star Neymar questioned his continuity in the selection of Brazil after the elimination on Friday against Croatia (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar.
“I do not guarantee 100% that I will return, I need to analyze, think a little more about what is good for me and for the team,” he said, visibly beaten in the mixed zone of the Education City stadium in Doha, where the match was played.
The 30-year-old attacker assured that His eventual resignation from the ‘Canarinha’, if materialized, would include all competitions: friendly matches, South American qualifying, Copa América and World Cup.
The ’10’ had said in October 2021 that Qatar’s would be his last World Cupbecause he did not know if he would have “the mental strength to continue playing football”.
“The feeling is very bad. I think today is worse than what we felt in the last Cup (2-1 defeat with Belgium in Russia 2018 quarterfinals). It’s hard to find words to describe this moment,” he said.
“We fight, we fight, I am proud of all my teammates, proud of the personality they have, of kicking penalties, of facing. No.It’s not easy to assume that personality,” he added.
Big favorite for the title in Qatar, Brazil lost on penalties to Croatia and put off the dream of winning the sixth world title.
‘Ney’ scored the partial victory goal and equalized Pelé as the top scorer of the ‘Seleção’, with 77 goals.
The Croats forced the definition from the white pointor by scoring in his only shot on goal.
“Only those who dare err. Unfortunately the ball did not go in. Not just me, we are all going to learn from this. I don’t know what will come from here on out for the Brazilian team. For now, all this is to be regretted,” he said.
Neymar bids a painful farewell to his third and perhaps last World Cup appointment, after the failures in Brazil-2014 (7-1 defeat with Germany in the semis) and Russia-2018 (2-1 loss with Belgium in the quarterfinals).
The technician Tite, of 61 years, also leaves the ‘scratch’ after the impossibility of winning the hexacampeonato.
Brazil raised for the last time the World Cup in 2002.
