In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Neymar scored a hat-trick with Brazil on the lawn of Peru (4-2) during the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. In France, we stopped on this single information, already important since the PSG striker has exceeded, with 64 goals, Ronaldo (62) in the ranking of historic scorers of the Seleçao. He now has the record holder Pelé (77) in his sights.
“For me, he’s a real clown”
But what has often been forgotten to be specified is that out of his three goals, Neymar scored two on penalty. And that he spent the meeting simulating, as in the worst hours of the 2018 World Cup, which exceeded the players of Peru. In particular the defenders, including the left side of ASSE Miguel Trauco. In front of the media of his country, Carlos Zambrano summarized the state of mind of his partners:
“Honestly, he’s a great player, one of the best in the world, but for me he’s a real clown. Neymar is aware of everything he has done on the pitch, he’s a great player but he was looking for the slightest fault in the area. He threw himself four or five times to see if the referee would call a penalty and in the end he achieved his goal, which resulted in two penalties when there was no foul. ” Hunt the natural …
🗣 Peru defender Carlos Zambrano:
“Neymar is a clown. He looks for minimal contact and goes down. He did that at least 4 or 5 times, and got two penalties out of it. “
– MansionBet (@MansionBet) October 16, 2020