neymar

Just because an aging Messi and Neymar are gone and Mbappe is gone doesn't mean the rest of the squad isn't top talent.

No, this match had nothing to do with Neymar missing, and everything to do with Thiago Silva missing.

Even the top technical players of all time like Messi and Neymar are notorious for this.

For the sports comparison, it'd be like comparing Kevin Durant to Michael Jordan (or Neymar to Pele for the European readers).

It seems that it wasn't so much about the rigidness of the game, as much as it was Neymar missing from the field.

Imagine if every kid out there that wanted to be the next Ronaldo or Neymar (and could afford it) started taking steroids and EPO.

That was a Neymar class performance worthy of a Fallon d'Floor award.

Would you say Luka, Neymar and others are outrunning their diets?

Watch when Neymar scores a goal and kneels down on the ground and points up at the sky and says thank you (or something like that).

Additionally I wonder about the high probability for a win vs brasil now (even without incorporating the loss of Neymar and Thiago Silva) - did they do a recalibration or change the model?

Except for Santos clinging on to Neymar for a couple years after his talent was widely known, I can't think of many great players who spent a significant amount of time in Brazil at their peak.

Don't mean to go off on a rant here...but soccer will always struggle in the US until the refs start aggressively calling simulation aka 'diving' (and maybe changing some penalty kick rules to discourage it) on the Neymar wannabes flopping around and acting like they've been shot by a tazer at the slightest touch.

PS: Or maybe Neymar's injury was "managed".

"Sorry, I didn't pick the game - it is what it is" said LeBron to Neymar as they lined up for some one-on-one.

This is used in Brazil by Neymar-backed Waves For Water (90k filters) and Project AmaZon (10k filters).

Paris has PSG, which is infamous for spending seemingly limitless money to bring in superstars like Messi, Neymar, Mbappe and others.

Don't you think Messi, Neymar, and Alexis (all 3 different countries playing for Barca) would have to practice and know precisely about their timing.