With the goal scored against Peru, Neymar became Brazil’s top scorer in World Cup qualifiers, with twelve goals, surpassing Romário and Zico, both with eleven. In all, the Paris Saint-Germain striker has 69 goals scored in 113 games for the ‘canarinha’ and is 16 of reaching Pelé.
At the end of the match, when asked about this feat, Neymar ended up leaving an outburst: «The collective is the most important, I’ve always valued that. At the same time, I’m happy to have this record, to be the player with the most assists and, if all goes well, to pass Pelé. I’m very happy. I don’t know what else I need to do for the guys to respect Neymar.”
The captain of Brazil did not want to do it because he believes he is not being respected: «It is something that comes from a long time ago, from journalists, commentators and others as well. Sometimes I don’t even like to talk about interviews, but at important moments I come to say what I think.”
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