Brazil lost to Croatia in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup. Superstar Neymar has released private chats with some of his teammates after the bust.
On his Instagram story, Neymar posted parts of conversations with captain Thiago Silva, as well as defender Marquinhos and forward Rodrygo. “Without their permission,” as the thirty-year-old himself writes. “So you can see how much we wanted it and how close we stuck.”
Neymar posted chats after failing at World Cup
In the news, Neymar tries to cheer up his teammates after the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar. Marquinhos and Rodrygo missed penalties in a 4-2 shoot-out win against Croatia. He blames neither of them. “A penalty won’t change what I think of you. I’ll be with you forever and you know it,” he wrote to Marquinhos, with whom he plays at Paris Saint-Germain. Neymar writes to 21-year-old Real Madrid’s Rodrygo that he is a “star” and that one day he will bring another trophy to Brazil.