After the Champions League disaster against Real Madrid and the subsequent criticism of his person, superstar Neymar has now spoken out. The Brazilian completely disappointed in the 3-1 draw at the Bernabeu in Madrid and was whistled loudly by his own fans in the following league game by Paris Saint-Germain and Lionel Messi.
“It was a complicated few days and weeks for us. We didn’t want to lose. That’s not what we’re there for,” Neymar emphasized in a media interview: “We didn’t plan it. Quite the opposite. We gave ourselves, committed, trained towards it to strive for it!”
Despite the sometimes clear superiority and lead in the second leg, PSG did not manage to decide the duel with the royal team after the 1-0 win in the first leg. Instead, a careless mistake by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, which resulted in the 1-1, turned the game completely upside down. Neymar also contributed to the defeat with a serious bad pass before the 2-1.
“I came back from an injury and gave my life to experience this moment,” said Neymar, who wants to emerge stronger from this moment: “But the life of an athlete is like that. One day you’re down, you lost the game. But then you can turn the whole thing around. That’s why football is worth it.”
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