SAO PAULO.- “Eliminated! Eliminated!” he shouted. Neymarwhile dancing mockingly, in a skirmish with fans and leaders of the Rowing after the classification of the Saints to the quarterfinals in the Brazil Cup.
After the episode, which occurred on Tuesday night, the Brazilian star was harshly criticized by a director of Remo, a modest team from the city of Belemin the north of Brazil.
“That scoundrel Neymar, who is idolized by a lot of children, did his antics here and on top of that he comes to provoke,” he told reporters. Antonio Carlos Teixeirapresident of the club, who was playing the game at home.
“We are to blame for idolizing a gang of scoundrels like this guy!” Teixeira added with disgust.
Neymar, 34, entered the field after halftime and in the 74th minute provided the assist for the goal Rony which sealed Santos’ 1-0 victory as a visitor in the second leg of the match.
With the victory, the São Paulo team secured qualification for the next phase after drawing 0-0 in the first leg.
The public chanted against him from the warm-up.
Neymar reacted by mockingly throwing kisses towards the stands and tensions rose until the moment of mockery in the locker room tunnel.
The attacker, shouting, hit the Santos shield and fans knocked down one of the protection barriers, without the situation escalating, according to videos that went viral on social networks.
“Thank you for the love, Belém!” Neymar said ironically on the social network Instagram, along with laughing emoticons.
According to the Brazilian press, he could be sanctioned by sports justice for the incident.
One more controversy
Last year, the forward was highly questioned for an argument he had on the field with a Santos fan who had called him a “mercenary”, in the midst of a poor streak of results for Peixe.
The former star of FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain He then apologized.
Santos’ next game will be on Sunday against Athletico Paranaensein the Brazilian league. The old club Pele It occupies fifteenth position, fighting to avoid relegation.
