Neymar Jr. - v5

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
He was a bit rusty. Can't blame him tbh, just came from from an injury. Will take sometime for him to get going..

He came back from injury a while ago and has played in friendlies for preparation too. Problem with Neymar wasn't that he's rusty. The problem is that he cannot stop hogging the ball. It slows up the tempo of the entire team.
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
His biggest flaws were out in full force today.

Holding the ball to long and losing it way to easily. With his age I doubt he will ever improve on that either.
 

Joan

Well-known member
But Neymar always tries the harder way, to dribble past players etc.... Swiss neutralized him with petty fouls and he went on doing the same all over again.
 

El Flaco

Active member
He was a bit rusty. Can't blame him tbh, just came from from an injury. Will take sometime for him to get going..

He was poor against Switzerland tonight, but that's understandable since his fitness isn't at 100% yet.

Looked underwhelming during Brazil's prep WC-games against Austria & Croatia.

 

Morten

Senior Member
A Neymar who was intelligent could be one of the absolute greats, but i think its too late for him, and his stay in PSG certainly will not help him turn away from his constant ball-hogging.
He could still go on to have a great world cup though, he has quality to make a difference.
 

Stoichkov1

New member
I'm starting to think that ball dominant players like Messi or Neymar are less dominant than those players with perfect understanding of the space and off the ball movement.

Incredible how a player like Ronaldo who is clearly worse on the ball than Messi or Neymar or Hazard can influence a match so much.
 

Alik

Moderator
I'm starting to think that ball dominant players like Messi or Neymar are less dominant than those players with perfect understanding of the space and off the ball movement.

Incredible how a player like Ronaldo who is clearly worse on the ball than Messi or Neymar or Hazard can influence a match so much.

Odd time to make this comment.
 

giorgoXXI

Member
Typical Neymar performance to be honest when he gets frustrated. People tend to forget very quickly he had games like these quite often for Barcelona. He has talent around him, he can do what Ronaldo does and play it simple and wait for his moment rather than hog the ball so much.
 

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