Neymar: Brazil Is The Best International Team
Brazil’s star striker and captain, Neymar, has given his first press conference as the captain of Brazil in close to a year, and made some very bold statements about his national team, saying that he believes Brazil is the best international team in the world.
Speaking to the press before Brazil’s World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay on Tuesday, Neymar said that when his team decides to really focus, they are the best in the world.
“There was never a dependency on Neymar. This is Brazil. If focused, our team is the best…We know this, we are humble enough to respect our adversaries, we have to play. Sometimes one part or the other didn’t fit. But coach Tite arrived and made adjustments. We are playing football. The players are not so different – it is the way of playing. Now everyone turns up,” he said.
He continued, saying that he himself had to learn to pull himself together on the pitch and avoid unnecessary punishments from the referees that will hurt his team in the long run.
“We only learn when we get hurt or do something wrong. I already argued unnecessarily. I got yellow and red cards, harmed myself, harmed my team-mates. But time makes us more mature. Nowadays I only think about playing football, I am better in every aspect,” he concluded.
