🚨🇧🇷 Big Statement:
Neymar Jr Said 🗣️: "I'm very happy that we've qualified for the Round of 16. We played fantastic football, and I hope we continue to perform like this. I'm now fully fit, and whenever the team feels they need me, I'll be ready to step onto the pitch. Whether I play or not doesn't matter. We came here to win the World Cup, and I hope we'll return home as World Cup champions." 🤯
He’s one of the greatest at profiling players
Moved Kaka to second striker
Moved Seedorf to a 10
Moved Pirlo from a 10 to a 6
Moved bellingham to false 9
Swapped Casemiro and Toni Kroos positions at Madrid
He’s a legend
Feeling incredibly validated by the London Standard's ranking of the temperature on the Tube lines.
For the Americans, that means the Central line is 103F degrees!
🚨 Rio Ferdinand on Neymar's instant impact off the bench for Brazil:
🗣“Listen, this is why elite players are different. Neymar comes on for about 20 minutes and instantly looks like the most creative player on the pitch.
People get caught up in goals and assists, but watch the game properly. The moment he entered, Brazil started playing with more confidence, more purpose and more threat.
He created three chances in a short spell and every time he got on the ball, Scotland looked nervous. That's the effect top players have. They make defenders second-guess themselves.
What impressed me wasn't just the numbers, it was the control. He slowed the game down when he needed to, sped it up when the opportunity was there and constantly looked to hurt the opposition.
Brazil have some outstanding young talent, but Neymar still gives them that extra level of quality and imagination. Twenty minutes was enough to remind everyone that when he's fit and confident, he's still a massive problem for any team in world football.”