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🚨Thiago Mendes on he refused to shake Neymar Jr.’s hand before the Santos and Vasco da Gama’s match. 🗣️“People talk a lot about sportsmanship. In football the handshake before the game is tradition, not law. It’s a gesture that only works when there’s mutual respect. When that respect is gone, forcing the moment becomes theatre. In 2020 I made a mistake. I went in hard, I got sent off, I apologised publicly the same night. My family received death threats for months because of that one tackle. I lived with that. I never ran from it. I didn’t intentionally try to injure him. I was doing my job as a midfielder in a competitive match. Football is a contact sport. If a player doesn’t want to be touched, maybe he should choose a different game. Wanting everyone to play soft around you just because your name is Neymar is not how this sport works. That attitude is one of the reasons I didn’t feel the need to shake his hand. What I don’t accept is someone who still uses that moment six years later to call me an ‘idiot’ in front of cameras, then walks up expecting a friendly handshake like nothing was said. You can’t publicly disrespect someone and then demand the full ceremonial treatment. I compete hard. I accept the consequences of my actions. I just refuse to pretend everything is fine for the cameras when it isn’t. That’s my standard. Some people will call it a lack of sportsmanship. I call it consistency.” Some players are treated like untouchable kings. The rest of us are just supposed to accept whatever they say. I’m not built like that. I’m 34 years old, I’ve been through a lot in this game, and I still wake up every day knowing who I am. If that bothers people, good. At least now everyone knows where I stand.”

Vfynn_'s tweet photo. 🚨Thiago Mendes on he refused to shake Neymar Jr.’s hand before the Santos and Vasco da Gama’s match.

🗣️“People talk a lot about sportsmanship. In football the handshake before the game is tradition, not law. It’s a gesture that only works when there’s mutual respect. When that respect is gone, forcing the moment becomes theatre.

In 2020 I made a mistake. I went in hard, I got sent off, I apologised publicly the same night. My family received death threats for months because of that one tackle. I lived with that. I never ran from it.

I didn’t intentionally try to injure him. I was doing my job as a midfielder in a competitive match. Football is a contact sport. If a player doesn’t want to be touched, maybe he should choose a different game. Wanting everyone to play soft around you just because your name is Neymar is not how this sport works. That attitude is one of the reasons I didn’t feel the need to shake his hand.

What I don’t accept is someone who still uses that moment six years later to call me an ‘idiot’ in front of cameras, then walks up expecting a friendly handshake like nothing was said. You can’t publicly disrespect someone and then demand the full ceremonial treatment.

I compete hard. I accept the consequences of my actions. I just refuse to pretend everything is fine for the cameras when it isn’t. That’s my standard. Some people will call it a lack of sportsmanship. I call it consistency.”

Some players are treated like untouchable kings. The rest of us are just supposed to accept whatever they say. I’m not built like that. I’m 34 years old, I’ve been through a lot in this game, and I still wake up every day knowing who I am.

If that bothers people, good. At least now everyone knows where I stand.”

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25 days ago

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25 days ago

Paulo Nunes, comentarista da Globo, critica Thiago Mendes por não cumprimentar Neymar: “Tu jogou aonde? Tu fez gol em quem para não cumprimentar o Neymar? Tu tá maluco?” “Tu é o capitão e não vai cumprimentar o Menino Ney? Sabe quando tu vai ter outra oportunidade dessa? Nunca!” 🎥 Reprodução

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26 days ago

Que loucura ver supostos VASCAÍNOS criticando o Thiago Mendes por não cumprimentar um cara que foi em REDE NACIONAL chamar ele de BABACA. E ainda desrespeita o Vasco sempre que pode. Se respeitem e respeitem o time de vocês, rapaziada.

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