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@NealGardner_ what do you think the odds are that australia beat egypt

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@niinoithompson @NealGardner_ perfectly said

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@SelecaoTalk danilo, bruno & casemiro, what do you think?

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@JoelWilson57276 @AahhhCreeper @tixwilx1916 there was a robbery at my local supermarket, perhaps it was you? 🤔

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@NealGardner_ @IvarTalksBarca gavi?

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@HeissAlpha fb king

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@TrustFlick @nautfcb thank you bro ❤️❤️😭

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@TrustFlick @nautfcb fb king

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@nautfcb both of them are WHAT, anyways cancelo rb so hes paired with lamine & balde lb

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@markofwar_ @Gideoomatic @pipobakayarou a player with the technical ability of Neymar doesnt just “lose” his ability

[Big Pheelz @yung_pheelz01]

LAMINE YAMAL

only people with good football knowledge knows his class

[AllThingsBrazil™ @SelecaoTalk]

Whenever anyone labels Neymar’s career as wasted potential, send them this.

Quite simply, Neymar is a top 15 player in football history. You’d be hard pressed to come up with 15 names that played football at a higher level.

Saying he “didn’t fulfil his potential” is misleading at best, and surface level analysis.

Even if you argue the most extreme point of view. That Neymar’s potential was to become a top 5 player of all time, which is debatable in itself. There is no denying he still came extremely close.

There isn’t a lot of ‘unfulfilled’ potential left. The distance between where he ended up and that ‘hypothetical ceiling’ you’ve labelled him with is still marginal.

• Brazil’s all time top scorer & assister
• 12th most Goals + Assists in history
• 4th most goals ever in Cup Finals
• World-class level from 2011-2023 • Prime at PSG one of the highest peaks of all time.

This is not the footballing CV of a wasted career, or falling short. He left behind a body of work that cements him as one of the greatest to ever kick a ball.

Diego Maradona only played 680 career games. His legacy is not diminished because of it. There is more than enough volume during his prime across varying environments and contexts (club & country), to accurately judge his level and place him amongst the greats. The same applies to Neymar. We have a ~250 game body of work during his peak years (2016-2021) to accurately judge him. Nothing more is needed. More volume wouldn’t make him a better player.

Injuries didn’t prevent him playing football better. His injuries simply reduced volume. We saw 40 games per calendar year, instead of 60.

Neymar’s career can never be described as a story of unfulfilled or wasted potential.

It’s the story of an all-time great career. A career that gave you a unique feeling every time he stepped onto a football pitch, that you were going to see something special, and expected it. He was more than a world class footballer, he belongs in a category very few in history do. Beyond stats, numbers, dissection. He’s in a select group of footballers that are remembered for how it felt to watch and experience them. A combination of artistry, entertainment and output rarely seen in history.

Neymar is a story of almost unimaginable potential that was very nearly fulfilled. That left little to be desired. A game of small margins.

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@Fredoxie_ @QueasyFN @FNCompetitive how do you know that 👀

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@CdRMFC @ronaldowarrior “todays performance wasn’t surprising” brother absolutely NOBODY expected valverde to bag his first career hattrick against Manchester city 😂😂😂😂, most of Madrid fans doubted you guys could even beat city with half your squad injured or suspended. Speaking bullshit 😂😂😂

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨📲 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lamine Yamal on Instagram: “The time has come.”

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On his weaker foot too LoL. There's levels to this shit

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@Ellis_ @ekomifrederic 9 league goals isnt even as ‘bad’ as they make it sound at all for a winger whos playing right wing back half the time and was 17 years old, fuck it wasnt even bad at all considering he had most assists, big chances created and the fact that ronaldinho won d’or wit 6 league goals

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@PSGINT_ fuck israel

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@Psyberlm10 @tichyburner yeah but its from 2005 so cr fans will js use the excuse that he was young or wtv so ucl 2018 is prolly best option ‘prime cr7 bla bla’