World Cup: Neymar Backs Brazil To Finish The Job
June 28, 2014; Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL; Brazil player Neymar celebrates after converting a penalty kick against Chile during the round of sixteen match in the 2014 World Cup at Estadio Mineirao. Mandatory Credit: Tim Groothuis/Witters Sport via USA TODAY SportsBrazil lost their talisman Neymar to a fractured vertebrae in a nasty challenge in the quarterfinal match against Colombia but the youngster is confident that his teammates can still win the World Cup without him. Neymar told the official website of the Brazilian FA that he believes his team will carry on without him and become champions in Brazil’s first World Cup as a host since 1950.
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Neymar told the FA that his “dream isn’t over. It was interrupted by a play but it continues. There are two games left and I am sure that my team-mates will do everything possible so that my dream, which is to be a champion, comes true”. He also went on to say that it was also his dream to play in a World Cup final but that he will be by their side and “all us Brazilians are going to be celebrating”.
The weight and pressure on the young forward’s shoulders would be enough to crush the most hardened veteran but Neymar stood up to the task and starred for his country. His four goals have proven the difference so far for a stuttering Brazil side and his penalty against Chile in the face of immense pressure was phenomenal.
Neymar is a different player when he pulls on the canary yellow kit of his native Brazil and he shines under the spotlight with the eyes of the world upon him. It is a shame that Brazil will have to go on without him as they look to win a sixth World Cup because he has shown that he deserves all of the love and attention he has received. If anything this injury may have spared him from the criticism and vitriol that he may have faced if Brazil are eliminated against Germany but after playing so well and bringing his team to the brink of the final, Neymar deserved to see the task through.
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