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Neymar is set to earn his 100th cap for Brazil against Senegal in Singapore on Thursday. On the eve of the match, the PSG player was honored by the Brazilian football federation, and personally received the jersey from the hands of four-time champion Bebeto, who acts as head of the team’s delegation on this trip to Singapore. After the tribute, the PSG star gave a brief press conference in which he spoke about his memories.
“I’m happy in the national team and I’m happy in the club too. Everyone knows what happened in the summer market and the desire I had to leave. Today I feel happy and comfortable in the club too. It’s not just the national team that I’m happy. The season started out very good for me. I will defend my club and fight tooth and nail. I will give 100% for us to achieve great things. Being good at the club will make it to the national team” – Neymar
Neymar thanked Bebeto, who wished him much luck and many more years of career in the National Team, and even, to some extent, the protection of Tite (Brazil coach)
“I’ve been in the national team for 10 years. I was always one of the top names and one who carried everything on his back. I never ran away from it. I have always played my role very well in the national team. When an athlete reaches such a level, it is normal to have a different treatment. In Barcelona, ​​Messi has a different treatment. Is it because he is more handsome? No. It’s for everything he does. Not only about myself, but about everyone who shows football at that level. It’s normal in football, it’s part.”
For Neymar, the balance is positive in 100 games for the national team. Without dwelling too much on recent controversies, he said that “an athlete’s life is not always just victories.” The player mentioned three special moments with the national team shirt: the first game with the USA, in 2010, the participation in the first World Cup and the first goal in the World Cup 2014.
“In 100 games, there have been many disappointments, defeats, and many mistakes. But if you’re a fighter, after all you can redeem your mistakes. I am very happy to reach this mark. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that this could happen,” said Neymar.
The star attributed the absence of the best in the world in the last two years to the injuries he faced. However, he said that when he was healthy to compete, he always did well.
“There have been more than three months of injury treatment in the last two years. This gets in the way of any athlete. But if you look at all the games and numbers you will see that I never stopped playing football. Unfortunately in athlete’s life this can occur. You have to have a good head and be prepared to go over it. I seek this for this season, to be well, to hope that nothing bad happens. Ending the season you can be sure that I will be among the best – promised.”
