LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Neymar yet has its great chance of shining.
He has a chance to prove he doesn’t want Lionel Messi to win the biggest football club tournament.
He has the possibility of proving that Paris Saint-Germain had reason to lead his quest for a European title.
He takes the initiative to show that he can be the best in the world.
Neymar has a chance to glory in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich on Sunday.
The greatest player wanted in the world is a breaking game with a main name on PSG.
It is in the champions league spirit that the French club and its Qatari owner paid a record 222 million euros (more than 260 million at the time) to point to the Brazilian star Barcelona 3 years ago.
He failed in his first two attempts to conquer Europe with PSG, with injuries that prevented him from betting at the decisive moments. A right foot bone injury ended his season in 2018, and a foot injury the following season prevented him from betting on the 16-year-old circular in which PSG was eliminated via Manchester United.
“In the area with an injury in 2018. On the court with an injury in 2019. In the area to be grateful in 2020,” he said on an Instagram post this week, with shots of him injured over the more than two seasons and then grateful after Tuesday’s semi-final against Leipzig. “Two years in a row with an injury at times for me and my team. Now I am in the most sensible, unharmed and able way to help my colleagues in the most productive way possible. I’m incredibly happy. I’m very, very happy. “
Neymar scored one of the goals in the 3-0 win over Leipzig to put PSG in the final for the first time.
“We have written the story, but we don’t need to prevent here. We need more,” he said in his message. “Let’s get the trophy.”
Neymar, 28, had already won a Champions League name in 2015, when he was Messi’s partner at Barcelona when the Spanish club claimed their fifth European Cup crown. The Brazilian prospered in the tournament and played a role in the final against Juventus, scoring one of the goals in the 3–1 win.
But it was Messi’s team, and it was the Argentine who nevertheless won the Ballon d’Or that year, an award that Neymar said he was looking to win.
According to media reports, one of the reasons he left Barcelona to get out of Messi’s shadow so that he can play a leadership role elsewhere. And it made sense to do so at PSG, the big-budget French club that reached the Quarter-finals of the Champions League five times in a row, but it may not make it to the quarter-finals.
Neymar struggled from the start with PSG, confronting his teammates and not giving his best. But he has prospered this season even though gradually from injuries suffered with the Brazilian national team. He also missed the start of the Champions League due to a suspension for insulting referees last season.
PSG coach Thomas Tuchel says Neymar has matured and is now an herbal leader.
“He leads for his quality, for his confidence, for his courage to face the parties to the conflict one by one,” Tuchel said. “He has a fighting spirit and is very competitive, hungry for victories. These are the characteristics of a leader.”
Neymar has already shown that he can do well in a big game. He did so in the leagues of past champions and also with Brazil; He was almost better under pressure while leading the hosts to his first gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Neymar played well in the existing mini-tower in Lisbon but has not yet scored. It also had some ignition failures that may have cost the PSG.
The Brazilian striker may want to be the best at Benfica’s Light Stadium on Sunday for his club to defeat five-time champions Bayern.
If he succeeds, he will have, in spite of all that has been achieved, glory. Despite everything, he will have shown that he can be the most productive in the world.
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