Neymar’s World Cup: goals, sublime skills and annoying play-acting

The brilliant Brazilian continues to divide opinion across the football world

Neymar Brazil 2018 World Cup
Brazil’s Neymar celebrates his goal against Mexico in the World Cup round of 16
(Image credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

Going into the World Cup there were three superstars - but now only one remains. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are presumably sunning themselves on a beach somewhere after the elimination of Argentina and Portugal, leaving Brazil’s Neymar the last of the three musketeers.

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