After Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League exit, Neymar, who assisted in all two goals of the team's knockout round, became the target of public criticism. From the boos of fans to the doubts of celebrities, some reporters even revealed that Neymar was "drunk" to participate in training.
Back to the Brazilian national team, he made a penalty and hit to break the deadlock, proved his Neymar returned to Paris, and used an "ice-breaking" score to let the "drunken" self win the cheers of the fans again.
Left-back Neymar: Scored the first goal of the ice breaker
The current Paris Saint-Germain has gradually moved towards mbappe's core style of play, at least from this game, Mbappe has become the master of the rhythm of the team, and it is up to him to decide the timing of the acceleration.
Both Messi and Neymar have added a lot of no-ball interspersing. In contrast, Neymar is still more accustomed to this positioning, Messi runs a lot of empty space and is not easy to get the ball, which has some impact on the accuracy of his handling of the ball.
In the case of Paris' first goal, messi was the first to insert the ball in front of the front, but his teammates did not choose the top ball. Messi has a lot of these moves in the game, but doesn't often get the ball.
What followed was that Messi ran back to his original position, received the ball and overstretched Mbappe, and then Neymar stepped forward at high speed. This time, Mbappe became the rhythm leader, with Messi and Neymar both running and interspersed with pick-up points around him.
The problem, however, is that the opponent's defensive focus does not really focus on Mbappe, so Messi's movement and passing, Mbappe's receiving the ball and passing a defender, the opponent's defense has a loophole.
Neymar's forward insertion timing was well controlled, and the shot after entering the box was also very calm, successfully helping the team break the deadlock. After the game, he responded to reporters' rumors about his drunken training, joking that he had scored after getting drunk.
Neymar's passing was unselfish
It's hard not to get an assist
In addition to scoring twice in the last round of Ligue 1, Neymar also sent five key passes to his teammates to bring shots, but unfortunately did not get assists.
What is even more rare is that Neymar also has 2 successful steals and 1 blocking shot, and he has also invested a lot in the defensive end, doing a good job as a left forward.
Because Kylian Mbappe likes to pick up the ball on the left, left-back Neymar needs to go to the middle from time to time in the game to cover the reception, and then run back to the wing when Kylian Mbappe wants to adduction.
When Messi is on the left side of the dominant ball, he has to be prepared to insert it at any time without the ball.
When Mbappe returned to the middle, the opponent's attention was on the Frenchman. As a result, Neymar saw Messi, and a spark of inspiration flashed between the two.
It is clear from the GIF that Neymar this time ran from the middle to the left to meet Mbappe, and the two completed a transposition. Then when Mbappe drew a defence in the middle of the ribs, Messi at the back post quickly thrust forward.
Neymar's pass was just right, but messi's shot was slightly higher.
Statistically, Neymar averaged 2.5 key passes per game to bring shots, just 0.1 fewer than Messi and 0.6 more than Mbappe. However, in terms of assist statistics, Neymar is only a fraction of his teammates, and some of them are unreasonable.
In addition, although Neymar has 10% less turnover than Mbappe, he has more foul data per game than Messi and Mbappe combined.
Many people complain that Neymar has too many balls, but this is actually in the case of no particularly good opportunities on the wing. With the right passing timing, Neymar's handling doesn't disappoint.
This time, messi crossed the field, allowing the latter to get his favorite angle of the shot, but unfortunately failed to correct it.
Looking at the attack again, Neymar passed by beautifully from the side and then crossed Messi, but unfortunately the latter adjusted a little slowly and lost the opportunity to shoot.
Messi had a total of 3 valid shots in this game, resulting in Mbappe's pass bringing the goal, Neymar's 2 passes, Messi was deflected.
Neymar, who sent 5 key passes, failed to get assists, and Mbappe exchanged 4 key passes for 3 assists, which can only be said that assists sometimes need a little fate.
Neymar, 30: Where is the road ahead?
Neymar's biggest problem at the moment is that there are too many injuries, resulting in a lack of coherence in his physical condition. In fact, in terms of the data of the World Preliminary Round in Brazil (Neymar was the core of the team when he was in Brazil, and he gained the right to dominate the offensive rhythm), he is not worse than himself 4 years ago.
He scored 0.8 goals + 0.8 assists per 90 minutes (the average pass per game that fans talk about) and delivered 3.5 scoring chances. Such data proves that Neymar is still a good offensive core.
The last goal in Paris in the last round of Ligue 1 was a very typical Neymar-style defense. He faced the top defense in the middle circle, a beautiful crotch over, which made the situation suddenly open.
Neymar Qiang was able to pick up speed forward instantly after he passed, especially after the ball was scored, and he could quickly insert it without the ball. Mbappe's straight post allowed Neymar to score twice, once again completing a signature goal of his own.
At Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar has been involved in a lot of defense this season. The average number of steals, fouls and passes per game illustrates the number of defensive rounds Neymar has been involved in, more than Messi and Mbappe combined.
The data does not lie, in this Paris trident, the hardest defensive and the most selfless pass is actually Neymar. Of course, this is also due to the status of the team, and this is the current positioning of Neymar in the team.
Like the second goal of the game, it was Neymar who was in the back position at the time, and his non-stop passing gave Gaie more offensive space and eventually brought Mbappe's goal.
Conclusion
With Mbappe's contract extension and Paris Saint-Germain's current squad struggling to accommodate the three superstars in key matches, perhaps Neymar will leave this summer.
Staying away from Ligue 1 is good for Neymar to stay healthy, and at the age of 30, he can actually do a lot of things, provided that there is a team that is willing to trust him and take him as the core.