Regarding the Brazilian World Cup squad, everyone should have seen that the forward position can be described as strong, but with the final Brazilian team officially announced the list of team members. It still caused a huge controversy, among which Martinelli's selection surprised the outside world.
Not only the media and the Brazilian team celebrity surprised Martinelli's selection, even the current Brazilian national team boss Neymar also appeared in an unexpected look when watching the announcement of the squad. After hearing Martinelli's name at that time, Neymar showed a surprised expression directly in front of the TV. And this has also caused a rift within the Brazilian team, after all, Neymar is the big brother of the national team. It is normal to be unfamiliar with Martinelli, a 21-year-old brother, but the expression shown makes the outside world think that Martinelli is really unworthy of being selected for the national team.
Martinelli also spoke about it quite personally in an interview, Martinelli said: "I am very confident that I have put all my efforts into Arsenal. But I saw his reaction and I hope he was pleasantly surprised and happy that I was selected for the national team. It's not about questioning or misunderstanding me. I will give my best in the national team and this World Cup is an incredible experience for me." It can be seen that Martinelli is indeed quite confident and personal, otherwise he would not have publicly commented on Big Brother Neymar in the interview.
But it has also caused infighting in Brazil's World Cup hotspot, and as a 21-year-old rising star, he is really not qualified to comment on Neymar's expression. And in the interview, I hope that Neymar will be a surprise, obviously Martinelli does not have a clear judgment on his strength and his position in this luxury striker Brazilian team.
This naming his big brother Neymar, it can be said that Martinelli may not be able to play in the World Cup. His five-goal stats in 20 games this season are a bit short compared to the 80 million euros-level superstars up front. And Neymar is understandably angry at the club, but Martinelli probably won't choose to give him a good face.