On October 19, Beijing time, world football ushered in a heavy loss. Neymar, the Brazilian star, suffered another misfortune, with his ligaments and meniscus torn and reimbursed early in the season. Unexpectedly, his body could no longer withstand the highest level of confrontation.
In the final moments of the field, Neymar suffered a foul from his opponent, although it was not too much action, just an ordinary bump, but he was injured because of it. This may prove the cruel fact that Neymar's body can no longer withstand top-level confrontations.
Once known as the third man in the world after Merro, he has now gone to the Saudi league and signed a two-year contract worth 320 million euros, receiving a salary of 160 million euros a year. As a result, he played only 5 games for the team and was reimbursed for serious injuries when he returned to the national team. He spends even longer on crutches than he does on the pitch.
With his serious injury, we have to look at the two peerless duos of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. After all, Neymar has long been considered a third man after Mero. The biggest gap between him and Messi and Ronaldo is not a technical gap, but a gap in self-discipline and physicality.
Just two days before Neymar announced his season reimbursement, the 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the first half against Bosnia and Herzegovina, bringing his tally to 40 goals this year.
The day before Neymar announced his reimbursement, Messi scored two goals in just 10 minutes against Peru, leading the team to a complete victory and completing an eight-game winning streak this year.
Two days ago, Cristiano Ronaldo doubled, a day ago, Messi doubled, and today Neymar announced the reimbursement of the season. The fates of the world's top three superstars are so far apart, we seem to see the great reasons for Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, not only for their skills, but more importantly for their physicality and self-discipline.
Neymar's skills are probably no worse than Mero's, but compared to their physical fitness and form, the gap is too big. That's why Messi and Ronaldo are invincible and scary, they hardly get injured and it's one of their talents. Of course, it is more important that they are self-disciplined enough.
Ronaldo had few scandals late in his career, and Messi didn't get into trouble off the pitch. They spend most of their rest time on physical maintenance, and their endurance and fitness make them the top two.
There are many superstars in world football who were once known as third men, such as Neymar, Bale and Eden Hazard, and now they can only line up to say goodbye. Why is it that only Mero is in the top two in the end? Not getting injured is a very important talent, and we can see from here what the most terrible ability of Messi and Ronaldo is.
In addition, including Hazard and Neymar, they all fell directly after the age of 30, while Messi and Ronaldo can usher in a second spring. Messi can also win three Ballon d'Or and World Cup, and Cristiano Ronaldo can also win the Champions League, complete a hat-trick and play barb.
Looking at their results, Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to eight victories in the European Cup qualifiers, and Messi led Argentina to all four victories in the World Cup qualifiers. It took Neymar only 45 minutes to announce his scrapping in the 2023~2024 season. He should reflect on why he can never surpass Mero, where is he wrong?