SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar has apologized for an incident with Santos teammate Robinho Jr. that may have further damaged his training ground rift. already unlikely About playing for Brazil world cup.
Robinho Jr., 18-year-old son of former Brazil national team star Robinhoclaimed he was slapped by Neymar, 34, during team training this week.
On Tuesday night, Neymar scored in a 1-1 draw with Santos in a Copa Sudamericana match at Deportivo Recoleta in Paraguay, but media attention was focused on what he said about the brawl earlier in the week.
“Such things happen in football,” Neymar told reporters. “We should have resolved it between us. We had a disagreement during training, and I reacted and exaggerated a bit, but I apologized and immediately talked it over in the dressing room, and we came to a mutual understanding.”
Neymar, Brazil’s all-time leading scorer with 79 goals, has not played for the national team since October 2023, when he injured his anterior cruciate ligament.
Brazil national team coach Carlo Ancelotti is scheduled to announce his World Cup squad on May 18th.
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