The Brazilian star Neymar da Silva poured Santos Jum, his anger at his country after being exposed during the team’s match against Potavogo in the domestic league.
The referee became the red card in the face of Neymar in the 76th minute of the match, after receiving two yellow cards, leaving his team with ten players at the time, which was exploited by the opposing team to win the match.
Neymar was punished with the second yellow card after he deliberately touched the ball with his hand, putting it in the net of Botafogo, which is the player’s card that he deserved it, but he strongly objected to the first, describing the referees as “bad”.
After the match, Neymar published through the image feature on his official account on Instagram, an apology to his colleagues, as well as a harsh criticism of the referees.
“Sometimes our desire to register to make mistakes. I would like to apologize to my teammates and the fans of the team. I made a mistake, so forgive me,” Neymar wrote.
“If I were not expelled today, we would have got the three points. Our team deserves congratulations on the performance it presented today.”
“The ruling was right to the second yellow card, but not in the first, I made a simple mistake and gave me the card immediately, what a bad rulers,” Neymar concluded.
Santos was subjected to a new defeat in the Brazilian league with a loss of 0-1 against Botafogo in round 11, and it is noteworthy that the goal that Artur scored came just 5 minutes after Neymar’s expulsion.
Santos’s balance was frozen at only 8 points, collecting it from 11 games, which I kept in the 18th place in the arrangement schedule leading to the relegation.