“We talk little about it, but sometimes we talk about bumping into each other on the semifinal or final. I tell Messi that I’m going to be champion and beat him, and we laugh“, said neymar in an interview published on Wednesday by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
The ’10’ of Brazilone of the favorite teams to win the World Cup (November 20-December 18), assured that he is in good condition to fight for the sixth world title of the ‘Canarinha’the first since 2002.
“I feel good physically, I’m happy, having a very happy time at the club, so I feel prepared,” he said. “The World Cup is my biggest dream. I’m going to have a new opportunity and I hope to get it”.
The 30-year-old attacker will arrive at Qatar in great moment after a good start to the season with PSG, where he has scored thirteen goals and provided eleven assists in 19 league and Champions League games.
However, he assured that he feels free of any pressure in what will be his third -and perhaps last- World Cup participation, after Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018.
“In my career I achieved things that I never imagined. If my career ended today, I would be the happiest guy in the world, ”he noted.
‘Ney’ maintained that the ‘scratch’ is one of the great candidates for the title along with Germany, France, Spain and the Argentina’s Messiwho beat them in the 2021 Copa América final in the middle of the Maracana.
Although “the world Cup It is a box of surprises, there are always teams that were not considered favorites and end up going far”, he stated.
neymar will lead the Tite team in Group G, which they share with Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
Brazil It is prepared in the Italian city of Turin. On Saturday he will arrive in Doha and will debut on November 24 against the Serbs.
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