Romario, to Neymar: “Don’t worry about what they say about you”

The former footballer Romariochampion included Brazil and scorer of world of 1994, recommended to neymarstar of the Canarinha team that will debut on Thursday in Qatar 2022 with Serbia, ignoring any criticism and provocation and focusing on winning the title.

The recommendation appears in a letter of encouragement addressed by the former Barça player to the French PSG attacker three days before Brazil’s first game in Qatar.

In the letter, originally published in ‘The Players Tribune Brasil’, a portal created by athletes and former athletes, Romario repeatedly praises the canarinha’s number 10 and highlights the importance of Neymar for Brazil to win the its sixth title 20 years after achieving the fifth star in the 2002 World Cup.

But for this, Neymar assured, he has to forget the criticisms and any other problems outside the field. “Do your part on the pitch and try to forget the rest: all the noise that comes from outside. This is what I always say: what needs to have a good image is the television,” he said.

“Continue not to give importance to what others say about you. Brazil fans often do not know how difficult it is to play a World Cup at a high level, a tournament that does not allow mistakes ,” he added.

He affirmed that, in the same way, until 1993 there were many people in Brazil who spoke badly about him and criticized all his statements. He assured that the behavior he questioned was not the result of “arrogance” but of “confidence”. The letter came after a German newspaper accused Neymar of arrogance for putting a sixth star on the shield of the Brazilian team despite the fact that the competition had not yet started.

First, the team

Romario also asked Neymar to think about the team and said that, after many problems faced by the Brazilian team before the 1994 World Cup, the canarinha only achieved the fourth world title in the United States because of the decision of the player to join. “It’s impossible to conquer anything alone. I know you know about that,” he said.

“I have done my story and I am sure you will do yours. We owe nothing to anyone and the Brazilian fans will always be by our side when they see our attitude, our dedication, our desire for success,” he added.

He assured that Neymar’s time will come, “that moment that separates the boy from the man”, and his heart is at peace because he trusts the current star of Brazil and knows that he represents the football that Brazilians want to see . “No one deserves to bring home the sixth title more than you. I trust you. Or rather, Brazil trusts you,” concluded Romario.