One month subsequent to driving the most far-fetched of comebacks, Neymar earned himself the scorn of Barcelona’s fans with a couple of senseless bookings. He’ll get an opportunity to vindicate himself on Tuesday when his group faces Juventus in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Neymar grabbed a couple of unnecessary yellow cards on Saturday and got sent off with 25 minutes left and his group trailing by an objective at Malaga. Without him, the undermanned side lost 2-0 and squandered a chance to close in on Spanish league pioneer Real Madrid, which was held to 1-1 by Atletico Madrid.
The Brazilian got his first yellow card for twisting around to tie his boot laces and not giving space for a Malaga player to neatly take a free kick.
At that point, knowing he was one false step from leaving his group with 10 men, Neymar dashed into a Malaga player with no genuine opportunity to win back the ball.
As on the off chance that he hadn’t harmed his group enough as of now, Neymar may have exacerbated matters by sarcastically commending the assistant ref as he left the field.
The sending-off implied Neymar will be suspended for the following match against Real Sociedad, however his additional dose of awful disposition could acquire him an augmented suspension, putting in risk his accessibility for the match at Madrid on April 23 that will go far to choosing the domestic title. “There were nasty tackles from behind that didn’t earn bookings, while other fouls committed by us were,” Luis Enrique said. “The rules are to be interpreted, but they should be the same for all.”
The result sent Barcelona through 6-5 on total, making it the first group to topple a 4-0 first-leg loss in the opposition.
Neymar’s execution, which he appropriately called the “best of my vocation,” seemed to stamp a watershed minute for the 25 – year-old Brazilian. Suddenly, he wasn’t just Lionel Messi’s flashy sidekick; he had willed Barcelona to triumph as just a genuine pioneer can.
Presently, with his notoriety tarnished, Neymar heads to Turin for the first of two legs against a Juventus side he beat two years back in the Champions League last to give Barcelona its fifth European Cup.
