I have an aunt and uncle who play the cavaquinho guitar , so there has always been music at home. Samba, pagoda, gospel and other rhythms, could always be heard at home. Your father was a footballer. Was it a case of having a football in your cot as a baby? Whenever I could, I went with my father to training and matches so I grew up in that environment. He was the one that taught me to play and gave me advice about football from when I was little. What sort of player was your dad?
In terms of style what has he passed onto you? He always says that he was a player that tried hard! I remember my father more as a footballer towards the end of his career, because I was very little when he first started playing. But I remember the era in which he played and stood out [laughs]. A little while ago we watched a video of a match in which he scored a goal with his head and in the celebration he looks like a madman, doing a handstand and ending up dancing. I think my inspiration when I celebrate comes from him, but I am a better dancer [laughs].
Tell us about the sort of football you would play growing up? I believe you played a lot of Futsal. What did that smaller sided game teach you? I played with a ball a lot in the street, on the beach, and Futsal has always been part of my life since I was small. It was the pitch I began to compete and train on. I think Futsal is essential for any player, because it makes you think very quickly, with short swerves and quick passing and shooting. Futsal almost certainly helped me a lot, above all because I was a forward.
I am good! When you play today — even in the biggest of games — do you feel that same excitement that you had as a kid? I feel it! I still have that feeling in my stomach in a championship final, and in every important match.
Was it always important to stand out as a footballer, to show off your individual skills? Football is a team game and I go onto the pitch to help my teammates. Of course, within the team individual talent helps and each team has to have it, but in the end the winner is the team.
Now as a professional, are you still determined to work hard on any weakness - however small? What about the things you are fantastic at? How hard do you work on those? Neymar has good technique in just about every area of the game involving his foot.
In order to do all the things he does so well, first touch, dribbling, shooting and even passing—he has a good amount of assists to his name—he has to have good technique. Some players have better technique than others and Neymar certainly isn't the best, but it is one of the key attributes of his game. Neymar doesn't just dribble.
He dribbles with an enormous amount of flair. Flicks, back-heels, step-overs and so on are just what you expect to see when he plays. Neymar's dribbling can be a delight to watch for everyone except the opposing defenders. Some more context: players in the Big Five Leagues have played more minutes in domestic and Champions League play than Neymar. There really might not be anyone better.
The price tag makes it seem like anything other than ultimate success is equal to ultimate failure. Plus, a lotta people who watch soccer and especially a lot of people who get paid to watch soccer seem to truly dislike Neymar and what he means for the sport.
The ambient noise of any Neymar performance is a light level of disdain bordering on disgust. Basics first. Neymar does both. As for chances created -- the pass that leads to the shot -- Neymar is 13th with 2. Put another way, Neymar has been directly responsible for 7. Of course, volume only gets you so far. For the unfamiliar -- the Super League has brought in some new readers -- expected goals determines the historical conversion probability of any shot, based on a number of factors, including the field position, the positioning of the defenders, the body part the shot is taken with, and more.
Some players are better finishers than others, but that only has a marginal effect; the best attackers and teams are the ones that rack up the most xG. Among all players in Europe, only Muriel 1. I remember as if it were today, when they showed me the proposal of the tournament… that brought me back to when I was a kid. First run in , the competition features qualifying matches in around 30 countries and finishes with the finals in a single host nation.
And this is just the beginning of our journey. This is a tournament with a special atmosphere. After an enforced break in , the tournament returns this year with the finals in Qatar, where the winners of both the male and female competitions get to a play a special match against an all-star team.
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