Throughout the 90 minutes of the match against Switzerland, the PSG star received special attention from his opponents. Statistics show that Neymar was fouled 10 times by the red shirt defenders.Thus, since Alan Shearer received 11 fouls from Tunisian players in France 98, there has been another player who has been "chopped" so many times by opponents at the World Cup.
In fact, Neymar is the most dangerous striker on the Selecao team. Therefore, Swiss coach Petkovic assigned at least 2 or 3 defenders to constantly follow Neymar, not giving the striker any space to handle the situation.
That tactic was successful, as the Brazilian striker was completely ineffective. Brazil could not win even though Coutinho scored a great goal in the first half. Because in the beginning of the second half, Zuber headed the equalizer for the European representative.
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Neymar was fouled 10 times during the match. |