The South Korean media is “frightened” by the enthusiasm of Neymar (30), who is participating in the soccer World Cup Qatar tournament, for the World Cup.
Multiple Korean media published an article on December 4, 2022 introducing Neymar’s smartphone standby image. Neymar’s background is an image of the World Cup trophy. When the local Brazilian media and British media posted the standby image on SNS, it spread all over the world in a blink of an eye.
South Korea coach Bento “I hope Neymar doesn’t come out”
South Korea will play against Brazil in the first round of the finals tournament early in the morning of December 6 (Japan time), and domestic media are paying close attention to the movements of the Brazilian national team.
The main media “Chosun Ilbo” (web version) published an article with the title “Neymar, sortie in the Korean game? On the wallpaper of his cell phone captured…”. The article pointed out that Neymar’s background image was a picture of how desperate he was to win the World Cup.
Neymar injured his right ankle in the first group stage match against Serbia on November 24 and was taken off the bench in the 34th minute of the second half. He missed the second game (November 28) against Switzerland and the third game (December 2) against Cameroon, and his participation in the game against South Korea has not been revealed.
According to the media, South Korea’s coach Paulo Bento (53) said at a press conference, “It’s hypocritical to say that Neymar likes to play. I hope he doesn’t. But the best players have to play. I don’t think so,” said the opponent’s ace.
The Korean media “Hankyung” (WEB version) reported that the ace of the Brazilian soccer team, Neymar, revealed the goal of the World Cup through the standby image of the smartphone, and the Brazilian fans were enthusiastic.
And although Neymar’s participation in the Korean game is uncertain, other players such as Brazilian representative MF Lucas Paqueta (25) and MF Richarlison (25) are also using the World Cup winning trophy as a standby image, winning I told him that I was burning fighting spirit.
Many Neymar fans seem to want Brazil to win the championship, and the photo of Neymar’s standby screen posted on Instagram by British football media “433” exceeded 2.3 million as of 11:00 am on December 5. Like it!”, and there were voices wishing for Neymar’s success in the final tournament.