Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
The Brazilian star Neymar Da Silva, the French striker of Paris Saint-Germain, started this season in an excellent physical and technical condition, similar to the Argentine Lionel Messi, his friend and teammate, as he scored many goals and made others for his teammates, and it was clear to the eye that he enjoyed playing and the smile returned to him, after he spent a season Faint on 21/2022, his team was eliminated from the round of 16 of the Champions League by Real Madrid, who eventually won the title.
In a long talk to the official website of Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar spoke about many topics that concern him in the first place, whether with his club or his country, as well as his plans and future goals.
At the beginning of the conversation, he explained the reasons for this awakening that he experienced this season by saying: I have not changed anything in my way of playing and I do not think that there is a “new Neymar”, but I imagine that things for me went in their natural framework, and I became more focused on the field and did not pay attention to any rumors. Or news about me with criticism, and I made sure that my response was only on the field.
He added: “A very good start to the season, as I was when I arrived here, so I am very happy with what I have achieved so far and being able to help the team by scoring goals and creating them, and I hope to continue like this until the end of the season.”
It became clear to everyone that Neymar became more inclined to play collectively and moved away from exaggerating dribbling, keeping the ball and playing individual games, but was seen in many matches as he returned to defend in his team’s penalty area, and about that, the samba star says: I am happy with that, and although I am not a defender, I am I try to help my colleagues in any way in order to achieve the best possible performance. He commented, “Today, I feel that I have become a ‘complete player’. I can defend, attack, score goals and help my teammates score. Yes, I have become more perfect than before.”
And when he moved to talk about the Champions League, which Saint-Germain seeks to win its cup without succeeding in that so far, Neymar said: “Champions” are the most important goal for all of us at the club and I hope to add this title to my balance of local championships, where we won many Copies of the French League “Ligue Anne”, the Cup and the French Champions Cup.
Neymar admitted that this tournament is very difficult and many big stars and strong clubs compete in it, and its matches sometimes witness great suffering and surprises as well. He said: That is why in order to win it, you must not leave spaces for the opponent, not make mistakes, and be careful not to concede goals. He added, “As long as suffering is normal in all matches in any high-level competition, we must prepare ourselves fully for the final stages of this tournament.
At the end of his speech, Neymar addressed his country and talked about his ambitions, saying: I repeat my happiness with the good start of the season, whether with Saint-Germain or the samba team, and my goal this season is to win with both of them all possible tournaments. He continued, “We have a World Cup approaching, and we know very well that it is a very difficult competition and represents for me the “big dream” and we are looking forward as a team to win it because our generation has not yet attained this honor, as well as the Champions League, whose trophy I hope to settle in Paris this season, but I am confident that it will happen that.