Neymar, what are you up to? He attacks an opponent and then insults him on social media

What happened in the opening minutes of the second half of the match between Santos and Bahia was incredible: Neymar, who had already received a yellow card in the first half, got into an argument with Rodrigo Nestor and said something to him while covering his mouth. The referee, alerted by the Bahia players, went to check the VAR.

The footage clearly shows Neymar covering his mouth to speak with his opponent, and the referee, after reviewing the incident on the monitor, showed a red card to Santos’s number 10, who then lost his temper. At first, he refused to leave the field, then he tried to attack Rodrigo Nestor but was fortunately tackled by his teammates.

A few hours after the match, Neymar vented his anger on social media: “I’m not the type to talk about what happens on the field, but what Nestor did to me is very serious. Serious because it’s a law created to combat racism, and he wanted to take advantage of it.”

“I’m really sad because he was a huge cheater,” he said in a video posted on Instagram. In an interview, he said he couldn’t repeat what I said to him because there are kids watching…bro, you faked it. I kicked the ball at his hip and he put his hand over his face. What kind of example does he want to set? Then he went on about manners…”.

“What you did isn’t right, and I urge the people who came up with the ‘hand-over-mouth’ rule to be careful… there are players who try to cheat the system. Today I gave an idiot the chance to get noticed, but I’m going to bed with my head held high—what about you, Nestor? I really don’t think so.”