Neymar did not enter the field – he was not even went to Vila Belmiro on Saturday night (1st) – but was present in the game against Sao Paulo for the 6th round of the Paulista Championship.
Starting with the children who accompany players at the entrance, some wearing tracks with the sayings “100% Jesus”, others making the typical scorence of the player’s goal celebrations. The attacker’s presence was expected at the stadium, but, due to the series commitments the day before, the player chose to stand and performs with the group next Monday (3).
In the rain and in a muddy lawn, the tricolor team opened the scoring with a goal from Lucas Moura at 35 of the first half. It was not long before Santos got the draw on 42 minutes with a guilherme rebound goal. It was the goal 13,000 in the history of Alvinegro.
Early in the second half, without the rain of this truce, Santos opened the scoring with another goal, this time from Gabriel Bontempo. It was the first of the player for the team.
The alvinegro team also scored a third goal, another from Guilherme, cementing the turn in Vila Belmiro. The player was regarded as star of the match. Interviewed after the game, Guilherme said the game was the result of the Neymar effect, which could already be felt. “The energy we entered the field was already different,” he says.
Neymar made a post on Instagram at the end of the match praising the team’s performance and, especially, Guilherme, whom he called a star, with an applause emoji.
