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He is one of Brazil’s true cult players.
Now the legendary Juninho is going hard against the big star Neymar.
– I feel bad when I see players like him, he says in a statement.
There are new times in Brazil now. The controversial president Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out as president of the great nation of South America.
Neymar’s actions
A new president has instead become Lula da Silva, 77 years old, and her political views are to the left. Several Brazilian soccer stars such as Rivaldo, Thiago Silva, Dani Alves and Neymar have long supported the right-wing leader Bolsonaro and now they are receiving harsh criticism from other compatriots.
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Above all, PSG star Neymar, who has been most active in his support for Bolsonaro recently. The 30-year-old has both urged his followers on social media to vote for the former president in the election and for the great player to dedicate his first goal in the winter World Cup in Qatar to him.
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Crazy Neymar
Now another Brazilian goes out and celebrates the change of president and sends a giant boot to Neymar and the other players who supported the right-wing leader. It is Juninho Pernambucano who became a real cult player during his time in French Lyon, where he poured in free-kick goals on a regular basis and was highly involved in the club’s heyday in the early 2000s.
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Juninho really rages against compatriot Neymar’s actions.
– I feel sick when I see Brazilian footballers on the right, like Neymar, supporting fascists. We ourselves have come from below and we are the people. How can we be on the other side?, says Juninho in a statement according to the journalist Juan Arango on Twitter.
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