Following Brazil's 3-1 win against Croatia in the 2014 World Cup opening match, one of the players who most shined on the pitch was Sevilla's midfielder Ivan Rakitic. Together with Real Madrid's Luka Modric, the Croatians set the tempo they wanted during the game and it was surely not because of them that their nation didn't pull any points from this match. Neymar: "Rakitic is a great player and I'll be ver ...

After leading Brazil to its first win (3-1) against Croatia last night, Neymar revealed that his performance ended up surprising even himself. The Brazilian star scored his side's first two goals and was the main responsible for the hosts to turn around a very tough game against the Croatians. Neymar: "I feel a great joy! This debut-game was better than any other I could have imagined...", stated the Barcel ...

Brazil took the 3 points out of their debut match against Croatia this Thursday's evening, following a 3-1 win to which Neymar contributed with 2 important goals. The Brazilian star was the MVP in this match, leading the hosts reaction when he was most needed... This opening game didn't start the way Scolari and the Brazilian people were expecting though and it would be Croatia opening the hostilities early ...

Without much surprise, Neymar was the Brazilian player getting picked to talk with the journalists in the press conference ahead of today's game against Croatia. The 22-year old didn't have a problem in speaking his mind when approaching several of the questions and once again, he showed off how humble he is by admitting that he admires players like his teammate in Barcelona, Lionel Messi, but also Real Mad ...

The day we've all been waiting for is finally here as Brazil is about to take on Croatia in their 2014 FIFA World Cup debut this Thursday evening. This Brazil vs Croatia game is scheduled to start at 17:00 in São Paulo (UTC-3) and all eyes will be set on what Neymar and his teammates can do in their opening act. Brazil got exempt from playing the qualifiers due to the fact that they are the tournament's hos ...

In a quick review to his first year as a FC Barcelona player, Neymar talked about the expectations he had before joining the Spanish giants and how skeptic he was before meeting the team's main star, Lionel Messi. The Brazilian player only won the Spanish Super Cup in his debut year in Spain, but from now on, things can certainly only get better for him... Neymar: "Messi surprised me at all levels! Before I ...

It's one of those video adverts that will probably change the marketing industry in the years to come. Earlier this week, Nike has released their latest advertising video just a few days ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil and the end-result is quite simply a masterpiece. This fully animated video features many football stars with whom Nike has a business relationship, and among them is obviously Bar ...

This past Monday, Brazil went through another training session at the Granja Comary facilities, as the host nation continues preparing their FIFA World Cup debut scheduled for next Thursday (June 12), against Croatia. As seen in previous team practices, the good mood and great relationship between players is something quite notorious, which is the kind of team spirit and union that Luiz Felipe Scolari alway ...

Neymar repeated the gesture he had already had a few months ago when Brazil took on and defeated South Africa by 5-0 in a friendly international (March of 2014), but this time he has done it in Brazilian soil, during his national team's practice session. Yelling and shouting were listened throughout the whole training session at the Granja Comary this past Sunday, and Neymar was naturally the player drawing ...

This past Saturday, Neymar had some footage of himself being shown at a very popular TV show in Brazil called "Caldeirão do Huck", broadcasted nationally on through the "Globo" network. In the show, Neymar is seen showing his house in Barcelona to the TV host presenter Luciana Huck and he also reveals a few interesting curiosities on a chat had while driving around the city. Even though we don't know the ex ...