No coach would want to face Neymar as an opponent. So, Bento’s statement was not surprising at all. Especially as the memory of the last match between these two sides is still fresh in Bento’s mind.
Not only the World Cup, Brazil and South Korea have never faced each other in any tournament. All the previous seven matches between them were friendly games. Brazil won those friendly matches 5–1 in June of this year. Neymar scored twice in that game.
Neymar coming back is a huge deal for all Brazilian fans, especially now more than ever. The Brazil camp is feeling suffocated by injuries and illness. The defeat against Cameroon brought more bad news for Brazil. Not just one, but two bad news as Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles have been ruled out of this World Cup with injuries.
A new controversy has started regarding Jesus. Apparently, he had been injured playing for Arsenal before the World Cup and Tite deliberately selected an unfit Jesus in the World Cup squad.