Neymar scored Brazil’s only goal against Japan in the friendly on Monday, 5th, and is close to surpassing the King of Football in the number of triumphs scored.
Neymar was the name of this Monday’s game, 6th, against Japan. Owner of the only goal that gave the Brazilian victory in another friendly, the ace still surpassed Ronaldo Phenomenon in the number of triumphs recorded by the canarinha. To give you an idea, the striker scored 74 goals in 119 opportunities in which he was on the field for Brazil.
Thus, Neymar took an important step to beat one of the historic marks of Skin in the Brazilian National Team and become the player with the most goals scored in the history of Brazil. It is also worth remembering that this count is valid only for games between teams. Thus, the King of Football has 77 goals scored in 91 games.
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In addition to being valid for matches between teams, it is worth noting that this account is still at the discretion of Fifa, which excludes the matches of the Brazilian team against matches and football clubs, which was much more common to happen in the past. In the count that is traditionally used in Brazil, Pelé has 95 goals scored.
In addition to being even closer to Pelé’s number, the goal scored against Japan this morning also made Neymar surpass Ronaldo Phenomenon in the number of goals that have already been scored in his entire career. Now, there are 415 in 674 games against 414 in 616 games for the five-time world champion centre-forward.
Differences in the count
Just like all football scores, this one also has its differences. That’s because Neymar’s staff makes another count of the numbers of the number 10 of the selection and of the PSG. In it, he already has 448 goals scored in 716 games played, as the sum of goals by the U-17, U-20 and Olympic teams, as well as unofficial tournaments, is taken into account.
The Brazilian goal party against Japan! One more game, one more victory #Brazilian Team. The World Cup is coming, huh? WE WILL!
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— CBF Futebol (@CBF_Futebol) June 6, 2022
Among these unofficial games are, for example, the Joan Gamper trophy, which was held by the player at the time he was still defending the barcelona. In this sense, in the account they take into account that the championships played in the base of the Brazilian team were already made with him being a professional football player.
Source: sportbuzz
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