Neymar will be the first to tell you it isn’t easy being Neymar. In the decade since he first caught the world’s attention as a supremely gifted teenager, he has been saddled with the sporting hopes of Brazil, played second fiddle to Lionel Messi at Barcelona and carried the weight of being the most expensive player in the world. The harshest scrutiny, however, was reserved for the past three years, when he turned out for Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League — the nights that earned him a reputation as a choker.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2020 22:41 UTC