“They Are Paper Tigers” – USMNT Legend Slams Brazilian NT as ‘Posers’ Citing Neymar’s Absence Due to Injury

The national team of Brazil is in a difficult situation. This is because of their poor current form in the World Cup qualifiers. Hence, this has made fans have fewer expectations of them in the Copa America 2024. But a USNMT legend has an even worse expectation than the fans. He has also called them paper tigers and posers due to the injury of star player Neymar.

The form of the national team after an injury to Neymar proves his contribution and experience is invaluable to the team. This is despite the media in Brazil constantly criticizing his selection before his injury.

USNMT legend criticizes the performances of the Brazilian national team after the injury to Neymar

There is an old saying that one will miss that person only when he is not there in good and bad moments. However, unfortunately, the Brazilian national team is missing Neymar in their bad moments. Amid his ACL injury, the team lost their last three World Cup qualification matches. The 31-year-old remains in doubt for the Copa America 2024.  US national team legend has criticized the whole national team for their poor performances.

Alexi Lalas, speaking on the chances of Seleção Canarinha, said, “I love Brazil, but I am done with Brazil. They are posers. I don’t know how to say tigers in Portuguese. But they are paper tigers”. Former US player Stuart Holden was also very critical of the South American giants. Stuart made the point that the other attackers on the national team have failed to prove themselves in the absence of the Al Hilal star.

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The Brazilian soccer federation will hope that their star player can recover for the Copa America. It is because the team looks brilliant with his inclusion. But if he does miss the tournament, the team has not had an impressive record in their last three matches.

Brazil has been dominated by lower-ranked opposition in their recent matches

The absence of Neymar in the team was visible immediately after he got injured against Uruguay. They lost the game 2-0. However, more than the result, they failed to create any sort of chance. In the whole match, they failed to have a single shot on target.  The opposition had two shots and converted those.

A familiar story continued against Colombia. They lost the game 2-1. But the reality of the story is that they could have lost more. This is because they only had 3 shots on target out of their 12. Colombia had 10 shots on target out of their 23. Their story in the next game against Argentina was a different one. They created chances. However, the problem was that they failed to convert their chances

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This led to their first loss in the World Cup qualifications at home in their history.  So can Neymar recover before the 2024 Copa America?  Let us know your thoughts in the comments.