Neymar should have been expelled against Colombia, says former international referee

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(CNN Spanish) -

Neymar, the Brazilian star of Paris Saint Germain, continues to be one of the most important luminaries in football.

His dexterity with the ball, his movements and reading of the game continue to attract locals and strangers.

However, in the match played against Colombia this Thursday at the Neo Química Arena stadium in Sao Paulo, Neymar paid attention to another aspect: the irritability with which he played during the 90 minutes.

Just before the coffee team, he experienced one of the hardest moments of his career at the 2014 World Cup.

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In the match valid for the quarterfinals, Neymar suffered a hard tackle from defender Juan Camilo Zúñiga, who kneed him in the back at the end of the game, leaving the field on a stretcher.

The doctor of the Brazilian team, Rodrigo Lasar, would later confirm that Neymar suffered a fracture in a lumbar vertebra that marginalized him from the great competition.

With that antecedent, the Brazilian superstar came to this match.

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From the very beginning, which corresponded to date 13 of the South American qualifier, he was seen with the self-confidence of always in the game, although with a special predisposition to play a separate game with the Colombian team.

This was evidenced in his constant and repetitive actions of showing the ball, his typical contortions to which he added his friction with the players led by Reinaldo Rueda.

As the game progressed, his behavior showed growing annoyance at the arbitration rulings by Chilean Roberto Tobar.

He argued, protested, yelled, and made angry gestures in many parts of the duel.

The moment of greatest tension crystallized in the 7th minute of the first half, when Neymar vehemently pushed Tobar with his chest, while speaking with strong anger inches from his face.

Chilean referee Roberto Tobar speaks with Brazilian Neymar during the soccer match between Brazil and Colombia, at Neo Química Arena, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 11, 2021. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP via Getty Images)

Ney came from claiming a foul against his teammate Raphinha, which the referee considered that there was not on the part of the Colombian midfielder Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.

This upset the PSG crack, who committed a clear infraction to the Juventus footballer.

The Chilean referee's charge generated the angry reaction of the Brazilian soccer player.

The opinion of a former international referee

The former FIFA international referee and former director of the referee school of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Miguel Scime, considered that for this action it was appropriate: "... Red card, as it is one of the grounds for expulsion, such as stated in rule 12 of the FIFA disciplinary regulations ".

And and that rule, in its section "G", mentions that: "the incorrect conduct of players and officials will merit at least two games in a given period for jamming the clear intention of causing a game official to make an incorrect decision."

And in its section "J" it mentions that there will be an infraction of "at least 10 matches or an adequate period for intimidating or threatening a match official"

Roberto Tobar did not decide that.

He only admonished Neymar in the 74th minute of the match.

Brazil had already been winning 1-0 from minute 72 with a goal from Lucas Paquetá that determined the victory of those led by Tite.

This triumph allowed Brazil to be the first classified by South America for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The match ended with 7 admonitions: Fred, Casemiro, Vinicius Junior and Neymar himself for Brazil.

While for Colombia, Mojica, Barrios and Cuadrado were the ones who saw the yellow cardboard.

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Neymar's next game

Neymar did not see the red, but he will have to pay special care in his next meeting.

It will be this Tuesday 16 in the province of San Juan, on the occasion of the reissue of the greatest South American classic against its everlasting rival.

Argentina comes from winning 1-0 in July in the very final of the Copa América, which has given the classic a greater amount of competitiveness.

It was followed by the ill-fated September duel again in Brazil for the tie, when several Brazilian health inspectors entered the game 5 minutes into the game, objecting that four Argentine footballers will play because they had not complied with Brazil's sanitary regulations.

In those few minutes the meeting showed sparks between the protagonists of the two giants of the continent.

On Tuesday, in the land of the best sun, the footballers - Neymar in particular - should pay attention that the judge of the match will be the Uruguayan Andrés Cunha, considered one of the best referees of the South American soccer confederation, says Miguel Scime .

His background includes having been in the 2018 World Cup in Russia and delivered justice in the 2018 Copa Libertadores superfinal between River Plate and Boca Juniors played in Madrid.

But he did not coach the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.

The host country, which considered it had harmed Brazilian teams, objected, Scime tells CNN.

In this new great classic between Argentina and Brazil, Neymar will play a new match with multiple seasonings.

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