This is the verbal escalation since the announcement of Neymar's injury.
Between the Brazilian's family clan and the trainer of the Stade Malherbe de Caen, Pascal Dupraz, the verbal battles are linked.
The technician had drawn the first from the defeat against PSG recorded in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France (0-1).
At the microphone of the Eurosport channel, the technician had dropped: "We would have liked a better fate on the action of Yago which earned him a yellow card in the area (
Editor's note: for simulation
) while for me there is a penalty (
Editor's note : at the 40th minute of play on a fault by Paredes
).
But I'm not going to cry, I'll leave that to Neymar.
"
Statements reached the ears of the Brazilian number 10 who learned in the afternoon of Thursday that his unavailability would extend until March 10 for an adductor injury contracted on the Norman lawn.
The prospect of missing the big meeting against his ex-teammates of FC Barcelona in the round of 16 of the Champions League plunged Neymar into a deep "saudade".
Before lamenting: "It makes me too sad to have to listen to the players, the coaches, the commentators, all of them
must be really beaten, cai cai cai
[in French: who falls all the time], crybaby, spoiled kid , etc.
".
Remarks that Pascal Dupraz did not take personally.
However, Neymar's father did not go all the way, posting a photo of the Caen coach on Thursday evening, believing that the latter could be the cause of his son's tears.
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On RMC this Thursday evening, Dupraz explained himself.
"Did I take this message for myself?"
Not at all.
You tell me.
He's a great player, everyone knows that.
He is as good a dribbler as he is clever, he is provocative, he has pride.
But Dupraz, known for his razor-sharp punchlines, didn't stop there with the term “whiners”.
“I claim this sentence which is said without animosity.
He complains of taking blows, while he has a ball in the foot because he is an artist, ”he pleaded.
But Dupraz did not stop there, highlighting the provocative character of Neymar on the ball.
“He is clever, he adds more, he provokes, sometimes he suffers and obtains faults.
What bothers me is that he is provocative and invective.
That's all, that's just what bothers me.
"
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On RMC, Dupraz then revived the eternal debate on the fact that football is a "contact sport".
"So when we are provoked, we respond and it is not a Caen who injured Neymar", assumes Dupraz.
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Before suggesting to the Brazilian “artist”, as he describes it, ways of improvement.
“I am an educator, responsible and mature, I coach young players,” Dupraz recalled.
They must learn to be respected.
I hope one day to have the honor and pleasure of revealing a player of the caliber of Neymar.
I will advise him to behave as Michel Platini or Johan Cruyff did, artists who had character but who did not add it ”.
"I do not dispute the fact that he is injured, that it is detrimental for him, his team and all of us supporters of French football," nevertheless qualified the Norman coach, just to end on a positive note before possibly crossing again the route of the Brazilian in Ligue 1 next season, in case of rise in the elite of Stade Malherbe de Caen.