It is difficult to know how much Neymar was disturbed by his initiative.
But still it is that the Brazilian missed a penalty Sunday night in Brest for the last outing of PSG in Ligue 1 this season.
We play the 19th minute in Finistère, when the former Barça striker sets off to give the advantage to the Parisians.
Opposite, the Breton goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur was posted to the right of his goal, leaving a large part of the left side open.
It is precisely at this place that Neymar decides to shoot.
An attempt that misses the mark, to the delight of the Brest residents.
The Brazilian, annoyed, takes his head in his hands after his failure.
Since 2017 and his arrival in France, this is only the second penalty that the player misses after a first failure in Saint-Étienne in December 2019.
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“I tried to try something, explained Gautier Larsonneur at a press conference.
I've been thinking about it since the start of the season.
We talked about it with the staff and we worked hard on its positioning.
This bluff is reminiscent of Mickaël Landreau in 2002, when the Nantes goalkeeper had destabilized and missed a penalty for Ronaldinho.
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Neymar's failure, however, was not enough for the Brestois to hold back the Parisians, who won (2-0) thanks to goals from Romain Faivre (csc) and Kylian Mbappé.
But the Bretons took advantage of Nantes' setback at home against Montpellier to finish seventeenth and escape a stressful dam to save their skin in Ligue 1.