A double, in memory of a loved one.
After scoring a second goal against Bordeaux, in Ligue 1, Neymar paid tribute this Saturday to his friend Marilia Mendonça, Brazilian idol who died yesterday in a plane crash.
“I will be your eternal fan.
RIP MM ”.
With these few words in Portuguese, inscribed in felt-tip pen on a white T-shirt, the Paris Saint-Germain player reminded the Bordeaux public and the football world of his pain.
The one he nicknamed, like many Brazilians, "the queen of suffering", Marilia Mendonça died at the age of 26, aboard a small plane-taxi, in the state of Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil.
Many Brazilians gathered today in his hometown in his memory.
The PSG player and the singer of "sertanejo", a musical genre close to "country" and very popular in Brazil were very close.
At the news of the death of the holder of a Latin Grammy Award and followed by 39 million people on Instagram, Neymar had already expressed his sadness.
"I refuse to believe, I refuse," tweeted number 10 yesterday.
“I swear I fell asleep asking God that it was all a dream,” he posted again this morning.
