PSG: Bolsonaro thanks Neymar for his support

Jair Bolsonaro (67), the far-right president of Brazil, thanked Neymar this Sunday, three weeks before the second round of the presidential election against Lula (76), his opponent, former president himself (2003- 2011).

“Neymar, thank you.

Thank you for your concern, not for my fate, but for that of your country.

I am a simple soldier.

You are on top, said the head of state during an interview lasting more than four hours on the youtube channel Pilhado.

Neymar lives abroad (in Paris), he sees what is happening in the world.

He must say to himself: I don't lack for anything, but I don't want my loved ones to suffer like the inhabitants of Latin American countries governed by the left, such as Venezuela, Argentina, Chile or Nicaragua.

He is not afraid to expose himself and he has a huge following among young people who are voting for the first time in this election,” he insisted.

The Paris SG star striker had taken a stand in favor of the far-right president three days before the first round of the presidential election, smilingly miming a campaign jingle in a video on TikTok.

The next day, the number 10 of the Seleçao had defended himself from the many criticisms received on social networks: "We talk about democracy and a lot of things, but when someone has a different opinion, he is attacked by those same people who talk about democracy.

Go figure,” Neymar tweeted.

Three days later, Dani Alves had followed the same path.

Ex-NBA basketball player Nenê Hilario also backs Bolsonaro

During the interview this Sunday, videos of other athletes supporting Jair Bolsonaro were shown on the screen, with for example messages from former Juventus midfielder Felipe Melo, who plays today at Fluminense, or of ex-basketball player Nenê Hilario, who played 17 years in the NBA, notably at the Denver Nuggets.

The outgoing far-right president, who was a big loser in the polls, won 43.2% of the vote in the first round, and is only five points behind his opponent, Lula (48.4%). .

He retains all his chances for the second round, on October 30.

Bolsonaro took advantage of this river interview to once again call his opponent in the second round, the left-wing ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a "thief".

“Lula has surpassed Al Capone.

Al Capone was a pick-pocket next to Lula, ”he said, referring to the famous gangster who ruled the world of crime in Chicago in the 1920s.