‘Thank you, Neymar’: Perisic thanks star player for hugging son after elimination

After the elimination of Brazil in the World Cup, in a penalty shootout against Croatia, an image went viral on social networks: Even in tears with the defeat, Neymar hugged a Croatian boy, who was wearing shirt number 4, of the player Ivan Perisic – who thanked the attitude of shirt 10 on the networks.

“Thank you, Neymar. It meant a lot to him”, wrote the athlete. The boy wore the shirt with the name “Leo” and many did not know that he is Perisic’s son. Even before the thanks from the European player, many had already praised Neymar’s attitude.

The video already has more than 900,000 likes and 26,000 comments. In the publication, Brazilian personalities such as Camila Loures, Falcão and Tania Khalil commented with emojis and showed support for the attitude of the number 10 of the selection.

Tite’s team was eliminated, once again, in the quarterfinals, after losing on penalties by 4 to 2. In normal time, there was a 0 to 0 draw. Petkovic equalized in the second extra time.

In the kicks, Rodrygo stopped the goalkeeper and Marquinhos, the crossbar. Croatia hit all their kicks. Now, Croatia awaits the winner of the match between Argentina and the Netherlands, at 4 pm (Brasília time), at the Lusail stadium.