📹 Neymar hits back after poker criticism: mind your own business

📹 Neymar hits back after poker criticism: mind your own businessBack at Santos, Neymar is expected to make his Brasileirão return next Saturday (25), against Chapecoense, at Vila Belmiro, in the 20th round.

>But the days leading up to the match have been eventful for the star wearing the No. 10 shirt.

>That is because Neymar was heavily criticized last Tuesday (21), when he took part in a poker tournament, hours before Peixe played the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana round-of-16 playoffs against UCV (a 4-1 win).

However, this Thursday (23), the 34-year-old forward turned to social media to hit back at the criticism.

>In a 32-second video on his Instagram stories, Neymar appeared at the gym, drinking an energy drink and explaining that he played poker because he had the day off.

>At the end, Santos’ No. 10 asked ironically: "Can I train or are you going to keep complaining too?"

>"I was here getting ready for my second training session, and I remembered that on my day off a lot of people were talking about me playing poker and this and that... I worked in the morning, I didn’t go to the match because I’ve only just returned to training and, the next day, I was off. People keep talking, right... Anyway, now I’m here getting ready for training. Now I want to ask you: ‘Can I train or are you going to keep complaining too?’ Go mind your own business!"

Neymar was part of Brazil’s campaign at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which ended prematurely with a 2-1 defeat to Norway in the round of 16 (11th place overall).

>The No. 10 scored Brazil’s consolation goal in stoppage time, his only one in the tournament.

>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.