The first time Neymar Jr. lined up against his childhood friend Philippe Coutinho in a senior game, his Paris Saint-Germain lost 1–0 to Bayern Munich in the 2020 Champions League final.
The stakes were not quite so high when the pair faced off for the second time five years later in a Brazilian league match between two relegation battling clubs, but once again a tearful Neymar ended on the losing side. The result was a little more emphatic on this occasion.
