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FIFA World Cup 2022: I am pyschologically destroyed, says Neymar

Brazil's elimination from the FIFA World Cup 2022 has "psychologically destroyed" Neymar, the 30-year-old striker admitted, after Brazil lost to Croatia in the quarterfinals in a penalty shootout.

Calling it the worst defeat of his career, Neymar wrote in an Instagram post: "I am psychologically destroyed. It is definitely the defeat which has hurt me the most, which left me paralysed for ten minutes after the match, after which I burst into tears without being able to stop."

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