{"id":85677,"date":"2023-07-21T14:13:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/i-cried-for-5-days-after-world-cup-exit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T14:13:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:13:15","slug":"i-cried-for-5-days-after-world-cup-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/i-cried-for-5-days-after-world-cup-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Cried For 5 Days After World Cup Exit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Neymar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neymar said he \u201ccried for five days straight\u201d after Brazil\u2019s 2022 World Cup exit and added that he considered international retirement after their quarterfinal defeat to Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris Saint-Germain forward, 31, hasn\u2019t played for his country since the penalty shootout loss on December 9.<\/p>\n<p>Neymar put Brazil ahead with what looked like the winning goal in extra time before Croatia levelled with three minutes remaining and went on to win the shootout to progress to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t tell you what went through my head,\u201d Neymar told YouTuber Casimiro. \u201cIt was the most painful defeat of my career, for sure. I cried for five straight days. It hurt me a lot that my dream had turned to nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d have preferred not to have scored the goal, for it to stay 0-0 and lose on penalties, rather than \u2018I scored the goal, they equalised and we lost on penalties.\u2019 It\u2019s a pain that only the players and staff can understand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the worst moment of my life. It felt like a funeral, someone crying on one side of you, someone else crying on the other. It was horrible, a feeling I don\u2019t want to experience that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neymar has featured for Brazil at three World Cups: 2014, 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, they were humiliated 7-1 by eventual winners Germany in the semifinals on home soil after the forward suffered a back injury in the previous round.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later in Russia, Brazil were beaten 2-1 by Belgium in the quarterfinals before being eliminated at the same stage by Croatia in Qatar in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with CazeTV, Neymar said he had contemplated international retirement after the latest disappointment but was now ready to go again in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the [2022] World Cup, I honestly didn\u2019t want to [return to the Brazil national team],\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019ve changed my mind. Because I\u2019m very hungry, right? 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