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Neymar said: “In my life, I’ve always taken the fifth penalty. The fifth is the hardest, but it might not come.”
Neymar had dreamed of winning his first major title with Brazil but went home empty handed from his third World Cup.
“I thought I was going to die,” Neymar said. "We went to the hotel after the match; it felt like the world had ended and you were gradually reuniting with your family… Everyone walked past you looking a bit serious, pulling a face, like ‘what a load of s***.’
“I saw what my funeral would be like. I swear to God. I was in a small room, sitting there, and they were arriving. My family arrived, and more people kept coming. Everyone had red eyes, not saying a word…It felt like I was inside a coffin and everyone was saying, ‘Wow, you’re still alive, eh?’ That’s the feeling I had.”