Zidane defends Neymar: 'He's not provokating'

Melissa Rojas Tänzer 8 years ago 3.3k
Zidane defended the Barcelona player in a press conference. AFP

Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid's coach, defends the Brazilian, who has been criticized a lot lately.

The Frenchman defended the player from their rival team, Barcelona. He backed Neymar's way of playing football and said that the 24-year-old is not trying to provokate.

" I can't see into Neymar's head but I believe he's not provokating", assured the coach in a press conference. "He plays the way he interprets football. His game is like this and he makes a lot of things other players can't do. That's it. I don't think he's provokating".

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