Colombia's Juan Zuniga kneed Neymar in the
back in Brazil's 2-1 quarter-final victory,
ruling him out of the tournament.
Neymar said:
"I won't say he came to injure me, I
don't know what was going on in his
head but everyone who understands
football can see that it wasn't a normal
challenge," Neymar said.
"When you want to foul someone to stop
a game or stop a counter-attack, you
kick their ankles, you push, you pull, but
the way the ball was falling, it wasn't a
normal game situation.
"Many of you say I am a diver and I
don't care that you say that. I can
defend myself when I can see what's
going on around me.
"But I can't defend myself from what
comes from behind. What defends me in
that situation is the rules and I couldn't
defend myself from that and I was
injured.
"God blessed me," a tearful Neymar
added. "If it had been another two
centimetres I could be in a wheelchair
today."
Neymar said Zuniga called him the next day to
apologise but he stopped short of forgiving
his rival for the challenge.
"I don't hate him, I don't hold a
grudge," Neymar said. "But I don't feel
anything."
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