A Decent Soccer Article By An American

How strange, a good defense of Neymar.

Neymar’s trickery deserves absolution, because it is the very source of his greatness. A mind that’s always thinking of how to deceive a defender is also always thinking about how to deceive a referee. Cunning is his stock and trade. In this way, the “adolescent” description fits. He is like the teen who finds an artful and improbable excuse; he is Ferris Bueller racing home.

I've seen Neymar a number of times and am not convinced of his greatness. But his antics do not bother me much.