Neymar hailed Son Heung-min as among the best gamers in “football history” after swapping shirts with the South Korea captain on Thursday.
Brazil thrashed South Korea 5-1 in a pleasant in Seoul as Neymar scored two penalties to maneuver to inside 4 objectives of Pele’s nationwide scoring file.
PSG icon Neymar and Tottenham star Son shared a hug at full time, earlier than exchanging jerseys.
A photograph of the pair was later posted to Instagram by Neymar’s verified information account with the caption: “Two greats in football history!”
Neymar then shared the submit together with his 175 million followers through the Stories part of his private account.
Neymar and Son-Heung-min pictured throughout Brazil’s 5-1 win over South Korea
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While Neymar wants simply 5 extra worldwide objectives to dethrone Pele as Brazil’s all-time main scorer, Son has much more work to do.
Thursday’s pleasant was Son’s 99th senior look for his nation.
He has thus far scored 31 objectives, which locations him sixth on the listing of South Korea’s high scorers.
Son wants one other 28 to interrupt the file presently held by Cha Bum-kun, who scored 58 instances between 1972 and 1986.
It is predicted that Son will win his one hundredth cap for South Korea on Monday when Chile go to the Daejeon World Cup Stadium.