Neymar’s superiors criticized him after he taunted match referee

• Remo president Antônio Carlos Teixeira criticized Neymar after the player taunted the match referee during Santos’ game in Brazil.
• Santos went ahead with two goals for Remo; Neymar scored the opener with a goal.
• Neymar later criticized the match referee on social media, posting a video on Instagram.

According to ESPN, L’Équipe, and Marca.

Remo president Antônio Carlos Teixeira said that Neymar taunted the match referee during Santos’ game against Remo, citing ESPN and L’Équipe.

According to ESPN, the incident happened after Santos beat Remo 1-0 with two goals in the Brazilian Cup match. Neymar scored the opener and then taunted the referee, Ronie, with the phrase “eliminated, eliminated”.

ESPN adds that the referee’s whistle was the reason Neymar was angry. The outlet also notes that in the video, Neymar, who is 34 years old, can be seen telling Remo’s players, “eliminated, eliminated”.

ESPN’s report says that Neymar was critical of the referee, and that the footballer, who is 34, said “eliminated, eliminated” to Remo’s players. L’Équipe, meanwhile, says the Brazilian side’s president reacted to Neymar’s comments after the match.

ESPN also claims that Neymar criticized the match referee. The outlet says that the video was posted on Instagram, in which Neymar wrote, “Thank you for the love, Belém,” and then, in the caption, added the phrase “Éliminés ! Éliminés !”.

According to L’Équipe, Neymar, who scored 80 goals for Brazil (80 goals in 130 matches), wrote at the time on Instagram from the stands in Belém, addressing Remo with the phrase “Éliminés ! Éliminés !”.

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