How the world was when Neymar Last Bar Santos’ Shirt

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In connection with this round of Paulista, Neymar is very close to making his rebuilding to Santos, this Wednesday (5), against Botafogo-S.

It is expected that the star will enter the game in the second half and mark the return of number 10 shirt to Brazilian football.

ACE, formed in the youth categories of Peixe, left Vila Belmiro on May 26, 2013, when he transferred to Barcelona, ​​after a 0-0 draw with Flamengo at Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brazi, in the Brazilian championship.

After winning everything with the Spanish giant, Neymar went to PSG in 2017, and by 2023 he transferred to Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia.

So do you remember what the world was 11 years ago?

Of course, a lot has happened in this last decade.

For example, a pandemic was something that was only seen in history books. No one imagined living what happened in 2020 and 2021, especially.

Technologically, the social network “X” was still known all over the world as “Twitter”. And of course, the use of artificial intelligences was not yet explored and seemed more like a futuristic film.

So to not get too long let’s just quote some sports facts, ok?

The only World Cup played in Brazil had been in 1950; In other words, taking a 7-1 in a World Cup semi-final was unimaginable in the football country

The Brazilian national team had not yet won a gold medal in the Olympic Games that happened in 2016 and later in 2021; In addition, no city in the country had hosted an edition of the Olympics. This happened only in Rio 2016

Argentina was still only a two-time world champion. Our “Hermanos” actually lived a long drought with titles that had been going on since 1993 when they won Copa América that year in Ecuador. We don’t even have to remember that the drought ended in 2021 with Copa América in the year, at Maracanã, and the following year became a three-time world champion in Qatar

Speaking of Copa América, Chile had never been the master of the continental tournament of national teams, which ended up happening with Bicampeonato in 2015 and 2016

Gabigol debuted for Santos on the day of Neymar’s goodbye

Fluminense and Botafogo couldn’t even imagine being masters in Libertadores, which happened in 2023 and 2024 respectively

Palmeiras had no Copa do Brasil, which first happened in 2022

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo lived the top of the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid and contested the title Best in the world year after year. In 2012, the Argentine won the trophy. The year after it was the Portuguese

In 2013, Chapecoense had a historic campaign in Series B with 20 wins, 12 draw and six losses and achieved the unprecedented promotion to the elite in Brazilian football. Three years later, the country mourned the death of 71 people, including players, technical commission members and press professionals who lost their lives in the aircraft accident in Colombia, where the team was to play the final of 2016 Copa Sudamericana.

Endrick and Estávao – two of the greatest revelations of Brazilian football in recent years – were only six years old

The very Vini Jr who ended Brazil’s drought in the best in the world that had been going on since Kaká, in 2007, was still in the youth categories of Flamengo

Internacional, Cruzeiro and Santos were proud to have never been referred. This happened in 2016, 2019 and 2023 respectively. Currently, only Flamengo and São Paulo have never played in Series B of the Brazilian championship.

Yasuyoshi Chiba – 2012 AFP