Neymar is perfect. Seriously, this is as absurd a display of skill as you will ever see on a football pitch. Like, imagine watching this, and being so white that you derided Neymar for not being “gritty” enough.

First is the long run, where he uses the supposedly missing “grit” to fight through two blatant fouls, finishes it off with a brilliant pass to Di Maria who rockets a pass directly at the keeper. Shot comes off and Neymar immediately goes back to work, putting the defenders in a spin-cycle before chipping the ball perfectly over to Thiago Silva.

Credit to Silva for not trying to put the ball on net himself, given the score it would’ve been easy for him to have a crack at the goal on his own, but instead he just touches it over to Mbappe who has a wide-open net and doesn’t miss.

Once again though, this is pretty much all Neymar and is a play that shows Neymar at his best. A perfect combination of skill, brilliance, and disrespect. Also, just as with Silva, credit to Neymar for making a pair of great passes instead of trying to force his way to his hat-trick. Once again, given the score, you could hardly fault him if he just let one rip himself.

Marko Marin 74’