Brazil press criticise Neymar: It was a complete disaster World Cup Complaints of being too selfish

Neymar was built up ahead of the World Cup as a potential star of the tournament and he has now come under plenty of criticism back home in Brazil after a stuttering display in their 1-1 draw in their opening game against Switzerland.

Coutinho put Brazil ahead but they failed to build on that and Switzerland came back strongly, while Neymar was quiet.

"Neymar was a complete disaster," said Arnaldo Ribeiro of ESPN Brazil.

"He did not have an acceptable game and should have been substituted. Brazil have a good team and collective quality to get themselves out of problems but Neymar tried to win the game on his own and he failed.

"He has the excuse of his recent operation but he did not perform and didn't produce anything good for the team. It would have been better to play Douglas Costa, and I still don't understand why he didn't play."

The view was also shared by former player Ze Elias.

"He was selfish on the pitch and for that reason suffered so many fouls but I don't think they went for him. The problem is that Neymar forgot to play as a team and kept the ball," he explained.

Fox Sport Brazil's Osvaldo Pascoal didn't hold back either saying: "playing that way is vulgar football, it was amazing that Tite did not give him (Douglas Costa) at least a minute."

Elsewhere, Thiago Nogeira, of O Tempo Brasil, said: "Neymar really did little, less than expected, and it was the reason why Brazil didn't beat Switzerland."