<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/fifa-world-cup-2026-neymar-is-the-first-player-to-be-called-up-who-is-working-remotely-brazil-president-luiz-inacio-lula-de-silva-23636128" rel="nofollow">Brazil superstar Neymar</a> indicated on Sunday that his international career was over after the five-time World Cup winners crashed out in the last 16 to Norway.
Neymar came on as a late substitute at the MetLife Stadium and scored a penalty deep in injury time, but that was a mere consolation as Brazil lost 1-2.
The 34-year-old is Brazil&rsquo;s all-time leading scorer and ironically, scored his first goal for his country in the same stadium, in a 2-0 win against the United States in 2010.
&ldquo;I tried and I tried. Now it&rsquo;s over. It began here and it ends here,&rdquo; Neymar said. He collapsed in tears after the final whistle and had to be consoled by teammates.
80 Total number of goals scored by Neymar &mdash; the most by any Brazil player in 130 international appearances
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Neymar came on as a late substitute at the MetLife Stadium and scored a penalty deep in injury time, but that was a mere consolation as Brazil lost 1-2.

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