“Brazil can be world champion. The problem is that we no longer even have an idol”, said Lula, the president of Brazil, about his aspirations in the World Cup.
“These children are playing on behalf of a country that has 215 million inhabitants. They must always remember what they were before becoming famous”.
For many, Brazil’s current idol is Neymar, but it is possible that the president does not consider him as such, after he supported his adversary in the last election campaigns, Jair Bolsonaro.
Neymar and Lula even had a certain dispute, after Lula accused the footballer of receiving favors from Bolsonaro, precisely during a period when he was being investigated for tax evasion.