Looking at the two players’ stats, one can only see how experience enables a player to make the difference in a game. If Neymar had nearly three minutes of ball possession, Ronaldinho had only one and it is this one minute which made the difference.
The former FIFA best player of the year scored three goals and made one assist while Santos’ starlet scored twice and gave an assist. They both shot six times but Neymar only had four on target while Ronaldinho had five.
The young striker had 68% of success in his dribbles while Ronaldinho was successful in 80% of them leading to a better score in the loss of the ball as he only lost 7 against 12 for Neymar.
At the end of the game the two players hugged and Neymar before disappearing in the changing room only whispered: “he is a genius.”
