Neymar, who was left in tears by his treatment, let fly at the referee after yet another incident where he had been the victim of an opponents tackle. He was booked for his complaint, but with eleven fouls comitted on him, many feel he had a point.
The yellow was immediately followed by a red however as the Santos forward ironically applauded referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio’s decision and said to him, “You are a clown!”
The referee has reported Neymar’s ‘offensive’ comments, and ‘improper’ gestures in his report of the incident. Neymar will face a ban, it remains to be seen if the CBF take action against Sampaio for his awarding of two ridiculous penalties and a harsh red-card earlier in the game.
