🤔 What is Neymar's legacy?

Michael Jordan's farewell season, his "Last Dance," produced a sixth ring and sealed a myth. Neymar borrowed the phrase for the 2026 World Cup. He got a slow fade at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey — the very ground where his Brazil career began 16 years ago — while a thrilling tournament carried on without him.

Brazil went out on Sunday, beaten 2-1 by Norway in the round of 16, the only nation the country has never managed to beat. It was Brazil's worst World Cup since 1990, the sixth straight time a European side has knocked it out of a knockout match and the longest the country has gone without a trophy since the 2002 title…

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