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Neymar, Neymar, Neymar.
Neymar. Neymar.
Neymar?
Neymar!
After posting James Brown lyrics to Twitter — “I feel good, I knew that I would now” (not, sadly, that he feels like sugar and spice) — Neymar is now primed to rejoin Brazil’s lineup. With its ethereal forward available after a two-game absence, the Seleção evoke Rio de Janeiro during Carnival — a magnificent sight effervescing with creativity and vigor and joy.
Neymar unifies and coheres — on the field, at least. With a healthy Neymar, Brazil remains a favorite, if not the favorite, to win the World Cup, but his patronage of the outgoing far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has helped to divide a nation long accustomed to emphatically supporting the national team.