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Neymar, Barcelona need to dry their tears and refocus after UCL exit

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Barcelona's front three produced very little against a resolute Juventus defense and bow out quietly from the UEFA Champions League.

BARCELONA, Spain -- As much from a human perspective as a journalistic one, I'd be really curious to know the true reason that Neymar wept his eyes out on Wednesday night. On the surface of it, you might wish to call me insensitive. The biggest prize in club football disappears for at least another season, with club and sponsor bonuses vanishing out the window: what's not to cry about?

Right? Well, just for the sake of argument, I'd have to say that I doubt that's a significant enough cause for Barcelona's troublesome Brazilian star to sit down forcefully, on the edge of the Juventus penalty box, when referee Bjorn Kuipers blew for full time before bursting into tears.