{"id":427969,"date":"2026-05-06T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/427969\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:21:09","slug":"i-lost-my-temper-neymar-issues-public-apology-to-robinho-jr-for-training-slap-after-celebrating-copa-sudamericana-goal-with-santos-team-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/427969\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I lost my temper’ – Neymar issues public apology to Robinho Jr for training slap after celebrating Copa Sudamericana goal with Santos team-mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking after a 1-1 draw with Deportivo Recoleta in the Copa Sudamericana on Tuesday night, in which he scored Santos’ goal, the No. 10 didn’t shy away from the scrutiny surrounding the altercation<\/a>. The veteran attacker confirmed that a disagreement during a weekend practice session escalated further than it should have, leading to a physical confrontation with the 18-year-old prospect.<\/p>\n

Per ESPN<\/a>, Neymar told reporters: “This was supposed to be resolved between us, it was a misunderstanding in training, and I ended up overreacting. But immediately after it happened, apologies were offered, we talked in the dressing room, both Robinho Jr. and I. He is a boy I have a very special affection for. This happens in football, you fight with your brother, your friend, I\u2019ve argued with several of my friends in football.<\/p>\n

“If they want a public apology to the press, here it is. I had already apologised to him and his family. Yes, I lost my temper. Everyone makes mistakes, it was my mistake, his mistake, I made a bigger mistake. But I had already apologised, I thought it was resolved between us in the dressing room. We got together again on Monday, I apologised in front of the whole group, he also apologised. We thought it was resolved, but sometimes people try to get involved and blow things out of proportion.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking after a 1-1 draw with Deportivo Recoleta in the Copa Sudamericana on Tuesday night, in which he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[187024,85,46,77585,77736,187023,200995,77584,25548,105],"class_list":["post-427969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-copa-sudamericana","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-neymar","tag-r-junior","tag-recoleta","tag-recoleta-vs-santos-fc","tag-santos-fc","tag-serie-a","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}