Neymar consoles himself after failure in Champions League with tattoo of Kobe Bryant

Since Neymar decided to leave Barcelona in the 2017-18 season to be the main figure of Paris Saint Germain and not live in the shadow of Lionel Messi, he set the goal of winning the Champions League. However, year after year the failure in the international tournament again says present, since after losing the final of last season against Bayern Munich, this Tuesday he was eliminated in the semifinals and could not lift the coveted trophy.

In Tuesday's first Champions League semi-final series, Neymar failed to make a difference and went scoreless in PSG's 4-1 aggregate loss to Manchester City. Once again Neymar suffers a hard defeat in the international tournament and he will have no better consolation than the tattoo about Kobe Bryant that he has on his right leg.

After losing the 2019-20 Champions League final against Bayern Munich, Neymar suffered one of the hardest defeats of his career, so he decided to tattoo a famous phrase from Kobe Bryant to motivate himself every time he suffered a sporting failure. During an interview in 2013, Kobe reflected the Black Mamba mentality with a clear and forceful phrase: "People do not understand how obsessed I am to win". These words identified Neymar, who did not hesitate twice and tattooed them on his right leg in Portuguese.

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Neymar and his relationship with the NBA stars

As a natural winner who doesn't like to lose anything, Neymar identifies with NBA legends and greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Such has been the PSG forward's taste for North American basketball that he drew up a giant mural that any basketball fan would like to have.