Brazil and Barcelona striker Neymar was a diver and the referee should take particular attention to his antics when the five times world champions face Uruguay in the Confederation Cup semifinals on Wednesday, Uruguay captain Diego Lugano said.
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The striker has a reputation in his homeland for diving and he went down easily to win a free kick, which he curled perfectly into the top corner in Saturday's match against Italy.
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"Neymar can feign a foul and so we must be watchful that nobody is fooled by his ability," Lugano told reporters on Tuesday. "Neymar is very lightweight, he can drop to the ground and fool the referee and rivals.
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"Brazil is a team that has abandoned the beautiful game, they hit hard and they are very tough physically.
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"I have played here and it is perhaps the toughest football in Latin America and it is a tactical system they apply."
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Wednesday's match at the Mineirao in Belz Horizonte match is one of South America's fiercest rivalries.
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Although Brazil have held sway over their much smaller neighbours in recent years the most famous meeting between the teams was won by Uruguay, when they silenced a crowd of 200 000 at the Maracana and lifted the 1950 World Cup.
The diving is really causing so many rifts in football and it's very sad. I don't think Neymar would engage in that....