Rafa Honigstein
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And you just hear Carlo Ancelotti's voice in the background on the TV saying, Vinicius, Jr.,
Rafinha, Neymar Jr.
And it's then when it sinks in that JoΓ£o Pedro's name isn't going to be called.
And you just see people getting up from the table, walking around, a few choice words being said.
But devastating.
And again, we've all seen that.
That video has gone around the world.
So...
And I think Neymar was obviously one of JoΓ£o Pedro's idols as well.
So kind of bittersweet.
I'm sure he would have loved to have played with him at a major tournament.
And instead, Neymar's taken his place.
I mean, perhaps he did and Xiao Pedro didn't tell his friends and family.
I don't know.
We don't know.
But it's interesting, Crossy, because, I mean, they have this debate in Italy as well.
There are lots of Italian rappers, Raffaelles, who are making the same point that...
When a Benevento gets promoted or a Frosinone gets promoted instead of a Sampdoria, for example, you have people like Napoli's owner, Aurelio De Laurentiis, sort of pulling his hair out, saying for the overall TV product, if we are to get sort of international audiences in, they don't want that romantic, plucky little story.
They want to see...
the bigger clubs in as many big clubs as possible in the competition which makes it all the more enjoyable when one of those teams knocks Napoli out of the Coppa Italia which is what happened last year