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 | Neymar will play in the Olympics only21-04-2016 |
The Barcelona star Neymar will only play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and will not participate in the Copa America. The news was confirmed in the communication between the Catalan club and the Brazilian football Confederation.
'We thank the Brazilian football Confederation and its President Marco Polo del Nero, who adopted our requirement that Neymar to take part only in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which will take place between 3 and 21 August. Neymar will not take part in the Copa America tournament, which will be held in the United States from 3 to 26 June and will be able to rest.', they announced officially by Barcelona.
In this way, Barcelona has achieved its purpose and Neymar will take part in only one of the two tournaments.
Since 23 May (the day after the King's Cup final between Barcelona and Sevilla) Neymar will be on vacation, and at the beginning of July will begin training with the team of Luis Enrique.
Then he will join Brazil's Olympic team, which means that the 24-year-old footballer will surely miss a possible match for the Supercup of Spain if Barcelona wins in La Liga or win the Copa del Rey.
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