Neymar has admitted he exaggerated some of his reactions after being fouled during the World Cup in Russia.
The Brazilian also said in a video published Sunday by one of his sponsors that he is now a changed man after all the criticism he received at home and abroad.
“You may think I exaggerate. And sometimes I do exaggerate. But the truth is I suffer on the pitch,” Neymar said in the ad.
“You may think I fall too much. But the truth is I did not fall. I fell apart,” he said, in a reference to Brazil’s quarter-finals elimination against Belgium.
“I took long to accept your criticism. I took long to look at myself in the mirror and become a new man,” Neymar said in the ad.
