"You may think I fall too much, but the truth is I did not fall. I fell apart"- Neymar addresses criticism

The Brazilian claims that he is now a new man seeking to pick himself up.

Neymar didn’t do too badly at the World Cup in Russia but he seemed to irritate several football fans with his frequent dives and rolling on the floor.

He has now addressed the issue via a Gillette ad:

“You may think I exaggerate. And sometimes I do exaggerate. But the truth is I suffer on the pitch,” 

“When I leave without giving interviews, it is not because I only want the victory laurels,” Neymar said. “It is because I still haven’t learned to disappoint you.

“When I look impolite, it is not because I am a spoiled kid. It is because I have not learned how to be frustrated.”

 “You may think I fall too much, but the truth is I did not fall. I fell apart.

“That hurts more than any step on an operated ankle.”

Neymar, then admits that he had earlier not accepted criticism but has since transformed:

“I took long to accept your criticism. I took long to look at myself in the mirror and become a new man,”

I fell, but only who falls can pick himself up.”

He ends the piece by asking fans to make a choice.

“You can keep casting stones — or throw these stones away and help me stand. When I stand, all of Brazil stands with me,” he said.