4 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE THE GOLDEN GOAL CHAPTER TWO EARLY LIFE CHAPTER THREE 12 CLUB AND COUNTRY 18 CHAPTER FOUR HEADING TO PARIS GLOSSARY 30 31 INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR 31 24
CHAPTER ONE THE GOLDEN GOAL Neymar kissed the ball and placed it on the penalty spot knowing the entire country of Brazil was waiting and watching The hopes and dreams of his fellow Brazilians were riding on his next kick It was August 20 2016 Neymar's Brazil team was facing Germany in the gold-medal match of the 2016 Olympics This wasn't just any other championship game though It was being played in Rio de Janeiro Brazil the host city of the Olympics that year And just two years earlier in the World Cup which was also played in Brazil Germany Neymar prepares to take his turn in the shootout at the 2016 Olympics 5
