Monday, August 8, 2016

With Neymar struggling, Brazilian soccer fans turn to Marta (The Associated Press)

Brazil's Marta celebrates scoring her side's fourth goal during a group E match of the women's Olympic football tournament between Sweden and Brazil at the Rio Olympic Stadium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The frustration with Brazil's soccer team is so great that fans are jeering Neymar and wishing women's star Marta could come to the rescue. While Marta has been thriving with the women's team, Neymar has disappointed at the men's Olympic tournament, where Brazil is facing early elimination in a scenario that once seemed unthinkable in the soccer-obsessed host country. Fans watching Brazil struggle in a 0-0 draw against Iraq on Sunday heckled Neymar by chanting Marta's name at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia, wishing she help solve the many problems of the men's team.


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