How Many Goals Does Neymar Need To Stir Pele?

Neymar (CBF_Futebol)

JAKARTA - sooner or later, things seem to show that Neymar will outperform Pele and be named the top scorer in Brazil's national team history.

Neymar is destined to lead the front line for the national team in the 2022 World Cup. However, there is a difference of opinion about how many goals he needs to win Pele.

It is a great honor to be the top scorer for the national team and I would lie if I said I didn't think so. Of course, that's one of my personal goals. I hope to achieve it. I can break it. Pele's record because he is the idol of everyone in Brazil," Neymar said in February.

After his goal against Tunisia on Tuesday night, Neymar scored 75 official goals in Brazilian uniforms. According to FIFA, the highest regulatory body in the world of football, Pele has a collection of 77 goals.

However, according to the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF), Pele scored more goals, 95 overall or 8 goals more than FIFA counted.

Ahead of this international break, Brazilian Globo Esporte analyzed the situation. They called Antonio Carlos Napoleao a key player in the process of documenting Pele's goal.

"There were friendly matches against the national team in the 1960s and 1970s, and the stadium was always packed, with very high entry fees," Napoleao explained.

Specifically, he detailed Pele's goal against Malmo and AIK (Sweden), Inter (Italy), Atletico Madrid (Spain), a combination of Guadalajara and Leon (Mexico), and other teams.

On the other hand, it is also true that Neymar's goals at the Olympics have not been counted. And to some extent, this is normal, because the football team that goes to the Olympics today is the U23 team (except for a number of players).

The PSG player won silver in London and gold in Rio. In total, the seven goals have not been added to the total amount he scored with Brazil's senior national team.