Neymar deliberately got sent off so he could attend Rio Carnival, claim football fans

Neymar Jr is social media's favourite child because of number of headlines he creates on a daily basis. Neymar is a rockstar on and off pitch. Along with  talent which he possesses with ball at his feet, Neymar is also kwn for his extravagant lifestyle. Neymar looked ready to leave fun aside this season as he wanted to concentrate on his PSG duties. Brazilian superstar, who has t missed Brazilian Rio carnival since 2014, recently released a video stating that he won't be attending event this year. However, it w looks that he will indeed make it. 

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Neymar released a video on Instagram stating, "With immense happiness, I anunce that I am out of 2020 Carnaval." It sounded all well and good until Neymar got himself a red card in PSG's clash against Bordeaux. What happened was that Neymar saw a yellow in ending moments of first half. After that, 28-year-old committed an unnecessary foul on Bordeaux's Adli out of spite and saw his second yellow. red card will keep Neymar out of PSG's weekend clash against Dijon FCO. 

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whole incident became meme material on social media. Fans started claiming that former Barcelona star purposely got red card to spare himself some time to attend carnival on Wednesday. 

Twitterati react to Neymar's red card

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