'Actor' Neymar up for a Razzie as Belgium's 'golden generation' upstage Brazil

Having fought for the lead role for Brazil at Russia 2018, Neymar ultimately failed to inspire much of an ovation as the five-time World Cup winners were upstaged by Belgium's so-called 'golden generation' and dumped out in Friday's quarter-final.

If Belgium's performance was as gripping and well-structured as an Oscar-winning classic, Neymar and Brazil were the antithesis, full of emotion, often desperate and lacking in substance, the Selecao's display possessing parallels with a Golden Raspberry-grabbing picture rather than one worthy of an Academy Award.

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