The big Brazilian star of the FC Barcelona, Neymar Jr, reencontrará on the lawn of the Camp Nou, next Sunday against the RCD Espanyol, with an old fellow with the one who keeps a good friendship since both were boys and began to play in Saints to the five-a-side football.
Leo Baptistao, that at present is about to to surpass some physical annoyances, foresees that it do not have problems to play against the FC Barcelona and reencontrarse with his big fellow Neymar Jr, to the one who already has greeted during the last seasons in parties contested in front of the culés dressing T-shirts very distinct: Ray Vallecano, Athletic, Real Betis, Villarreal and now RCD Espanyol.
"We are good friends. Rivals in occasions but does not happen at all", has explained Neymar in some occasion on Baptistao, both born in 1992 and having fulfilled his respective dreams to play in Spain, in a destination that does them cross again.
Neymar And Baptistao, parallel ways
Neymar And Baptistao have confronted these last campaigns in three occasions: one in 2014-2015, in a Ray-Barça with triumph culé by 0-2. The others twice, in the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016, with a Baptistao that hardly remained ten minutes on the field with Betis and Villarreal.
Also they could confront in a FC Barcelona-Athletic, although finally Baptistao did not have of minutes. Both learnt to play together to the football, and in the memory remains the anecdote of a party in which they were able to mark 16 goals between the two, Baptistao 7 and Neymar other 9.
Neymar Jr Accumulates this season some figures of 6 goals and 13 assistances, in a disparity that wishes to balance beginning to mark important goals. Who know if the Brazilian star will do it seeing door against the RCD Espanyol in League, motivated for again ilusionar to some fans of the FC Barcelona that, in spite of some slight critical, never has doubted of him.