🤪 Neymar takes up Sormani’s one-on-one challenge, social media goes wild

Just when you think you’ve seen it all in football, Neymar makes a point of proving you completely wrong.

This Monday (24), Santos’ No. 10 decided to respond to journalist Fábio Sormani’s “1v1 challenge.” Sormani is 69 years old.

“Are you in? If you are, we’re going to do a challenge. Now, there’s no point picking a full field, it has to be a small space. I’ll take the ball off you! You get five attempts, and I’ll take the ball off you all five times. In a small space. In a big space, you knock the ball ahead and run, obviously you’ll get there before me. But in a small space, I want to see you dribble past me. You can’t do that anymore, Neymar. Can you track back? Are you productive? Do you help the team?” Sormani asked during a live stream.

Neymar then reposted the video to a story on his Instagram profile, accepting the challenge!

“Challenge accepted!! Show up at the training center and make the space whatever size you want. Don’t back out now 😂,” captioned the Peixe star.

Social media, of course, went crazy over a situation that pushes the limits of absurdity!

🐋 What about Santos?

The 2026 Copa do Brasil quarterfinals begin this week.

Santos visit Palmeiras at Nubank Parque on Wednesday (26) at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time. The second leg will be the following Wednesday (2) at Vila Belmiro, at the same time.

Peixe are also in the 2026 Conmebol Sudamericana quarterfinals, where they will face Atlético-MG, with the first leg at Vila Belmiro and the second at Arena MRV.

In the Brasileirão, Santos sit in 14th place with 26 points — just two points above Mirassol, who currently open the relegation zone.  

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.