Neymar's tweet immediately after Brazil's last-gasp World Cup win against Japan has gone viral. The veteran didn't get on the pitch, but was quick to shut up one major doubter.
Carlo Ancelotti's men made a second-half comeback after falling behind to a Kaishu Sano strike to progress to the Round of 16, where they'll meet either Ivory Coast or Norway. Casemiro and Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli scored the goals to send the South Americans through.
Not content with just winning in stoppage time, Brazil's players have been on a mission to prove a point to their doubters. First, Manchester United's Matheus Cunha was spotted shouting a five-word message to a Japan player who claimed Brazil were no longer a powerhouse.
Neymar Sends Message to Economist After World Cup Win
Now, Neymar has turned his attention to a man who predicted Japan would knock Brazil out of the biggest international competition. After the five-time world champions sealed a place in the last 16, the Santos forward jumped straight on social media.
In a tweet, which has since gone viral, the legendary attacker said: "Mr. Joachim Klement… please try again at the next World Cup."
A last-gasp Gabriel Martinelli winner breaks Japanese hearts.
But that left many football fans confused. Who is Joachim Klement? Well, it proves Neymar has been paying close attention to what has been said about his country this summer. Klement is a man who claims to have correctly predicted the winners of the last three World Cups.
He's a German economist who believes he has a '100% accurate formula' after predicting Germany's triumph in 2014, France winning in Russia four years later, and Lionel Messi's Argentina lifting the trophy in Qatar.
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Ahead of this year's competition, Klement put his algorithm to work again. In terms of the winner, he concluded that the Netherlands would win their first-ever World Cup .
But, while he did have Brazil down with a 99% chance of progressing from the group stages, Klement's algorithm had Brazil being knocked out by Japan in the Round of 32. That clearly hasn't happened, despite looking very possible at one stage, and Neymar made sure to remind the mathematician. See his full group stage and knockout round predictions below.
Klement's Predictions Scarily Accurate... Mostly
At the time of writing (June 29), Klement's predictions for the Round of 16 fixtures look like they could be scarily accurate. Croatia vs Spain, Germany vs France and Netherlands vs Canada are games that could take place in reality, depending on results in the Round of 32.
Spain vs Belgium and Netherlands vs France could also be quarter-final fixtures he's got spot on. Japan vs England can't happen, but Neymar's Brazil could meet Thomas Tuchel's Three Lions.
Brazil are still struggling to reach their forgotten peak from decades ago, despite Carlo Ancelotti's tournament know-how, and they got lucky again.
Klement predicted Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to meet in the quarter-final, but that now can't happen until the final. However, most importantly, his prediction of the Netherlands winning it all could still come to fruition.
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