Neymar gives Messi a lift on his private jet as superstars face off in World Cup qualifying
Brazil are looking to put ghosts of 7-1 defeat to bed as they return to Belo Horizonte for first time since World Cup
They may be about to lock horns in the latest instalment of Brazil and Argentina’s ferocious football rivalry, but Neymar was not about to let 102 years of South American footballing enmity get in the way of his friendship with Barcelona mates Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano.
So when the three men were working out how to get to Belo Horizonte for Thursday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier, Brazil star Neymar didn’t hesitate to offer a lift to Messi and Mascherano on his private jet.
The trio touched down in the city on Tuesday to join their respective squads ahead of this week’s crucial battle.
Photos of the trio smiling on Neymar’s private jet appeared on social media shortly before their arrival in Brazil for South America’s “superclasico.”
Brazil return to the scene of the most humiliating defeat in their history – two years ago at Belo Horizonte’s Estadio Mineirao, Brazil were ripped apart 7-1 by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals, a traumatic mauling that sent the football-mad country into a nosedive of despair.
