Lula mocks Neymar's World Cup call-up, calls him 'first home office player'
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Catarina Scortecci
16d ago· 3 min readptNews
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President Lula joked about Neymar's participation in the World Cup, calling him "the first home office call-up in the world" after the player was selected for Brazil's national team despite being injured and not playing regularly. The comment was made during a hospital investment event in Belo Horizonte, where Lula was talking to a young boy about who the best current Brazilian player is.
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· 2 pulledVi uma coisa ontem na internet, de que o Neymar é o primeiro convocado home office do mundo
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Presidente falou sobre jogador quando conversava com menino durante evento em Minas Gerais
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