Neymar deliberately got sent off so he could attend Rio Carnival, claim football fans

Neymar Jr is social media's favourite child because of the number of headlines he creates on a daily basis. Neymar is a rockstar on and off the pitch. Along with the talent which he possesses with the ball at his feet, Neymar is also known for his extravagant lifestyle. Neymar looked ready to leave fun aside this season as he wanted to concentrate on his PSG duties. The Brazilian superstar, who has not missed the Brazilian Rio carnival since 2014, recently released a video stating that he won't be attending the event this year. However, it now looks that he will indeed make it. 

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Neymar released a video on Instagram stating, "With immense happiness, I announce that I am out of the 2020 Carnaval." It sounded all well and good until Neymar got himself a red card in PSG's clash against Bordeaux. What happened was that Neymar saw a yellow in the ending moments of the first half. After that, the 28-year-old committed an unnecessary foul on Bordeaux's Adli out of spite and saw his second yellow. The red card will keep Neymar out of PSG's weekend clash against Dijon FCO. 

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The whole incident became meme material on social media. Fans started claiming that the former Barcelona star purposely got the red card to spare himself some time to attend the carnival on Wednesday. 

Twitterati react to Neymar's red card

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