To support his claims, Casagrande pointed to the raw data from Neymar’s outing in the 1-1 draw against San Lorenzo, which painted a picture of a player struggling to impact the game.
"The numbers show it, don't they? One shot and it wasn't on target. Five crosses, one correct. Five dribbles, one correct. So he lost the ball four times, crossed four times incorrectly," he said. "And another 27 losses of possession. He won two duels out of eight, so he lost six. Look at the numbers, man. The numbers show what his performance was in the game. To keep discussing a good pass, or a dribble that worked, or a vision of the game... You have 90 minutes plus extra time. Divide it into 90 minutes, you will see that the volume of errors is overwhelming in relation to the number of successes."