The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the victory was Brazil’s eighth straight win under coach Tite
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The Brazilian, who scored two of Barca’s three late goals to complete a historic comeback from a 4-0 first-leg loss to the French champions, missed training on Saturday along with compatriot Rafinha, who was suffering from gastroenteritis and has also been left out of the squad for today’s game
Barca’s fabled attacking trio of Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were kept quiet for the vast majority of the opening 45 minutes
Diego Simeone’s side have only won one of their last 12 meetings with Barcelona
The charges relate to the player’s £48.6 million transfer to the Camp Nou from Brazilian club, Santos, in the summer of 2013
The result leaves the Spanish side in danger of failing to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in a decade
The Barcelona striker is ahead of teammate, Lionel Messi, who is valued by academics at £149 million
The Uruguayan is the third-fastest player to reach a century of goals for FC Barcelona
The Brazilian captain was on his way to meet the team for their pre-match training when he damaged his Ferrari 458 Spider
Saul Niguez’s solo wondergoal for Atletico Madrid against Bayern Munich is among the more memorable from the list of worldies, while Wales striker Hal Robson-Kanu’s career-defining matchwinner against Belgium in Euro 2016
The ruling came less than three months after National Court judge Jose de la Mata shelved the complaint brought by Brazilian investment group DIS against Neymar, his father, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and former Santos president Odilio Rodrigues
The atmosphere before kick-off was crackling with anticipation, with scores of Brazilian fans milling around the Maracana hours before the game got underway
Neymar fired the hosts in front on 15 seconds with the fastest goal in Olympic history
Club President, Josep Bartomeu, revealed earlier this week that the Brazilian attacker has no intention to leave the Spanish champions and that the club expects Neymar to sign a contract extension to ward off interest from a host of elite European clubs
Rio 2016 is not included in the men’s international match calendar, however, and earlier this month a FIFA spokesperson confirmed that “clubs are not under any obligation to release players for the tournament, irrespective of the player’s age”
The judge at a federal court in Rio de Janeiro ruled that the 24-year-old had failed to pay the tax due in Brazil on earnings from his contracts with former club Santos, Barcelona and Nike during the 2011-2013 period
The move was made by the Sao Paulo federal court after Neymar, his relatives and various businesses were accused of evading around $16 million in Brazilian taxes between 2011 and 2013
It is alleged that companies were set up as fronts in order for the striker to pay a lower rate of tax
The Red Devils have been heavily linked with a big-money move for the Brazilian since last summer, but so far the 23-year-old has not been tempted by a transfer
The Red Devils were linked with an audacious move for Neymar in the summer, but the Brazil international did not express any intention to leave Camp Nou