Neymar Angered by Substitution Error in Santos vs. Coritiba Match
Summary
Neymar expressed anger after being incorrectly substituted in Santos' 3-0 loss to Coritiba, with match officials admitting the error following review.
Key Points
- Neymar was wrongly substituted out during Santos' match against Coritiba despite being temporarily off the field for injury treatment.
- Match officials mistakenly substituted Neymar instead of Gonzalo Escobar, confirmed by television coverage and official notes.
- Neymar was shown a yellow card when attempting to re-enter the field, then protested the substitution by showing the officials' paperwork to cameras.
- Santos publicly stated that the match official made an uncorrected player substitution mistake during the game.
