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Diving school! Neymar teaches kids to fall and roll in tongue-in-cheek video

The Brazilian superstar was widely lambasted at the World Cup for his theatrical reactions to challenges.

NEYMAR TOOK A swipe at his critics on Thursday with a tongue-in-cheek video in which he teaches children how to dive.

The Brazilian superstar was widely lambasted at the World Cup for his theatrical reactions to challenges which often left the world’s most expensive footballer wincing and rolling on the ground.

However, on Thursday, he took to Instagram to get his revenge.

“One, two, three, go!” shouts Neymar as around a dozen youngsters fall to the ground of a parking lot.

“That’s a free-kick!” screams the Brazilian breaking into fits of laughter.

The video was released with a hashtag #ChallengeDAFALTA, the free-kick challenge in Portuguese.

During the recent World Cup, the player’s antics sparked the “Neymar Challenge” where he was widely mocked.

In Mexico, a football club organised a competition in which contestants attempted to roll the entire length of the pitch.

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    May 13th 2018, 5:28 PM

    Rolls Royce of a player Carrick. Won every honour a footballer can.

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    May 13th 2018, 6:52 PM

    @Brian Dunne: Uh, he didn’t win a World Cup.

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    May 13th 2018, 7:03 PM

    @Conor Alexander Lynott: as a club player. Playing in England and Europe before you say he hasn’t won la liga

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    May 13th 2018, 7:10 PM

    @Brian Dunne: In your original comment, you didn’t specify club football, you just said ‘every honour’.

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    May 13th 2018, 7:20 PM

    @Conor Alexander Lynott: Well now we have it all cleared up. Cheers!

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    May 14th 2018, 1:08 PM

    @Brian Dunne: Thanks for clearing that up Brian. Conor really threw a spanner in the works there. Ruined my Sunday to be honest.

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    May 13th 2018, 6:20 PM

    A whopping 1-0 win against the mighty Watford

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    May 13th 2018, 6:35 PM

    @Running Down The Wing: Finish 2nd and the goalie gets player of the year says it all!

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    May 13th 2018, 8:14 PM

    @DL_8_5: I suppose it’s laughable really since the goalkeeper was actually the best player of the season… imagine, the goalkeeper the best player of the whole season. Madness.

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    May 13th 2018, 9:06 PM

    @An Observer2: think it’s more laughable that the guy with the golden boot , PFA awards etc only finishes fourth and by the skin of their teeth

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