Roberto Martinez is backing Thomas Meunier to halt his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Neymar when Belgium take on Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals in Kazan on Friday. Thomas Meunier is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right back for French Paris Saint-Germain as well as the Belgian national team.
The Belgium boss recalled a game in which Meunier shackled Neymar before he moved to Paris in the summer of 2017, when he was still very much in the colours of Barcelona.
“It was one of the best defensive performances that Thomas Meunier has had and probably one of the best performances against Neymar. On that day, Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona, it was a 4-0 defeat for Barcelona where Thomas Meunier defended Neymar’s area really well. But then he went forward and assisted the fourth goal and it was a complete performance.”