Neymar blitzes Messi with landmark goal for Brazil
Neymar found the net in Brazil’s 3-0 win (Picture: Getty)
Neymar reached an incredible landmark during Brazil’s 3-0 drubbing of Argentina by scoring his 50th international goal.
The feat is incredible in itself but when you factor in his age, it’s all the more incredible.
Shkodran Mustafi has the potential to be the complete defender claims his former boss Gary Neville The 24-year-old is the youngest player ever in European and South America to achieve the feat and it took him only 74 games to strike a half century for his country.
Neymar is now fourth on Brazil’s list of all-time top goalscorers, which is all the more incredible when you consider some of the attackers they’ve had in the past.

Brazil top goalscorers

77 – Pele
62 – Ronaldo
55 – Romario
50 – Neymar
He sits behind Romario (55), Ronaldo (62) and Pele (77) on the list and if he continues at this rate, he’ll pass them in no time.
Neymar’s achievement is all the more incredible when you compare him directly to his Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi.
Neymar blitzes Messi with landmark goal for Brazil
He’s reached 50 goals far quicker than Messi (Picture: AFP/Getty)
The Argentine is widely considered to be the greatest player of all-time but he was 28 when he scored his 50th goal for his country.
Perhaps even more incredibly, it took him 107 games to score those 50 goals – 33 more than Neymar.