{"id":4249,"date":"2014-03-06T08:34:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2014-03-06T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:27:44","slug":"brazilian-soccer-god-neymar-nabs-cutest-pitch-invader-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/brazilian-soccer-god-neymar-nabs-cutest-pitch-invader-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian soccer god Neymar nabs cutest pitch invader ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/neymar-brazil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4251\" alt=\"neymar-brazil\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/neymar-brazil-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/neymar-brazil-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/neymar-brazil-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/neymar-brazil.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Brazil&#8217;s national <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/soccer\/\">soccer<\/a> team, complete with superstar striker Neymar, played a friendly match against South Africa in Soweto Wednesday. It was one of their final tune-ups before hosting the <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/world-cup\/\">2014 World Cup<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil won 5-0, and immediately after the game a young South African of about eight or nine years old ran onto the pitch. Officials initially tried to herd him away, until Neymar \u2014 one of the world&#8217;s most popular players \u2014 came over and scooped the beaming boy into his arms.<\/p>\n<p>The story gets even better. Neymar posed for photos with the kid, as did some of his Brazilian teammates. Together they hoisted the invader-turned-hero into the air. You can see the entire encounter in the <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/youtube\/\">YouTube<\/a> video above. Photographer Marco Longari also captured the moment between young boy and soccer god:<\/p>\n<p>The month-long 2014 FIFA World Cup starts June 12 in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil&#8217;s national soccer team, complete with superstar striker Neymar, played a friendly match against South Africa in Soweto Wednesday. It was one of their final tune-ups before hosting the 2014 World Cup this summer. 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