"Green Defence Battle" escalates: Neymar supports Depp, Brazilian stars collectively bombard artificial grass

Early Thursday morning, a social media update from Dutch star Depp ignited the "lawn war" in Brazil's football. Depp said bluntly on X (formerly Twitter): "Artificial turf kills football. Brazil, when will you listen to the players?" In less than an hour, Neymar completed a heavyweight "assist" with two expressions in the comment section - 👍🏽👏🏽 -. This simple but heavy sentence "Concordo" (I agree), instantly made #Natural Grass Revolution # top the Brazilian hot search list.

Fuse Deppy's anger stems from the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Brazilian Cup on Wednesday night. Corinthian defeated Athletico 1-0 at Curiciba's Ligga Arena, and that daunting synthetic turf was the "culprit" he said. In fact, when Deppy was away from Palmeiras' home court at Allianz Parque not long ago, he left the court early due to artificial turf strain. The old wounds have not dissipated, and the new revenge has added another point.

Neymar "fired" This is not the first time Neymar has publicly diss artificial grass. As early as last week, he compared Allianz Parque's turf to a "social court" and said bluntly: "It's almost impossible for me to play there. Whether there is any injury or not, artificial grass is just to make me feel bad." Now, he points his finger at the entire Brazilian league: "If our solution is just to lay a plastic blanket, it's better not to play."

Star League Neymar's solidarity is not alone. A "Natural Grass Alliance" composed of Gabigor, Dudu, Lucas Mora, Thiago Silva, Coutinho and others is gathering on social networks. They used a unified copywriting "Football is natural, not synthetic" to swim the screen, and posted a comparison video of themselves galloping on natural grass, calling on the club and the Football Association to "spend money to repair grass, and don't save money to spend money on vacation."

Official response? The Brazilian Football Association has not issued a formal statement on the matter, but according to Global Sports, the Football Association's technical committee will hold an emergency meeting next week, with one of the topics being "evaluating the proportion of artificial turf used in the Brazilian Cup and the future season." Sources said at least five clubs have received oral notices of "remediation within a deadline".

Fan Voice Outside Ligga Arena, a Corinthian fan held a sign: "Winning is important, and players' health is more important!" On the other hand, supporters of Barana Athletics hit back: "If you don't have money to repair natural grass, will the team move?" On the social network, the two major topics of #Natural Grass Revolution# and #Budget Reality# are facing tit-for-tat.

Next Step Players, fans, media, sponsors... Everyone's eyes are on the upcoming meeting of the Football Association. Should we completely eliminate artificial grass in accordance with public opinion, or should we find a compromise between cost and competition? Brazilian football's "lawn defense battle" has just blown the opening whistle.