🐔 ⚽️ KELLOGG'S FOOTBALL CAMPS SUPER-WEEK (DAY 5): NEYMAR JR’S WORLD CUP STORY PART 1: GOALS, INJURY AND TEARS 🇧🇷🏆😢

🐔 ⚽️ KELLOGG'S FOOTBALL CAMPS SUPER-WEEK (DAY 5): NEYMAR JR’S WORLD CUP STORY PART 1: GOALS, INJURY AND TEARS 🇧🇷🏆😢

From Football For Kids by Darren Rees

June 12, 2026 · 11 min

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This episode explores Neymar Jr's journey during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, highlighting his achievements and challenges.

This super-week is brought to you by Kellogg’s Football Camps - a brilliant solution for families looking to keep kids active, having fun, and building confidence this summer. With camps for girls and boys aged 5-15, Kellogg’s are offering over 39,000 free places at sessions hosted by over 70 pro football clubs across the UK - from Colchester to Cardiff, Glasgow to London. Email Darren: ⁠⁠⁠Darren@Footballforkidspodcast.com⁠⁠⁠ Listen AD FREE: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/Footballforkids ---------------------------- Discover the incredible story of Neymar Jr at the FIFA World Cup. 🇧🇷⚽ In Part 1 of this special Football For Kids episode, we travel to Brazil for the unforgettable 2014 World Cup. Neymar was only 22 years old, but the hopes of an entire football-mad nation were resting on his shoulders. He scored twice against Croatia, added two more goals against Cameroon and held his nerve during a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Chile. Then, in Brazil’s quarter-final against Colombia, everything changed. Neymar suffered a serious back injury which ended his tournament and forced him to watch from the sidelines as Germany defeated Brazil 7–1 in one of the most astonishing…

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