Neymar: Brazil forward apologises to Santos team-mate Robinho Jr for slapping him

“Yes, I overreacted in the way I reacted. It could have been different, but in the end I lost my head,” Neymar added.

“Everyone makes mistakes. It was my mistake, his mistake, I made a slightly bigger mistake.

“He is a child whom I love very much and have a special affection for. It happens in football, you argue with your friend, your brother.

“That’s football, it’s part of the game.”

Robinho Jr said Neymar “immediately realized he had gone too far” and apologized “several times” for the altercation.

“It was a situation that upset me because [Neymar] “He has been my idol since my childhood,” he added.

“People around us say a lot of things that are not true and it is sad to see it get to this level.

“But I’m fine, I love him very much. We already talked and everything is resolved.”