Lucas Assis left Rio de Janeiro for Pará, Belem to fulfill his dream of meeting Neymar and Richarlison as Brazil prepares for World Cup qualifiers here.

Since the Brazilian team players arrived in Belém, some fans have not left the hotel where the group stayed. One of them is Lucas Assis, also known as “Luquete”. The young man came from Rio de Janeiro by bus to try to meet Neymar and Richarlison.

“I arrived last night, it took me 2 and a half days. I stopped buying cell phones, started selling lottery tickets to pay for my stay in Belem, all just to make my dream of meeting Neymar and Richarlisson come true,” Lucas Assis said.

Luquete even wrote a letter to Neymar, but it was not an ordinary letter, it was about 6 meters long.

He talked about his passion for the Selecao star: “At the last World Cup, when people called him a “fall guy”, I was very sad and upset. I love him. I look forward to meeting him.”

The 19 players playing abroad arrived in Belem late Monday and early Tuesday morning to prepare for the match against Bolivia on Saturday morning at Mangueirao Stadium in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The biggest attention was for Neymar, who has returned to the national team after leaving his future open since his defeat at the 2022 World Cup.

Having just moved to Al Hilal, the “number 10” is recovering from a muscle injury that has forced him to postpone his debut for the Arab club and will be evaluated by the Brazilian Football Federation medical department. However, initial information shows that the star has been training normally for more than a week without any complaints and will be featured in the match against Bolivia.