The Football Oscars 2017 - What if FIFA gave out the Academy Awards?

#5. Award for Best Picture – Brazil vs Argentina

Note – Instead of going for Leicester’s Story once again; we’ve taken just one match and the story behind that for this award.

The last time Brazil turned up at Belo Horizonte, the score read Germany 7: 1 Brazil. It broke a nation’s heart – football is Brazil, and Brazil is football, and this reality check was just too much to handle. So when Neymar and co. walked out onto the pitch to face the great Leo Messi and Argentina in a World Cup qualifier on the same pitch, the people of Brazil held their collective breath.

That’s when Neymar Jr. decided to take things into his own hands and inspired a virtuoso team performance that knocked Argentina off their feet and cemented their status as the best team in South America (at the moment)