Brazil wants star Neymar to play in the 2016 Copa Centenario and Rio Olympics, but his club, Barcelona, only wants him to play in one summer tournament, leaving them at an impasse. Barca holdsall the cards. It is not required to release Neymar for the Olympics, so it is telling Brazil it must choose. If Brazil had to chose, it would have Neymar play in the Olympics, which it will host andit has never won. Brazil is pressing its case to get Neymar released for both tournaments, but in the meantime, his image has been removed from U.S. Soccer ticket ads for the Copa Centenario.
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