New Delhi, June 30 -- Brazilian forward Neymar Jr had an epic reply to a German economist, Joachim Klement, who predicted that Japan would beat them to qualify for the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Brazil came back from 0-1 down to beat Japan 2-1 in Houston on Monday, sealing their berth in the round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

"Sr. Joachim Klement... favor tentar na proxima copa" ("Mr. Joachim Klement... please try again at the next World Cup") [sic]," Neymar, who recently returned from an injury, wrote on X.

"Errou de novo (You messed up again)," the former Barcelona star replied to his own post on X.

Klement's prediction models for the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, though, have been spot on- the model predict...