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Neymar Slams 'Inhuman' Altitude Conditions for Bolivia vs. Brazil Qualifier

Neymar has criticised the playing conditions during Brazil's 0-0 draw with Bolivia at the
Estadio Hernando Siles on Thursday as "inhuman."

The CONMEBOL qualifier for the 2018 FIFA World Cup was played in La Paz, Bolivia's capital, at11,932 feet above sea level, and Brazil's players needed oxygen to recover at full-time, per Sky Sports' Lyall Thomas.

In an Instagram post after the clash, the ParisSaint-Germainforwardslammed the conditions, referencing the altitude, the ball and the condition of the pitch.

Per Thomas, he wrote: "Inhuman to play in such conditions, field, altitude, ball .