Brazil emerged 4-2 victors in Lima, with Neymar scoring a hattrick, including two penalties against the Peruvians.
Neymar’s latest treble for the Selecao took him to 64 goals for his country, surpassing Ronaldo in the process, and moving within 13 goals of Brazil’s highest ever top scorer Pele, who scored 77 international goals.
While Zambrano is in no doubt about the quality the Paris Saint Germain attacker possesses, the Boca Juniors defender was not enthused by Neymar’s play acting on the day.
"Honestly, he is a great player, one of the best in the world, but for me he is a real clown," Zambrano told American Television program 'La banda del Chino'.
"[Neymar] is aware of everything he did on the field, he is a great player but he was looking for the slightest foul.
"In the penalty area he threw himself four or five times to see if they would award him a penalty and in the end he achieved his goal, with two penalties, but they weren't."
Zambrano added: "It's Brazil and at the touch [immediately] they went to look at the VAR. Whether the play was positive or negative, they did review the images because it is Brazil."
