Neymar to lead Brazil against Columbia

Dunga confirms: Neymar to lead Brazil against Columbia

Dunga has had a reputation of being a nonchalant and no nonsense player and he has taken all his attributes into his managerial stint as well. He took a bold step of declaring that 22 year old Neymar would be the captain of the national team.

Thiago Silva who has been leading the side for almost 3 years is about to miss out due to an injury. This gave Dunga the perfect opportunity to give this squad his stamp. “It has already been decided,” the 1994
World Cup winning captain said. “He’s a player with a lot of quality, despite his age is experienced. The captain has to set the standard for the others."

He further went on to add that the player has been briefed about this, “Neymar has responded very well to it.
He is a player who likes challenges and
likes to win. We talked to him when we
first broached the subject and we told
him what we wanted. We told him about the advantages and the disadvantages, about the history and responsibility the shirt brings.”

He aims to have more Dunga's and Cafu's on pitch as he wants to end Brazil's major cup's drought as he went on to add, “Every time Brazil won a World Cup it did so with leaders who had great personality … we need more players with this characteristic in the group, whether they wear the armband or not.”