Brazil Coach Dunga has explained his reasoning for naming Barcelona forward as the captain of the national team.
Neymar was yesterday confirmed as skipper, replacing Paris Saint-Germain’s Thiago Silva, and Dunga argued that despite Neymar’s youth, he is the team’s central player.
“The criteria is that he is a reference, a player that has quality despite his age,” AS reports Dunga saying of the 22-year-old.
“He has experience and knows how to keep his composure. The captain is a reference to the collective.
“Neymar likes a challenge and he likes to win. The team needs to have several players leading besides the captain.”
