The 22-year-old says he is prepared to captain Dunga's team and insists the Selecao can be encouraged by the start they have made under their new coach. Neymar says he is ready to lead the rebirth of Brazil after captaining the team to two straight Gillette Brasil Global Tour victories.
The Selecao followed up Friday’s 1-0 victory over Colombia with a triumph by the same scoreline against Ecuador in New Jersey on Tuesday, ensuring new coach Dunga got off to the perfect start in his first tests since succeeding Luiz Felipe Scolari.
22-year-old Neymar was a surprise appointment as captain this week and the Barcelona forward believes he has the experience required to skipper the team.
“I am still a young leader, I am one of the younger players here but I am really happy. These four years I have been learning so many things, from the first day until today and now I can help where I can when we have new players, to make them feel comfortable.
“I think the results here were good. It’s very positive because we had two difficult games but we have won both and so we are very happy.”
The Barcelona forward scored the only goal of the game against Colombia but couldn’t replicate the feat on Tuesday, somehow managing to hit the crossbar from just a few yards out in the second half, but he insists he won’t have any sleepless night following his miss.
“The ball came in a bit strong,” he said. “It ended up moving a little and I just stuck out my foot to make contact, but it ended up going too high. It’s just part of the game.”
source:goal.com
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