Friday, 22 May 2015

Neymar: Dunga can lead Brazil back to the top

The Barcelona forward says his new coach is the right man lead the Selecao to the summit of the global game again.Brazil captain Neymar believes coach Dunga can lead them back to the top of international football.The five-time world champions have bounced back from last year’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany with eight consecutive victories ahead of June's Copa America.And the Barcelona forward, who has hit eight goals in eight games for his country since inheriting the captaincy from Thiago Silva, has assured his team-mates that, if they follow their coach's instructions, they will promptly return to their rightful place among the game's elite.In Brazil there is always a lot of quality players and we have a great team that can get back into the first position in every tournament, the 23-year-old told Diario Record.
If we keep training well, stick together and listen to our coach, then I think we can go back to being number one.Neymar will lead his country into their first competitive games since the World Cup when they arrive in Chile for next month's Copa America, but he will miss the first of two Chevrolet Brasil Global Tour warm-up matches after Barcelona's qualification for the Champions League final ruled him out of the clash with Mexico.Barca meet Juventus in Berlin on June 6, one day before the Selecao face Mexico in Sao Paulo.Mexico is a big national team of great quality, but I do not want to play this friendly ... I want to play the Champions League final, he admitted.

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