The Brazilian national team defined who will be their captain during the Qatar World Cup match: the 39-year-old defender Thiago Silva, who is in his fourth World Cup and is one of the most experienced among the convoked. The quarterback goes to his third world wearing the armband. With that, there will be no captain rotation.
In 2018, in Russia, the defender was one of the captains of Tite, who promoted a rotation among athletes to use the armband. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Thiago Silva was the captain of the national team in all games, under the command of Felipão.
Since taking over the selection in 2016, Tite has handled the armband differently. Initially, he promoted a rotation, in which each game Brazil had a new captain. This measure, which was already adopted by the coach in times of CorinthiansIt was a way to share responsibility among the whole group. In the 2018 Copa, Thiago Silva, Marcelo and Miranda used the armband.
After the defeat for Belgium, Tite gave the armband to Neymar, in a demonstration of confidence in the attacker, who had been criticised for his behavior in the 2018 Cup. The intention was also to assign more obligations to the shirt 10.
However, the coach decided to change after the aggression of the PSG attacker to a fan in the French Cup final in the middle of 2019. It was then that Daniel Alves became captain, being responsible for raising the Cup America trophy that year.
In the following years, the right-hand side was absent from the Selection in several opportunities for various reasons. With this, only three players were chosen to use the track in the absence of the veteran: the defenders Thiago Silva and Marquinhos and the Casemiro steering wheel.
Brazil is in Group G of the Cup. In addition to Serbia, the key is Cameroon and Switzerland. Thiago Silva and Tite will grant collective on Wednesday, at 9:30 am (from Brasilia). The ge broadcasts live.
