Neymar Arrival a Further Pre-Copa America Boost for Dunga’s Brazil

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Published: June 9, 2015

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Further steps in the right direction, but far from the finished article. Brazil’s 2-0 win over Mexico this past Sunday afternoon may have been dulled with monotonous overtones, and—if the hysteria in certain sections of the Brazilian press is to be believed—this Copa America is not actually about winning a title. It is about exorcising the ghosts of 20-odd minutes of madness last July.

The game at the Allianz Parque was the Selecao’s first on home soil since being comprehensively beaten by Holland on 12 July. The next step, prior to embarking for Chile, is Wednesday’s friendly against Honduras in Porto Alegre. Brazil take on Peru this Sunday in their Copa America opener.

Shorn of Neymar for the first time in his brief reign at national coach, Dunga, the 1994 World Cup-winning captain, will be able to count on his talisman after he reported for national duty on Monday. However, according to Brazilian sports daily Lance (link in Portuguese), it is not yet guaranteed whether the 23-year-old will play any part against the Central Americans at Internacional’s Estadio Beira-Rio.

Neymar netted the third against Italian side Juventus in Berlin this past weekend, and Dunga believes European success can drive the Brazil "craque" on (link in Portuguese), as the coach looks to lift his second continental title, having won the 2007 edition following a 3-0 rout of Argentina in the final.

And with 39 goals this season for Barcelona, Neymar has thus far shown no signs of fatigue, which has seen him play international football every summer since 2011. In order to be rested and fully prepared for the exertions of the upcoming tournament, it may well be prudent to leave him out of Wednesday’s friendly.



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