Captaincy comes back around to Silva as 2014 pain fades

Brazil defender Thiago Silva is relishing captaining his country once more in Friday s World Cup Group E clash with Costa Rica in St Petersburg.

The experienced Paris Saint-Germain centre-back was skipper for the 2014 World Cup on home soil but missed the 7-1 semi-final humiliation against Germany through suspension and was stripped of the armband when Dunga replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari in the aftermath.

Current head coach Tite has opted to rotate the captaincy and Real Madrid left-back Marcelo led the Selecao during their opening 1-1 draw against Switzerland.

Silva told a pre-match news conference at Krestovsky Stadium: To me it s not a problem, I think the main thing is to give your best regardless of whether you re the captain or not. Everyone has a great resp…