Neymar has announced he intends to step down as
Brazil captain after guiding the country to the long-
awaited Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016.



Appointed captain of the senior team by Dunga
following the 2014 World Cup, Neymar also
skippered the largely under-23 side at the Olympic
Games on home soil.



The gold medal remained the only international
honour evading Brazil, and the 24-year-old clinched
it with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout victory over
Germany.



Neymar's spot-kick sparked scenes of euphoria inside the
famous Maracana, but it did not stop the forward revealing he
no longer wanted the armband.



"I do not take it as a burden, it is you [the media] who put it on
me," Neymar said in an interview with SporTV.



"Today I have become a champion and I give up the captain's
armband. It was something I received and honoured with
affection.


"It was an honour to be captain, but from today I stop being
captain. I will send a message to [senior coach] Tite that from
now he can look for another captain."



Neymar has won the Champions League with Barcelona, the
Copa Libertadores when at Santos and the 2013
Confederations Cup with the national team.



The forward was unable to rank his gold medal among his
achievements, but he was relieved to have added it.



"I do not like to put one title above the other. Every
competition I contest and win is important. Of course, it had
great importance to Brazil and thank God we did it - after a lot
of struggling, work and concentration," he said.



"Thanks to my family, friends and colleagues. No one wins
alone."

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Football is too emotional

Congrats

See maturity in a small boy.
No one wins alone!