Tite chooses Thiago Silva as Brazil’s captain for World Cup debut

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Coach Tite has chosen defender Thiago Silva as the captain of the Brazilian team in the opening game of the World Cup in Qatar, against Serbia, starting at 4 p.m. (GMT) on Thursday (Nov. 24) at Lusail Stadium. The match is in the first round of Group G of the competition.

As part of Fifa’s World Cup ceremony, Tite and Thiago Silva will hold a press conference today (23).

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In Brazil´s penultimate training before the debut, coach Tite decided not to open it to the press.

Captain Thiago

38-year-old defender Thiago participated in 109 games of the Brazilian team, many of them as captain, and scored seven goals.