Brazil name Thiago Silva captain for Costa Rica match

[June 21, 2018]    SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Brazil have named Thiago Silva as captain for Friday's World Cup match against Costa Rica in a continuation of their long-standing policy of rotating the team leadership.

The Paris St Germain defender last wore the armband last June during a 1-0 defeat by Argentina.

That friendly loss in Australia was the only defeat suffered by coach Tite's Brazil in the last 22 games.

Brazil drew their Group E opener 1-1 with Switzerland and face Costa Rica, who lost their opening match 1-0 to Serbia, in St Petersburg.

(Reporting by Andrew Downie, editing by Ed Osmond)

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