Brazil legend Pele has claimed Brazil need to stop over relying on Neymar if they are to win this year’s World Cup in Russia. Neymar returned to the team and inspired them to a 2-0 win over Croatia in a friendly match a week ago.
“Neymar is, to me, one of the best players in the world,” Pele said. “Today he is more mature and he has more experience but he isn’t going to win the World Cup on his own. It’s teams that win the World Cup.”
Brazil have played only three friendlies this year and face one final warm-up match on Sunday against Austria in Vienna.
They kick off their World Cup campaign against Switzerland on June 17, before facing Costa Rica and Serbia in Group E.