Gilberto gives Brazil captaincy back to Lúcio
October 11, 2007
Seleção: Gilberto Silva Suggests Armband Move To Lúcio
Although he was the Captain of the seleção throughout the majority of action in the recent victorious Copa América, holding midfielder Gilberto Silva has agreed to cede his armband to the returning Lúcio…
The Arsenal man was only absent in the Copa final against Argentina due to accumulated yellow cards and then ceded the captaincy to Juan (Roma), but seems content to hand it over on a more permanent level to Lúcio (Bayern Munich).
In the second day of training at the Granja Comary facilities overlooking Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto Silva took the first step that Dunga was slated to make and suggested that Lúcio, absent in Venezuela, should reassume his old role.
“I played the Copa América as captain, but I talked with Dunga and think that it’s apt that Lúcio reassumes the captaincy as he only missed out on the Copa América due to injury, so I’d feel more comfortable with him taking back the role that only bad luck took away from himâ€, explained the midfielder.
Gilberto Silva rejected any similarity with what went on at Arsenal at the start of the season. “Both situations are completely different. At Arsenal I expected to be captain after Henry (FC Barcelona) left the club, but a different decision was takenâ€, he explained.
How things can change in a couple of months! In July, Gilberto was happy captain of both Brazil and Arsenal, now he appears to be neither.