Former players talk nonsense! - Thiago Silva hits back at Brazil critics

 

The Paris Saint-Germain centre-back believes the Brazilian national team still has enough quality to confound the naysayers

Thiago Silva has slammed critics of Brazil's national team for talking "a lot of nonsense".
The standing of world football's most iconic international side among their adoring public was heavily damaged by 2014's 7-1 World Cup semi-final thrashing on home soil against eventual winners Germany.
An upturn in form after Dunga replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari as head coach has since been undermined by a quarter-final exit at the 2015 Copa America and a patchy start to qualification for the 2018 World Cup.
Nevertheless, Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Silva still feels there is plenty of quality in the Brazil squad and called on critics from his homeland to acknowledge the success of players such as himself and Bayern Munich winger Douglas Costa at the pinnacle of European club football.