<p class="title">Dani Alves will replace Neymar as the captain of the Brazilian national team in the Copa America, the country's football federation (CBF) announced on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The decision was communicated to Neymar by (coach) Tite on Saturday," CBF said in a statement about the striker, who was handed a three-match suspension for lashing out at a spectator following Paris Saint-Germain's shock defeat by Rennes in the French Cup final earlier this month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eight-time winners Brazil face Bolivia, Venezuela, and Peru in the group stage, which starts on June 14, after two friendlies against Qatar and Honduras.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neymar, 27, missed the humiliating 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat by Germany in 2014 due to injury after fracturing his back in the previous round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A year earlier, he was named player of the tournament at the Confederations Cup as Brazil won the competition for a record fourth time.</p>
<p class="title">Dani Alves will replace Neymar as the captain of the Brazilian national team in the Copa America, the country's football federation (CBF) announced on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The decision was communicated to Neymar by (coach) Tite on Saturday," CBF said in a statement about the striker, who was handed a three-match suspension for lashing out at a spectator following Paris Saint-Germain's shock defeat by Rennes in the French Cup final earlier this month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eight-time winners Brazil face Bolivia, Venezuela, and Peru in the group stage, which starts on June 14, after two friendlies against Qatar and Honduras.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neymar, 27, missed the humiliating 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat by Germany in 2014 due to injury after fracturing his back in the previous round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A year earlier, he was named player of the tournament at the Confederations Cup as Brazil won the competition for a record fourth time.</p>