Football - Brazil Training - Emirates Stadium, London, England - 28/3/15 Brazil's Neymar and Douglas Costa (L) during training Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley
LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil striker Neymar, who has scored 43 times for his country and is still only 23, can break Pele's long-standing record of 77 international goals, coach Dunga said on Saturday. Pele, widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, also helped Brazil win three World Cups, in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and that is the record Dunga really wants Neymar to emulate.
"Neymar is doing very well and will only grow," he told a news conference. "In regard to goals I don't think that will be a problem. But the record we really want him to get is Pele's number of World Cup wins." Dunga was speaking ahead of the friendly against Chile at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Sunday in a repeat of the World Cup second-round game last June.
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