PASADENA, Calif. — Neymar showed up at the Rose Bowl for Brazil's Copa América opener against Ecuador, but was unable to influence his teammates from his luxury suite.
Playing without its star attacker, Brazil was held to a scoreless draw with Ecuador on Saturday night in the Copa América opener for both teams at the Rose Bowl.
"We have to get better but watching the game we were only missing the score," Brazil coach Dunga said. "The way we played, being our first game and playing against a good team, was well."
Neymar skipped the tournament because he didn't have permission from Barcelona to play in both Copa América as well as the Olympics in Rio in August.