Neymar became the youngest player to make 100 appearances for Brazil on Thursday but the 27-year-old had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Senegal in a friendly match in Singapore.

Liverpool star Roberto Firmino opened the scoring for the Copa America champions in the ninth minute with a superb lob. Senegal Forward Famara Diedhiou converted his penalty in the first-half stoppage time before the match ended in a 1-1 draw.

Brazil has not won a match since winning the Copa America in July. Last month, they even lost to Peru and drew against Colombia. This was one of the reasons why Brazil's boss fielded a strong side, despite the match just being a friendly fixture. In fact, even the Senegal manager chose a strong side that included Firmino's Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane.

While Neymar failed to enter the goal sheet on Thursday, he became one of seven Brazilians to reach 100 caps. The former Barca forward has netted as many as 61 goals for Brazil and currently, he is the third-highest scorer in the history of the Selecao.

Neymar needs one more goal to level with legendary Ronaldo but is still 16 goals away to catch Pele, who only played 92 matches. Neymar has also provided 41 assists.

Neymar Brazil 2014
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The current Paris Saint-Germain forward won an Olympic gold medal with Brazil in Rio 2016 but ever since then, he has not been in the form to help his side drive forward, especially at the FIFA World Cup 2018, where he hardly made any difference with his presence. He did score twice but was not good enough as Brazil were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Belgium. In fact, he was not even a part of the side when Brazil won the Copa America earlier this year at home.

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