"I wasn't on the pitch, but I'm part of this team - I'm the captain."

Indeed, he is. Thiago Silva, after having suffered to watch his team get defeated by Germany historically at 7-1 because of a yellow card, has said that this will never ever happen to the national team again.

"It's something that won't happen again in the next 100 years. It was six minutes of darkness which led to a tragic ending for us," said Silva.

Now more than ever, the Brazil team is enthusiastic about winning their last match for the World Cup for the third place, to at least atone their humiliating performance even an inch.

"We have the same motivation as always," he said. "We have to turn the page. Life goes on. We lost to Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup, so I wouldn't like to finish like that again."

He declared the defeat will only make his team, the Selecao, stronger.

But it would be lying to say that it has not affected him negatively. "The frustration is immense. I spent some nights with insomnia, thinking about this World Cup, on this possible final match and this won't happen anymore," Silva said in a news conference.

"But, I always had motivation to play football. I think when we love what we do, and it doesn't matter the situation we have to learn with our mistakes.

"Our errors during the last game will make us stronger."

The former AC Milan defender was also asked about the future of their coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, but the team said that they do not want to blame anyone, or point fingers to the coach.

"This is not the time to crucify him," he said. "We are together. When the team gets it wrong, we all get it wrong."