Brazil trains in Turin, Italy. Adjusting the details and carrying out small tests before heading to Qatar next Saturday. The debut of Tite’s team, one of the candidates for the title, will be on November 24 against Serbia. And in the middle of training, the experienced defender Dani Alves was very strong against two team mates, with the risk of injuring them.

First to Pedro, a man from Flamengo. In full redemption, the 39-year-old right-back came down to get a ball from him and ended up touching his team-mate’s right ankle. The images and video went around the world. What a fright! Fortunately, the striker continued with the job.

Another video that went viral was that of the entry of Alves to Rapinha, player of Barcelona.

​They were doing something crazy when Dani Alves rushed back onto the grass to get the ball out of them and He ended up hitting his left ankle.

The end of the Catalan team jumped, a scream was heard and, despite the pain, continued with the exercise.

The presence in the World Cup of Dani Alves

At 39 and despite being in the last stretch of his career (playing for the Pumas de México), Tite surprised by including Dani Alves in the bona fide list. He will be Danilo’s replacement in the right sector of the defence.

And the Juve man himself praised his partner: “On the field, everyone knows what he can represent. He has shown incredible strength to return to his career. He can give a lot to the team, even characteristics that I cannot give. He has shown a passing quality, looking for space, that few players, even other locations, they have. In terms of leadership, Daniel is undoubtedly an example.”

Continuing the praise, he added: “We were saying this morning that it’s very easy, when everything is going well, for people to call you resilient. And when things aren’t so great, then it’s time to look at resilience. And we talked about this, that he has tried to improve, adapt to the moment to be in the best shape possible and fulfill his dream of playing in another World Cup. He’s an inspiration off the pitch, always motivated, always happy. In training he doesn’t relax, he always gives 110%. Daniel is an example of leadership and motivation, which I admire.”

For his part, Tite explained the call for Alves, who will play in his third World Cup tournament: “The criterion is the same as all the others: it combines individual technical quality, physical strength and mental aspect. Some have more quality in one aspect, others in another. In my team full-backs don’t play full-backs, they are builders and the technical quality that Dani offers me in this sense is impressive”.

Brazil’s agenda in Qatar

He will make his Group G debut on Thursday 24 November against Serbia from 16:00 (Argentina time). Subsequently, on the 28th they will take the field to face Switzerland (13th time Argentina) and will close on 2 December with Cameroon (16th time Argentina).

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