The Brazilian natuonal team got down to work ahead of the World Cup. One of the surprises on the list was Dani Alves, who seemed to be very involved in the initial training sessions, up to the point that Pedro and Raphinha could have got injured with tackles he made.
Brazil are one of the favourites to win the World Cup, something they have not managed since the 2002 World Cup. Tite has a whole host of stars which make his team one of the strongest national teams in the world.
The iconic Dani Alves could not miss out on that summer. It will be his fourth World Cup after those in 2010, 2014 and 2018. The skilful right-back wants to silence criticism through hard work and earn himself a place in the coach's starting XI.
But the Brazilian's intensity in every training session nearly caused a problem. In two incidents, ther former Barcelona player could have injured teammates with mistimed tackles. However, they were unintentional.
The first of those was on Flamengo's Pedro, who he caught on the ankle from behind. The second was on Raphinha. Alves tried to get to the ball first in a 'rondo', but the Barca man was quicker and Raphinha suffered a blow to his ankle.