Lusail, Qatar — Brazil captain Dani Alves friday says 1-0 to defeat cameroon Should be a “warning sign” for the team as focus turns to their round of 16 matches South Koreawhere they are optimistic Danilo Will be available while monitoring continues neymar And Alex SandroFitness of.
On a night where Brazil manager Tite rotated the team, he faced fresh injury concerns with both alex tales And Gabriel Jesus Scans are required on the injuries picked up against Cameroon.
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Brazil dominated most parts of the match but fell late Vincent Abubakar Winner for Cameroon. Tite made nine changes to the team that was eliminated Switzerland Knockout Brazil 1-0 earlier this week to book a place, but the new-look side have failed to make it three out of three in Group G.
Alves became Brazil’s men’s oldest World Cup player as he captained the side against Cameroon, but he wants his team to learn from the loss.
“It’s a warning sign,” he said. “There is no weak opponent. The lesson here is, we need to be switched on throughout the game. One detail and it’s over.
“We end today with the feeling that a beautiful day slipped out of the hands of us players who were not playing much.”
Tite will return to his strongest possible XI for the tie against South Korea and will be hoping for good news from the medical room.
At the start of the match, Brazil had Neymar, Alex Sandro and Danilo all injured. Neymar and Danilo picked up ankle injuries in their 2-0 win Serbiawhile Alex Sandro injured his hip in their 1–0 win over Switzerland.
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Brazil’s doctor Rodrigo Lesmar gave a post-match update on the injury and said: “Danilo is developing positively – he has done intensive work with the ball and has adapted positively functionally and he is well placed among the players.” Should be able to train normally with. We have. High expectations he’s available
“Regarding Neymar and Alex Sandro, we still have 72 hours before the next game, we will rely on time on our side, we still have a chance, and we will wait to understand how this change will happen. .
“They haven’t started ball training yet, it will be done from tomorrow and it is important to know how the players respond to this new stimulus. Depending on that, they may or may not be able to do it, It depends. These two days.”
Thiago Silva On Neymar added: “He should have more tests tomorrow… I don’t know if he will put on a boot.”
Regarding Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles, Lassemer said: “Regarding today’s game, we had two medical problems. Alex Telles left the game complaining of pain in his right knee after a concussion, his locker room Was evaluated in. An MRI scan will be done. Performed tomorrow to find out his problem.
“Similarly, Gabriel Jesus complained of pain in his right knee and we have already provided an image which will be done tomorrow. After tests, we will be able to give more details.”
