LUSAIL, Qatar — Brazil captain Dani Alves says Friday’s 1-0 defeat to Cameroon should be a “warning signal” to the team as attention turns to their round of 16 match with South Korea, where they are optimistic Danilo will be available while they continue monitoring Neymar and Alex Sandro‘s fitness.
On a night where Brazil manager Tite rotated the squad, they suffered fresh injury concerns with both Alex Telles and Gabriel Jesus requiring scans on injuries picked up against Cameroon.
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Brazil dominated much of the match, but fell to a late Vincent Aboubakar winner for Cameroon. Tite made nine changes to the team that had seen off Switzerland 1-0 earlier in the week to book Brazil’s spot in the knockouts, but the new-look side failed to make it three from three in Group G.
Alves became Brazil men’s oldest World Cup player as he captained the team against Cameroon, but he wants his team to learn from the loss.
