JAKARTA - Dani Alves is included in the Brazil squad for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. This decision received criticism from a number of fans on social media Twitter.
The reason is, Alves is considered not the right choice because it is considered urgent for prestigious events such as the World Cup. As is known, the player is now 39 years old.
Brazil national team coach Adenor Leonardo Bacchi or commonly called Tite responded to the criticism.
"I didn't come here to please people on Twitter, who I don't even know what percentage the Brazilian people represented," the coach said, quoted by Yahoo Sport, Tuesday, November 7.
Alves will be Brazil's oldest star in the World Cup. He beat Djalma Santos' 37th record at the 1966 World Cup.
Alves made his international debut in 2006. However, this year will be the third World Cup in his extraordinary career journey.
"I respect the differences of opinion and I'm not here to convince everyone. I just want to provide information so that people democratically shape their own opinion," Tite said.
"Now, everyone has their opinion and everyone has my respect," he added.
Tite did not make many surprises in the selection of the squad heading to Qatar. On the striker list, he left Liverpool's Roberto Firmino and preferred Neymar, Rodrygo, Gabriel Jesus, Vinicius, Richarlison, and Raphinha.
Brazil will start their campaign against Serbia on November 24. Their match will be followed by matches against Switzerland and Cameroon in Group G.
The Samba team has so far won five titles in World Cup history. Their last win came in 2002 in Korea-Japan. In 2018 they returned to the quarter-finals after losing 1-2 to Belgium.
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