Barcelona and Brazil pair Neymar and Daniel Alves know all to well the threat posed by teammate Alexis Sanchez when their side face Chile in the second round of the World Cup this coming Saturday.
Ahead of the game in Belo Horizonte, tourament leading scorer Neymar told FIFA: “I always speak to Alexis on the phone and now we are going to come up against each other.”
“Alexis is a star. I admire him a lot. He is a great player and we will need to be careful with him. We cant leave him any space.”
Alves added: “He is one of the most dangerous players. Of course, Chile have others but Alexis makes the difference.”
“Since the first game we have improved as I hoped to do.”
The game kicks off at 1700 GMT at the Mineirao stadium, with the victor set to face the winners of the tie between Colombia and Uruguay.
