Brazil defender Alves plays down World Cup injury fears

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Pumas UNAM defender Dani Alves has moved to ease fears that a knee injury could dash his hopes of going to the FIFA World Cup with Brazil.

Alves was ruled out of Pumas' last match of the Mexican Liga MX regular season against Juarez on Saturday after suffering suspected ligament damage while training.

"Dani Alves will not be [available] due to an injury to the med