Daniel Alves plays football in prison for the first time, says Spanish newspaper

Daniel Alves participated in a football match last Thursday, the 26th, at Brians Penitentiary 2, where he has been since January 23rd. According to the newspaper La Vanguardia, the right-back got excited and decided to play with his teammates. It was the first time the Brazilian had touched a ball since he was arrested, accused of rape.

Also according to the Spanish vehicle, the news that Daniel Alves was going to play football spread. There was a lot of expectation, employees and even management members would have lurked to watch the match with the Brazilian. It was necessary to put a cloth to prevent the neighbors from getting too excited and the player could continue with the activity.

La Vanguardia also reported that Daniel Alves wishes not to meet his mother, Lúcia Alves, who arrived in Barcelona this week. According to the vehicle, the athlete prefers that she not see him arrested, but the two speak via telephone. Daniel Alves prefers to wait for the result of the appeal, as he would be ashamed to face his mother in prison.

Understand the Daniel Alves case

Judge Maria Concepción Canton Martín ordered the arrest of Daniel Alves on January 20. He was arrested while giving testimony about the case of sexual assault against a woman in the early hours of December 30. The Public Prosecutor’s Office asked for the 39-year-old athlete’s preventive detention, without the right to bail. The holder of the Investigative Court 15 of Barcelona accepted the request, ordering the arrest.

The accusation refers to an episode that allegedly took place at the Sutton nightclub, in Barcelona, ​​Spain. The athlete, who defended the Brazilian team at the World Cup in Qatar, would have locked, assaulted and raped the complainant in a bathroom in the VIP area of ​​the nightclub, according to the newspaper El Periódico. She looked for her friends and security guards after the incident.

The security team at the nightclub called the Catalan police (Mossos d’Esquadra), who took a statement from the victim. A camera worn on a police officer’s uniform accidentally recorded the victim’s first version of the case, corroborating what she said in the official statement. The woman also underwent a medical examination at a hospital. Daniel Alves left the scene before the police arrived.

According to the Spanish press, the contradiction in the right-back’s testimony was decisive for the country’s Public Ministry to ask for arrest and the judge to accept. In early January, the player gave an interview to the program “Y Ahora Sonsoles”, on Antena 3, in which he confirmed that he was in the same nightclub as the woman who accuses him, but denied having touched the complainant without her consent and said that neither knew her.

In the statement, however, according to the media in Spain, the athlete stated that he had been with the woman, but without sexual intercourse. Later, he admitted to the sexual act, but claimed that the relationship was consensual.

According to Cadena SER radio, images from the internal surveillance of the place confirm that Daniel Alves spent 15 minutes with the woman in the bathroom. Collected material found traces of semen both internally and on the whistleblower’s dress.

Pumas, from Mexico, announced that Daniel Alves’ employment contract was terminated for just cause. The athlete’s defense, headed by lawyer Cristóbal Martell, has until Tuesday, the 31st, to file an appeal with the 15th Court of Barcelona and ask for the provisional release of the client.