Neymar’s son was a special guest watching on from the sidelines on Friday as Brazil turned their attention to their upcoming World Cup last-16 tie with Mexico.
The Brazilian superstar joined his colleagues on Friday as they put in the miles ahead of Monday’s crunch encounter.
But he was also entertaining company with his son, David Lucca da Silva Santos, as the five-time world champions were put through their paces at their Sochi training base.
Neymar kisses his son, David Lucca da Silva Santos, as he watches Brazil train on Friday
The six-year-old watched on as his dad trained ahead of Brazil’s World Cup clash with Mexico
Neymar is hoping to lead Brazil to World Cup glory after they fell short four years ago
The youngster watched on patiently as his dad showed off some of his tricks, which included some kick-ups whilst sitting on a yoga mat during a stretching session posted on Brazil’s official Twitter account.
While the rest of his team-mates sitting alongside him went through their routines of pre-training stretches and warm-ups, Neymar preferred to juggle the ball than take part.
Neymar took regular breaks from training to check up on his son, who turns seven in August and was dressed in the full away kit being worn by Brazil throughout the duration of the tournament in Russia.
Neymar does some kick-ups during the training session at Brazil’s Sochi training base
The forward opted to do some juggling rather than participate in the morning strecthes
The 25-year-old was in a playful mood as he jokes with photographers in attendance
As we move into the business end of the competition Brazil will be looking to hit full speed after qualifying from the group stages in less than convincing fashion. On paper, their route out of the groups appeared straight forward, but proved a stickier affair than many would have predicted.
They followed up their 1-1 opening game draw with Switzerland with reasonably comfortable 2-0 victories over Costa Rica and Serbia, needing late goals on both occasions to kill off their opposition. But finished top of group E nonetheless.
Gabriel Jesus looks on as he goes through the motions with his stretching routine
Neymar eventually puts the ball down to complete his warm-up routine before the session
Tite talks with his players as he hopes they can better their semi-final appearance in 2014
Neymar has struggled to impact the competition on an individual level as well, unlike England’s Harry Kane, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku. All of whom are firmly in the hunt for the Golden Boot with four goals to their name.
Meanwhile, the Paris Saint-Germain superstar has just one goal coming out of the group stages, but will be determined to pick up the pace heading into the knock-out stages.
Goalkeepers Ederson (left) and Cassio (centre) enjoy a game of Teqball with their coach
Willian laughs as the Brazil team-mates joke with Neymar, who takes a tumble to the turf
Neymar took regular breaks from to check on his son who watched on from the side
PSG team-mate and captain Thiago Silva comes to check on Neymar’s son
Neymar moves to cross the ball as he limbers up for a decisive fixture in Brazil’s tournament