Casemiro's tackle on Endrick sparks debate over 'players' code' in Brazil training

In a training ground moment that rippled far beyond the pitch, veteran midfielder Casemiro's forceful challenge on young forward Endrick during Brazil's national team session in the United States became a mirror held up to football's soul. The incident drew not condemnation but defense from prominent voices in Brazilian football, who invoked an unwritten players' code that has long governed what bodies are permitted to do to one another in the name of preparation. It is a tension as old as sport itself — between the traditions that forge competitors and the growing understanding that those sam