Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known worldwide as Cafu, raved about the performance of his compatriot Vinicius Jr, which is living the season of its definitive explosion in the Real Madrid. This season the white winger has participated in the 30 games played with his club, has scored 11 goals and has distributed 5 assists in 1,614 minutes of play.
“It has gone from promise to reality,” said the former captain of the Canarinha, who holds the record for caps for Brazil with 142 appearances. “It is incredible what he is doing. At the beginning it was’ a lot of fun and little completion ‘and now it is’ a lot of fun and much more completion,” applauded Cafu, the only footballer in history to play three consecutive finals of the world Cup.
“He is playing a more compact football and that is making him grow. That is why so much is expected of him,” he added. Cafu, who is currently serving as ambassador of the Qatar World Cup to be held in less than a year.
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