Casemiro, player of the Real
Madrid that this Friday will face the Brazilian team Bolivia on the first day of the South American qualifiers for the world
of
Taste
2020, regretted that the game is played without an audience, but affirmed that “health comes first.”
Brazil will receive Bolivia in Sao
Paul in which it will be the first game with empty stands for both teams, as a result of the rigid health security protocols adopted in the face of the pandemic of coronavirus.
In a virtual press conference broadcast this Friday by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Casemiro emphasized the need to respect those protocols, since “it is a delicate moment for the world” and in particular for Brazil, which already exceeds five million infections and adds almost 150,000 deaths from COVID-19.
Captain against Bolivia
“We have total happiness for playing soccer and I think that makes the Brazilian people happy as well, but always respecting security measures”, because “we are an example and health comes first,” said the footballer, who in front of Bolivia will act as captain of the Brazilian team.
“Of course we wanted to play with the public, but there are protocols and there are lives at risk. So we have to adapt to that. And as they say in Spain, that's what there is,” he said.
Of course we wanted to play with the public, but there are protocols and there are lives at risk
In relation to the game, which will be the first of the national team in almost a year, Casemiro He admitted that “Brazil is always the favorite”, although he also stressed that “always with respect to the adversary”.
In that sense, he indicated that while the Bolivian team has been training for about 50 days, the Brazilian only met this week, for which he anticipated that there could be some “problems” of understanding between the players in the first moments.
However, he appreciated that despite a renewal process that has begun in the national team, the base of the team he leads Addenor
Leonardo
Bacchi “Tite“It is” the same “and the coach's ideas” are very clear. “
Casemiro appreciated the contribution that young promises can make such as Rodrygo, who plays with him in the Real
Madrid and possibly will be on the bench in front of Bolivia.
“Rodrygo has an immense quality,” he said. Casemiro, who did not forget Vinicius
Junior, another of his young companions Real
Madrid and that this time he has not been summoned by Tite.
Rodrygo has an immense quality
“Of course Vinicius wants to be in the national team, but I don't see him frustrated” by the absence in this call, but “with more desire to continue working” to be in the next, he said.
After the game with Bolivia, the Brazilian team will remain in Sao
Paul until Monday, when he will travel to Lima to play the next day against Peru, on the second day of the South American qualifiers for Qatar 2020.
In relation to that match, Casemiro He assured that “like everyone else” it will be very complicated, both due to the “quality” of the Peruvian team and the fact of playing in Lime.
“Whenever you play with Peru it is difficult and, above all, when you play away from home,” he declared.