Reinier, therapeutic quarantine

The pause in soccer due to the coronavirus is, in a way, an oxygen balloon for Reinier (18 years old). The last signing of the Real Madrid is taking advantage of quarantine to apply with Spanish and recharge batteries as the demanding schedule had not allowed him.

The transition from South American to European football took Reinier on vacation. In his country the design of the season is different from that of Spain, extending throughout the calendar year, with the preseason starting in January. The promotion of the playmaker, who was entering the first team of Flamengo, and the good results of those of Jorge Jesus prolonged the work until the end of 2019, with the Club World Cup.

It was during the tournament, at the concentration hotel of the Mengao, where the agent and the player's family met so that everyone knew that Real Madrid was seriously going after the crack. From the last game at Brasileirao, on December 8 against Santos, to the semifinals in Qatar, on 17, there was no room to breathe. The same as since the World Cup final, on the 21st, with a 1-0 defeat in overtime against Liverpool, at the concentration for the Pre-Olympic.

Objective: train with the first team

After a recently completed season and with transoceanic flights in between, Reinier arrived on January 3 at Teresópolis to prepare the competition in which the Brazilian Under-23 would get their ticket for Tokyo 2020. André Jardine and his coaching staff paid close attention to the player, the youngest in the squad, to protect him from physical and mental fatigue, with the added factor of his signature for Madrid in between.

Before traveling to Colombia and her new destination was officially announced, the day after she came of age and debuted with the Olympic, gave a muscle scare in the first trial. The accumulation of game minutes and hours of airplane weighed, but it was known to recover. As soon as he finished the successful Pre-Olympic, he had to move to Rio and from there, to Madrid, to start his new life. Again without rest.

Now, while fulfilling the plan of the Madrid physios, Reinier can take a little air. Also meet better conditions for study spanish, a task that started in January at the Comary Farm, by WhatsApp, with the same teacher who taught his family. The '19' wants to invest this time in revitalize the muscles, assimilate everything that has happened lately and move forward with the language. In the background, one goal: his first training session with the Zidane squad. Further away, with the pandemic in the foreground, the decision about his future remains: the tour, Castilla with increases with the elderly, a loan …