October has started well for Rodrygo Goes (19 years old), a month that brings him very good memories because it is in which, in 2019, he made his Champions League debut and scored his first goal for Real Madrid. Has now been Registered with the first team (with a change of number, from 27 to 25), he has had minutes again, few but very well used, and has gone with Brazil, who plays on Saturday 10 against Bolivia and on Wednesday 14 against Peru in search of qualification for Qatar 2022.
Rodrygo went from starting in the league premiere, at the Reale Arena, to chain two substitutions without minutes, in Villamarín and in the visit of Valladolid. Two days in a row at zero, with no options due to the rotation method that Zidane trusts so much, after which a new opportunity came to him, at La Cerámica. Zizou gave him entry with Lucas Vázquez in 68 ' and he made himself felt at the end of the game: he saw Benzema sneaking through a crack in the Levante defense and enabled him with great assistance for the final 0-2.
In Brazil they see him “young but with a high cognitive level”
A joy that has continued in the subsequent hours, in which Rodrygo has traveled to the Comary Farm, in Teresópolis, to concentrate with Brazil. With the absolute of his country he played two games last November, debuting with 19 minutes against Argentina and continuing with 2 against South Korea. Both were friendly, but things get serious in this window with the Playoffs. And the opportunities, very expensive, with a call with names like those of Coutinho, Neymar, Everton, Richarlison, Gabriel Jesus or Firmino.
In Tite's coaching staff they see in Rodrygo a clear bet on the present and the future. They define him for AS as “a player young but at the same time with a high cognitive level, with tactical concepts more typical of someone older than their age. He absorbs a lot. “” He has a very precise technique for passing, dribbling and shooting, and can perform both on the right and on the left “, they add.