Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid striker, admitted his anxiety about being able to score his first goal with the Brazilian team this Thursday, in the match with Chile for the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, especially because it will be played at the Maracana, a stadium from which he retains great memories .
“Of course it’s a special match to be played at the Maracana and there will be nothing better than that goal being able to come out at the Maracana with my family and friends,” said the 21-year-old striker who has been growing up in the Brazilian team and he has already won the starting position and the support of the fans, but he has not yet made his debut as a Canarinha scorer.
The player of Real Madrid, who hopes to maintain in the match with the national team the good performance that he has been showing in the club in what he considers his best season, stated that, in any case, scoring his first goal with Brazil does not worry him too much.
“About the goal, I’m calm. It took me a while to score my first goal at Flamengo and it also took me a while to score it at Real Madrid. I hope it comes out at the right time and that many more come,” said the striker, whose lineup as a starter against to Chile was already confirmed by the Brazilian coach, Tite.
He admitted that his great expectation for this Thursday’s game is also due to the fact that it is his return to maracana, the stadium of which he has great memories.
“I am very happy to play again in Rio, at the Maracana, where I have good memories, like the day I made my debut at the stadium and great games with Flamengo. There is nothing better than returning to the stadium, this time with the national team and in front of family and friends. I hope we come out victorious,” he said.
Regarding his best memories of the Maracana, he mentioned, in addition to his debut, his last match with the Flamengoin which he said goodbye to the fans at the age of 18 after having spent his entire life in the most popular club in Brazil.
He added that the players of the national team expect a great game to be able to say goodbye “in the best possible way” to the Brazilian fans, since it is the last game of the Canarinha in Brazil before the World Cup in Qatar.
vinicius admitted that he has been understanding each other very well on the court with Neymar but he rejected the comparison with other famous pairs of Brazilian strikers, such as Romario and Bebeto, world champions in 1994.
“Ney is a great player with a lot of time in the national team and he always does everything to help me. But it is difficult to compare ourselves with Romario and Bebeto. They were two greats and they played together for a long time. I’m just arriving now to continue evolving and learning with Ney and with the other players. I am very young and I am learning. But I am very happy to play with Neymar again,” he said.
About the rival, he stated that Chile He will come with everything because he is risking his life, since a defeat will practically leave him out of the World Cup, but he clarified that Brazil is also risking its life because it wants to continue evolving and prepare as well as possible for a World Cup that is coming up and in which it aspires to the title.
Brazil, who will visit Bolivia next Tuesday in their last qualifying game but has been guaranteed a place in Qatar several weeks ago, is the undefeated leader of the South American qualifying rounds, with 39 points, and has an almost perfect balance of twelve wins and three draws. .
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