ANDThe Brazilian Vincius Junior is convinced that turning around the knockout round of the Champions League against PSG “is not going to be just a good game”, he asked for maximum support from the stands of the Santiago Bernabu in the What’s up?It will be the most important Champions night“.
“The support of our people is going to be one of the keys, as if it were one more part of the tactic or one more player. PSG is a fantastic team And if we want to come back I’ll have to be double, Karim twice, Luka twice… It’s not going to help us just to play a good game. We are going to have to be something more than good”, he said in an interview with Real Madridista magazine.
“I have already experienced many Champions League nights with Madrid, but if we look closely at my history, this is going to be the most important. There were very nice nights for me, but some were at Di Stfano without an audience. I am looking forward to it because it can be magic for our hobbyI added.
Among Vincius’s unfulfilled dreams is winning the title that every footballer wants. “Winning the Champions League with Real Madrid will be something wonderful. The club has 13 and I really don’t understand how it has been able to achieve it because I know very well how difficult this competition is”.
‘Vini’ looked back and reflected on his progress after three and a half seasons at Real Madrid. Humble, make it clear that not considered a star and that he continues to learn every day from the footballers around him and the advice of Carlo Ancelotti.
I have lived many Champions nights with Madrid but this is going to be the most important”
“It seems like yesterday when I arrived. Time passes very quickly and in Madrid much faster. There is no time for anything other than competing or preparing to compete. I don’t want to set neither notes nor goals“, I admitted.
“I don’t consider myself a star. This locker room is full of Champions League champions and all possible titles. Stars are Marce, Case, Luka, Nacho, Toni, Karim… At his side I am not a star, I am a player who learns what he can from them,” he added.
In his highest scoring season, the Brazilian striker points to the advice of his current coach as one of the keys to changing the definition. “The master gives me a lot of advice and that of calm when choosing the best option has been one of the most important. I didn’t think it was possible to combine my speed and playing to the limit with calm, but is teaching me that it is possible. Training under him is a daily lesson.”
Vincius praised the player with whom he forms Real Madrid’s fashionable couple, Frenchman Karim Benzema. “He is the best in the world. He has a mastery of the game that is incredible. He always knows what to do and chooses the best for the play to end well, regardless of whether his partner has to finish it. I get along very well with him and I think we are doing good things together.”
Faced with the worst moments he went through when he missed numerous times, the Brazilian pointed to “work, self-confidence, being open to advice from the best and self-esteem” as the keys to growth. And I aimed like a “dream” play in the new Santiago Bernabu stadium when its restructuring is finished. “I love it and I dream of being able to play on a field that will be much more than a field.”
Benzema has an incredible command of the game, he always knows what to do”
Finally, in terms of the selection, Vincius focuses on the World Cup as one of his primary goals.
“The competition in my country’s national team is very great and nothing can guarantee you a position. Brazil has many of the best in the world. I think things are being done very well and that we can form a great team for the World Cup. We have to get the classification first because that has not been achieved. You have to respect all the rivals, who have the same desire as us to reach the World Cup,” he said.
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