November 21, 2022, 18:02 PM
November 21, 2022, 18:02 PM
Richarlison bluntly defended Neymar this Monday, criticized for putting six stars on the Brazilian shield before the debut in the World Cup in Qatar: “They are arrogant, we are simple dreamers. We have dreamed of that little star for a long time.”
The German newspaper Bild consideredor “a fit of arrogance” An image of the Paris Saint Germain star on Instagram posted on Saturday during the five-time champions’ trip from the Italian city of Turin, where they trained for five days, to Doha.
In the photo, the ’10’ added a sixth star to the shield of the ‘Seleção’ of his shorts using the design tool of the social network.
“Neymar published that because it is his dream, we know of his desire to win, and he can publish what he wants. If Neymar is happy here, we are too, that’s the most important thing,” said Richarlison, who called the author of the note an “imbecile”.
at 30 years old‘Ney’ is the main letter of Brazil to win his sixth world title, after those lifted in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.
In a press conference at the end of the second training session for the South Americans in the Qatari capital, the Tottenham striker from England He was excited about Brazil lifting the trophy.
“We went through difficult times., but we overcome them. It hurt a lot to lose the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, but now our chance has come. We have a very good team, we are going to fight for the title,” he assured.
– The weight of the World Cup drought –
Richarlison, 25, it will be the ‘9’ of the ‘scratch’, a shirt used by legends of Brazilian football such as Ronaldo and Romario, but it has performed little on the back of the attackers who have used it in past World Cups (Luis Fabiano, Fred and Gabriel Jesus).
“My dream was always to wear that number and the moment arrived. Tite trusts me and I thank him for that trust in giving me the 9 shirt, he knows that I score many goals”, he added.
The ‘Pombo’ (pigeon) was the second greatest artilleryman in Brazil in the South American qualifiers with six goals, two less than Neymar.
And in the last four friendlies of the South Americans (victories against Japan, South Korea, Ghana and Tunisia) scored four goals.
“I let the goals come naturally, no pressure. I have Neymar, Vini, (Lucas) Paquetá, I’m sure the ball will reach me and I’ll be ready to hole it,” he said.
Brazil will open on Thursday against Serbia of gunners Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic. Group G is completed by Switzerland and Cameroon.
“We carry the pressure (of wanting to lift the cup), like all Brazilians. Since 2006 everyone wants Brazil to conquer the ‘hexa'”Said Raphinha, end of Barcelona of Spain.
“To reach the final we have to go game by game. Now we have to be with Serbia in the lead and try to play the best game possible to gain confidence for the rest of the cup,” he said.
