The day that Rodrygo’s father saw them with Neymar

It’s amazing how quickly time can go by. On the eve of the match between Real Madrid and PSG in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions Leaguean image from a decade ago has appeared, which relates two of the Brazilian figures of both teams, such as Rodrygo and Neymar.

Rodrygo Goes’s father, Erick (as his classmates called him), he was also, and not many years ago, a professional footballer. The ‘dad’ of the Real Madrid attacker developed his entire career in Brazil, most of them in lower category teams, such as Série B and Série C. Eric Batista de Goes, He was a right back, and in 2012 he was a member of the Mirassol ranks, which in that season faced Santos in the Paulista Championship.

In that great Alvinegra squad, the figure of a great emerging talent, desired by all the big clubs in Europe, named Neymar, stood out above all. and that after a decade he has become one of the greatest figures in world football. In that meeting, for obvious reasons regarding the position in which both played their game, Erick and Neymar were a dance partner during the 90 minutes. The match It was played on February 18 of that year, and Santos took it by 1 to 3, but none of these goals were scored by Neymar.

Erick is now 37 years old, which means that he had Rodrygo when he was only 16, At that time, he was just an 11-year-old boy. Who knows if in another 10 years, Neymar’s son will be in charge of marking Rodrygo in a professional football match.