The end of the Brazilian team Gabriel Martinelli He acknowledged this Sunday to play more than 4,000 meters of altitude, in Bolivia“hinders” the game, but was confident in achieving victory against green in the early hours of Tuesday to Wednesday Spanish time.
“(The altitude) is something that hinders, but we are focused on the game, we train in the best possible way to arrive and win,” said the attacker of the Arsenal at a press conference.
Gabriel Martinelli, playing against Chile (Photo By Buddha Mendes/Getty Images)
Martinelli attended journalists in the Comary farm, The Training Center of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF), in Teresópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, on the eve of the duel with Boliviaof the last day of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The end asked his teammates to focus on the team and are not so concerned with the altitude factor. “We know the quality we have and if we do the job well done, we will go out with the victory,” he said Martinelli.
Along the same lines, his partner in the selection and in the Arsenal Gabriel Magalhaes He urged the group to “not think about altitude” and travel willing to “make a great game and go out with the victory.”
Martinelli revealed that the coach of Brazil, Carlo Ancelotti, He has asked them above all “attitude” and giving the maximum within the field “from the first minute.” The ‘Gunner’ player also said: “We have quality, if we place that in practice, we will show our best football.”
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Martinelli He also praised the Italian coach for trying to communicate in Portuguese, despite being learning him for a very recent time. “We respect him a lot, he has won everything and we are very proud to be in the selection,” added the end of the Arsenal.
Brazilalready classified for the World Cup, it was exercised again this Sunday with a view to the duel on Tuesday in front of the Bolivian team in the 4,100 meters of altitude of El Alto.
The world’s pentacampeone currently marches in the second position of the classification, with 28 points, ten less than Argentinaundisputed leader of these South American qualifiers and world champion.
In addition to Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia and Paraguay They are also classified in a mathematical way for the 2026 World Cup, which will be played in Mexico, Canada and the United States. It only remains to resolve the Plaza de la Repetsca, which right now holds Venezuela, with Bolivia A point below.
