This Thursday (17), the fourth day of training for the Brazilian national team at the Juventus Training Center, in Turin (Italy), the 21-year-old striker Rodrygo spoke with the journalists. The Real Madrid player spoke about the expectation of his first World Cup, in which Brazil will debut next Thursday (24th), at 4 pm (Brasília time) at the National Stadium in Lusail, in Qatar.
“Very anxious heart, I think it’s normal. All players are”, revealed the athlete after training.
Rodrygo said that no one yet knows who will be in the starting line-up for Brazil’s opening match against Serbia, next Thursday(24), for the first round of Group G (which also includes Cameroon and Switzerland).
“I don’t know and I would really like to know, but Tite didn’t pass anything. He is training everyone in the same way so that everyone is prepared. But nobody knows who the starters will be.”
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Formed in the Santos youth team, like Neymar, the Real Madrid player spoke about his admiration for his teammate.
“First, it’s an honor to play with him, he was an idol and still is. I grew up going to Vila to see him play. He was always a leader, at the time of Santos he was, and here it’s no different. young people, he’s a very good guy to have in the group in addition to his quality”.
The striker is one of the youngest players on the team led by coach Tite. He and Gabriel Martinelli were born in 2001, with Rodrygo born in January, five months before Martinelli.
“But it didn’t take that weight off [responsabilidade] no, because anything the younger ones have to go and that’s all for me, having Martinelli [caçula] or not, I’m screwed”.
One of the team’s musicians, Rodrygo, revealed who plays what in the national team’s pagoda.
“I’m the banjo guy, Dani on the tantan, Raphinha on the tambourine, and Pombo just keeps getting in the way, picking up an instrument every hour. It’s a very good relationship that we have in the locker room. We know our responsibility both off and on the pitch. I know the responsibility we have now, so we always try to be in line, doing the right thing, as we are examples for many people, ”she concluded.
