The end of the Botafogo Luiz Henriquewho this Sunday was proclaimed champion of the Brazilian League, stated that they will seek to win the Intercontinental Cup because they want to “enter the history” of the club, regardless of whether the rival in the final is the real Madrid. “We are going to face it as if it were any team here in Brazil. When this team enters the field, it wants to win, it doesn’t matter if it is Real Madrid. We want to enter the history of Botafogo, that is why we are going to fight against them” , said the former Real Betis player to the ‘Globo’ network on the Nilson Santos pitch.
After winning the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship in eight days, Botafogo is now preparing for the Intercontinental Cup in Qatar, where it will have to overcome two qualifying rounds to face Real Madrid in the final. On Wednesday, the Rio team will face Mexican Pachuca. If they win, they will face Egyptian Al-Ahly in search of a place in the final, in which Real Madrid, last season’s winner of the European Champions League, is already waiting.
“We know it will be a difficult match, but nothing is impossible. Many doubted us. It was difficult to win the Libertadores and the Brasileirão, but since this group is a family, we achieved it on the field,” said the Canarinha international. “Against Real Madrid it will be difficult, but we are going to give our lives to be victorious,” added the forward, assuming that they will be in the final of the tournament against the white team.
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Luiz Henrique scored seven goals and distributed three assists in 36 League games, numbers that have earned him being chosen as the best player in this year’s Brazilian Championship. The skilled attacker, who will turn 24 in January, has been the lynchpin of the team led by Portuguese Artur Jorge. Trained at Fluminense, he returned to his native country this year, after a gray season and a half at Real Betis, and has once again shown his best version.
