Rodrygo will go has scored three goals in his last two games, one in Sporting Braga within Santiago Bernabeu in the group stage of Champions and a double last Sunday in the same period against Valencia which broke his long scoring ‘drought’ in The league.
The Brazilian attacker, focused on his country’s team for matches against Colombia and Argentina classification for world cup 2026, He acknowledged that “yes, I was overwhelmed by not scoring goals. I tried anyway and it didn’t work out, but I kept training and believed. I think I’m back,” he said this Monday in an interview with ‘Great Game of COPE’.
The young ‘canarinha’ international made it clear again that he is not comfortable playing as a center forward. “It’s a little difficult for me to play in the ‘nine’ position, but if the coach thinks I should play there, I trust him. Now I feel a little better because “The coach gives me more freedom,” he pointed out.
“I always told him (Ancelotti) that I don’t like playing as a ‘nine’, but I do it for the team and for him. In this aspect we have not had problems between us. When things didn’t go my way, the coach always helped me and now that everything is starting to go well, I thank you,” he added.
“My favorite position is midfielder”
Asked about the position he would most like to occupy on the field, Rodrygo He said “first as a midfielder and then on the wing. I don’t like playing as a ‘nine’ at all,” he insisted, “but this season I have to play that role. Playing as a center forward does not suit my qualities. I love always participating in the game and sometimes it is complicated if I play as a ‘nine’, he said.
When making a prediction about the goals he might score this season, Rodrygo He said, “I don’t talk about it because it doesn’t bring me luck. How many will Vinicius and Belligham get? I also don’t want to speak because I don’t want to bring them bad luck.”
Calling Bellingham a “phenomenon”
Bellingham emphasizes that “it is a wonder. He does everything very well. He still doesn’t speak Spanish and it’s not easy to communicate with him, but we have a good relationship.” As for his compatriot. Vinicius, Rodrygo said that “He is not obsessed with being the team’s top scorer”.
Regarding the recent statements of Carles Puyol, former Barça captain, who openly showed his desire to talk Vinicius So that he doesn’t get into trouble on the playing fields, Rodrygo commented that “I think it’s good if you want to help him, you’re welcome.”
He considers himself “more calm” than Vinicius
The merengue ’11’ also defined his character and of Vinicius. “I’m calmer, everything is different on and off the field. Sometimes it can happen that Vini does not have the stability of othersbut he has a good head and we always talk to him,” he confessed.
After the racist insults that Vinicius received in May at the Mestallain Brazil is labeled as racist Spainsomething that Rodrygo considered “not so”, although he said that “what happened in Valencia was very difficult. On the street, both Vini and I had no problem with the crowd, but in the stadiums it was a bit more complicated.” .
Griezmann and Raphinha, he likes the most
Rodrygo assured that his favorite player in LaLiga is Griezmann and from Barça, his countryman Raphinha. He praised the young man Endricksigned by Madrid, because “he is scoring goals at 17 years old” and about the possible arrival at the white club of Kylian Mbappé He said, “of course I will bring him, but not only him, but also other stars. Haaland? It can also be an option,” he added without wanting to be read.
“We don’t know what will happen with Ancelotti”
The people of Osasco also do not know what will happen in the future of Carlo Ancelotti, which the Brazilian team intends to include when his contract with the white club ends. “We have no idea what will happen to him. We always want the coach to be with the team.” real Madrid and also with the ‘seleçao’, but both things at the same time would be impossible.”
Flee from controversies with Piqué
Finally, Rodrygo He does not want to give more importance to the words of the former Barcelona player Gerard Pique, which ensured that the latter would never be remembered European Cup of Real Madrid. “Well, for me it was a lot. All the qualifying rounds were very difficult and we will always remember that Champions. What Piqué said didn’t make me nervous. “I don’t like controversies,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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