The Brazilian Rodrygo will go showed “total respect” to the rival of the real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the soccer Champions League, a City of Manchester which he sees as “the best team in the world”, and “changed” his career with an unforgettable double in 90 seconds in the semifinals two editions ago.
“It brings back good memories, but also bad memories. He was a rival, Honestly, we don’t want to face each other. And they also think the same. They don’t want to play with us. It’s a fight that everyone expects to be the final, but it’s coming now,” he told ‘The Guardian’.
“Manchester City is very good, but our team is also very strong. It will be good to face them again. They are champions of the Champions League and in the world, now they are the best team in the world, so “We have absolute respect for them,” he added.
Rodrygo sees no weakness in the rival although he shows great confidence in Real Madrid’s options to overcome the tie. “They don’t have mediocre or bad players. There’s nobody that you can think of that if you press them, they’re not good and they’ll give you a goal or a good chance. They control the game and the ball. Well. They play very well. It’s very difficult their team “It’s very upsetting to play against them, but I believe in our team,” he said.
For Real Madrid’s Brazilian striker, City will always be linked to his career after a double push to return to the semi-finals two seasons ago, and finishing fourteenth. “That game changed a lot of things in my life.. My status in football changed a lot after those two goals. People started looking at me with different eyes. The two goals are a step forward in my career,” he confessed.
“Today I play for the biggest team in the world and for the biggest club in the world. If I don’t want pressure playing for those two, something is wrong. There is no way to continue. I will never accept defeat. That is the mentality of Real Madrid and the national team. I always think about winning. That’s what I have in mind. “I have to win to make the fans of Brazil and Real Madrid happy.”
Source: La Verdad
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