“Real Madrid? We don’t care, we want to make history”

The end of Botafogo Luiz Henriquewho was declared this Sunday the champion of the Brazilian League, which they aim 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 entered the field, it wants to win, it doesn’t matter if it is Real Madrid. We want to enter the history of Botafogo, that so we will fight against them” , said the former player of Real Betis to the ‘Globo’ network at the Nilson Santos pitch.

After winning the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship in the space of eight days, Botafogo now prepares for the Intercontinental Cup in Qatar, where they will need to get through two qualifying rounds to face Real Madrid in the final. On Wednesday, the Rio team will face the Mexican Pachuca. If they win, they will face Egyptian Al-Ahly in the hunt for a place in the final, where Real Madrid, last season’s European Champions League winners, await.

“We know the match will be difficult, but nothing is impossible. Many doubted us. It was difficult to win the Libertadores and Brasileirão, but because this group is a family, we achieved it on the field,” said the Canarinha international . “The match against Real Madrid will be difficult, but we will give our lives to win,” added the forward, considering that they will be in the final of the tournament against the white team.

Luiz Henrique scored seven goals and distributed three assists in 36 Liga games, numbers that earned him the selection 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 home country this year, after a gray season and a half at Real Betis, and once again showed his best version.