Champions League starts this Tuesday (27/6). With the Brazilian on the field

This Tuesday (27/6) officially kicks off the 2023/24 season of the Champions League, the most important competition in European football. After all, the preliminary round begins, a quadrangular stage with three champions from the lowest-ranked countries in Europe – San Marino, Andorra and Montenegro – and the champion from the country that will host the competition, Iceland. The first match, at 10 (Brasilia time), will be Atletic Escaldes (Andorra) x Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro). Whoever wins will go to the final against the winner of Tre Penne (San Marino) against Breidablik (Iceland). In this very short tournament, whoever wins the “final” advances to the next stage. And in the opening match a Brazilian will take the field: Stephano Almeida, who will play his first match with Buducnost, two-time champions of Montenegro.

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Excited about the new challenge

The joker (plays both center and attack) is 29 years old. He started at Guaratinguetá, moved to Ituano, but has been playing in Europe since 2015. He has played for small clubs in Portugal (such as Académica de Coimbra), the Czech Republic and, last season, he played for Zlata Moravca from Slovakia. The team was nearly relegated, but Stephano was the highlight, adding five goals and six assists. This performance aroused the interest of the Brazilian Buducnost. Thus he ended the club a week ago (day 16). And he said what made him change his ways.

“When I learned about Buducnost’s interest, at first I was curious. And then I got excited. I found out that the club is the best and biggest in Montenegro, the biggest champion, the biggest crowd. I can’t see the It’s time to do my best, I urge and justify trust in my work, I’m sure I will justify trust,” he told the Buducnost website (a word that means “future” in Montenegrin).

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As for the opening match, Stephano tries to avoid talking about favoritism. But he is confident of a good result and that his debut will be remarkable.

“The first match in a new club is always remembered. And all I want is to help, together with my teammates, achieve the goal – to win in the debut, and in the final, win again and move on to the next stage. which. “

Speaking of the environment in a new club, in a new country, the Brazilian said he’s totally in tune.

“I feel very comfortable, because I was welcomed in the best possible way by all the people in the club. I honestly feel at home”.

Who knows, maybe he will make his debut on the right foot, scoring an early goal and going down in history as the player to score the first goal in the 2023/24 Champions League?

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Source: Terra

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