The striker also projects Fox in the next World Cup and cites which clubs are above the current edition: “With the others, he gives the game”
Gabigol has no doubts that he made the right choice when he left Flamengo towards Cruzeiro at the beginning of the year. In participating in Podpah Tuesday (1), Shirt 9 recalled another transfer: in 2019, he passed away from Inter to act for the red-black. Remembering the farewell of Europe in their journey to Brazil, the attacker revealed that the decision to be repatriated was intuitive, different since he left the Rio Club to defend the miner.
“(Come to the cruise) was the right decision that I made in my life. One of the first times I tried in my heart: here it is. That’s where I want to go, it’s where I want to live. Everything I lived in in other teams was fantastic, with Flamengo I don’t have to say. But when I went there, it was something more intuitive. Happy here,” he started.
Supervisory Flamengo with titles of Libertadores (2019 and 2022), Brasiliani (2019 and 2020) and world cups (2022 and 2024), among others, Gabigol has not renewed the link to Rio de Janeiro. The announcement as a reinforcement of the fox took place in the early minutes of 2025 and, in its presentation, saw more than 40 thousand fans attend the Mineirão. So far there are nine goals in 22 games.
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“I swear I didn’t expect to see that crowded stadium to receive me. I had come to Bh little, I didn’t have so many ties with the city and the cruise, so it was all very young, new city, a new home. A new way of welcoming.
“I spent a lot of time in Flamengo, six years have passed. So it was all very new for me, until the place to sit on the bus, the locker room, the players, I lost a little at the beginning, but they welcomed me in a way I could not happen. This did not happen to me. This did not happen to me anywhere in the world. From the beginning I got an affection from the scoreboard, players, who went.
Good relations with the president of Cruzeiro
Gabigol also tried to emphasize the good relationship Pedro Lourenço, owner of Cruzeiro’s Saf. And he said that the good Cruzeirense phase attracted looks from other clubs:
“One of my choices to come to Cruzeiro was also that. Today there are already players who call me to ask me how it is playing on a cruise, as is the stadium … the interest in the cruise has not been like this, now it is starting to increase.
“Pedrinho is a special boy, totally right, who has a lot of love for the club. You can talk to the owner of the club as if he were a friend of yours. We are talking about everything, we are very close friends. I have always tried to build a relationship with the club, here I have a four -year contract and I know that things will happen. It is not a process that the cruise will win all the championships. It has already happened.
He falls all over the world in Gabigol’s graces
Gabigol could have played the club World Championships if he had been to Flamengo. But it has become the main assumption of Cruzeiro in the season, despite the arrival of other big names. From afar, he analyzed the main teams of the FIFA tournament and indicated that Europeans are a step above, even if he believes that the games can be balanced.
“There are teams there are really elite: Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Real Madrid and PSG. But you have seen: at Hilal he surprised a lot. For me, in fact, these four teams are slightly above the rest. But I think the rest gives the game,” he said, citing the historical classification of the Saudi team on the city in the round of 16.
Finally, the striker imagined the experience defended Cruzeiro. The next edition should only take place in 2029.
“I have four years of the contract, so I know that things will happen. Furthermore, this is a process. It is not during the night that Cruzeiro will win all the championships. I know that the fans do not have this patience, but with a long project it will happen. And I think it has already happened. The process will bring there,” concludes the Striker, optimistic.
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