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Botafogo and São Paulo are tied and the decision of Flamengo's possible opponent will be decided next week
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The star was in Europe before joining Mais Querido, which complicated life for the red-black board.
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One of Flamengo's strong names when it comes to negotiations, Marcos Braz, Rubro-Negro's vice-president of football, revealed what was the most difficult signing to make so far. According to the director, the negotiation for Rafinha, who belonged to Bayern Munich (ALE) at the time, was the most difficult. Furthermore, Marcos Braz also recalled that Franck Ribéry, a player for the French national team, wanted to convince the Brazilian right-back to play in Saudi Arabia.
"I thought I could lose the signing of Rafinha, in 2019. He was at Bayern Munich, he still had six months left on his contract, but I believed I could get him out in January. I had to hold on until the next window, and the offers for Rafinha kept coming. The last one was Ribéry. wanting to take him to Saudi Arabia, I said: 'F*d**'", said the VP.
The red-black idol's team, Real Madrid, secured a place in the Champions League final by defeating the German this Wednesday (08)
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Defender Matthijs de Ligt had the ''ungrateful'' task of scoring none other than Vinicius Jr. in the two Champions League semi-finals between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. The Bavarian team lost 2-1 to the Whites, this Wednesday (8), at the Santiago Bernabéu, and said goodbye to the dream of reaching the final. And even after the painful fall, the German defender made a point of praising the Brazilian striker.
''He's an incredible player. For me he is, perhaps, the best in the world. He is extremely fast, extremely good with the ball. He can score goals one on one, one of the best players in the world... So I had to be very, very, very sharp, very concentrated. What I say is that he is an incredibly good player,'' De Ligt told ESPN.
Hero of the Merengue classification, Joselu also surrendered to his teammate. “Vini goes winning the Ballon d'Or, he is super important for us, he unbalances the opponents, he is very decisive. When he's having a good day, he's the best. Today too, an incredible performance against the Bayern defense. I only played 10 minutes, but he stayed 90 minutes and what he managed to do is fundamental", highlighted the striker, scorer of the two goals Real Madrid in the match.
In Spain, the country's main media outlets went crazy with Vini Jr. “He is uncontrollable. He is imperial. Say what you want, but from the final whistle he started to dribble and create goal chances without stopping", wrote the newspaper As. relative ease during the game", he continued.
"In the 2nd half, he looked like the Devil on the field. [...] Real Madrid was pure Vinicius, until Joselu appeared", he added. Now, Real decides to play Orelhuda against Borussia Dortmund on June 1st, at 4pm (Brasília time), at Wembley.
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