The rivalry remains on the field, but the admiration transcends off it. This was demonstrated last Sunday, in the practice that the Brazil’s selection at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium, when Neymar approached Hernan Barcos to ask you to sign the shirt Lima Alliance that they gave him. The ‘Pirate’, with the humility that characterizes him, gave him an autograph, a moment that was captured in a video that has gone viral on social networks.
And Barcos is one of the most admired Argentine players in Brazil, thanks to his career in clubs, such as Palmeiras (2012-2013), Gremio (2013-2015) and Cruzeiro (2018-2019), the second being where he left a indelible mark, with the 27 goals he scored in 88 games. Another detail that cannot be left aside is that his wife is also Brazilian, so the player constantly travels to that country, for which he has great affection.
In Lima Alliance The ‘Pirate’ is also a reference, thanks to his goals (he is the club’s top foreign scorer, with 40 goals) and his humility, so it was not surprising that he was the one who made up the delegation that received the ‘Canarinha’. ‘ in the Victorian compound, where they carried out their training, with a view to the clash against the Peruvian National Teamthis Tuesday.
Even on the social networks of the intimate club and ‘Scratch’, material from this visit was shared and the detail that the Brazilian players received, having a personalized Alianza Lima t-shirt in the dressing rooms with their first name printed on it. In the case of ‘Ney’, in addition to having his ‘mica’ with his name, he also got the one with Barcos’s name written on it.
The word of the players
At the press conference, the players Bruno Guimaraes and Matheus Cunha made known the admiration they have for Paolo Guerrero, a Peruvian ‘9’ who wore the colors of Corinthians, Inter de Porto Alegra, Flamengo and more. The ‘Predator’ will be part of the eleven that Juan Reynoso throws, in the duel this Tuesday, September 12, at 9:00 pm, at the National Stadium.
“Paolo is very well known to us. We know a lot about him, he played a lot in Brazil, he is a great number 9. It will be a difficult game, we have to withstand the pressure. We think that in the first half, after 10 or 15 minutes, they will apply strong pressure“said Guimaraes, Newcastle United midfielder.
For his part, Cunha confessed that “I am particularly a Guerrero fan. [La selección peruana] They have many players who passed through Brazil. We have knowledge of some of them, we know that they can surprise us, it depends on how we enter”.
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