Rodrygo Goes, the main architect of Real Madrid’s victory in the Champions League semi-final against Manchester City, gave thanks to the Lord for his XXL performance.
On May 28, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis will host the next Champions League football final, which will pit England’s Liverpool against Spain’s Real Madrid. To climb so high in the competition, the people of Madrid ignored the opposing elements in the semi-finals, against Manchester City. After losing in the first leg 4-3, then being down 1-0 on their lawn, the players of ex-Parisian Carlo Ancelotti benefited from a big boost from one of their teammates.
Entering the game in the 68th minute, the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes, who this season enters the Madrid rotation without being an indisputable holder, surprised his world. First, by equalizing one minute from the end of regulation time. Then, two minutes later, by achieving a double, synonymous with extension between the two formations and therefore reason for hope for his club, with a view to qualification. A qualification finally validated by the essential Frenchman Karim Benzema, contender of choice for the next Ballon d’Or, the highest individual award in football.
“God told me it was going to be my day”
Both hero and savior of his club in this evening which undoubtedly has already gone down in history, Rodrygo attributed his XXL performance to Christ. “I can’t explain what happened. I don’t have the words. God looked at me and he told me that it was going to be my day, ”he confided, won over by emotion, to Spanish television at the end of the meeting.
A beautiful way to give thanks, which could well appeal to others. Because with this double, which had preceded other encouraging performances in the weeks preceding Real-City, the Brazilian took on a new dimension. Logically, his status as a “super sub” (super substitute, in French) can allow him to claim, in the near future, to gain playing time, or even to establish himself in the coming months as an indisputable holder at Real.
Moreover, at home in Brazil, where the country is king, his dream match has not escaped any football fan. Starting with Tite, the national coach, who has begun his prospecting work to draw up the list of players he will take with him to Qatar at the end of the year to compete in the next World Cup. At this rate, Rodrygo (author of a goal in five matches with the Auriverde selection, can sleep on his two ears.
