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More of 15 international titles and an award-winning career at the club level and with the Brazilian national team credit the former player Marcos Evangelista de Moraes ” Cafú ” as an accredited voice regarding modern football .
As part of his intervention in the Brand Sport Weekend , event of the Spanish newspaper that took place this last week, the legendary right back assured that the Brazilian star Neymar is above the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo , but that lacks leadership on the pitch to prove it.
“Neymar is technically better than Messi, better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but he must assume the responsibility of a leader, captain, crack. One should dedicate oneself to the % to football ”
Cafu
He added that his prolific career was built on dedication and effort, which made him stand above other very good right-backs of his time.
“I was better than other right-backs because I dedicated myself to that, to be a professional athlete,” said Cafu.
The return of Dani Alves to Barcelona
In his statements to the media present, Cafu was also consulted on what he thought about the return of right-back Dani Alves to the FC Barcelona, already with 38 years.
“I already knew, I talked to him, he was at my house two months ago in Sao Paulo and he told me who had p possibility of returning to Barcelona. I told him that it seemed like a fantastic idea, “said the former footballer.
With this revelation, Cafu demonstrated his importance for the football of his country. He was in more than 140 opportunities wearing the “verdeamarela” and many of those wearing the captain’s armband, and now it shows that he continues to exercise authority and has the respect of many players off the pitch.
“He is training, he is playing, he is in the Brazilian team , wants to return to Barcelona. He is focused and I think that Barcelona has made a great signing “, he highlighted about Alves.
In his speech he did not stop talking about the beautiful memory that for him represents having won the World Cup in the United States 1200 and in general in all the Cups in which he has been: France 1994, Korea – Japan 2002 (also champions), Germany 2006.
“Everyone who wins a World Cup is because they deserve it. But Brazil is the country of soccer, it is the only five-time champion team in the world. It is not easy to be a world champion, you are playing against the best countries and the best players in the world, only one wins. I won the first World Cup in the 94, in the United States, in the 98 I was runner-up against France and in the 2006 I won again in Korea. I am the only athlete to play three consecutive finals and I was able to win two, that fills me with pride ”, he revealed.
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