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Goalkeeper Hugo Souza, who currently plays for Corinthians, spoke in an interview with the Denílson Show podcast, published on Wednesday, about a sensitive moment in his time at Flamengo with coach Vitor Pereira. In 2023, the player was in negotiations with Benfica, from Portugal, and was the third choice of the Rio club, behind Santos and Matheus Cunha.
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However, the overseas sale was canceled and it remained at rubro-Negro. As a result, the athlete sought to speak to the coach to understand how he could help the team and revealed that the Portuguese acted in an unexpected and sincere way.
— I went to his assistant and asked what it was like to talk to him. He said to get to his room. Diego Alves had already said goodbye,I knocked on his door and said: ‘Professor,I was training separately as there was a negotiation,it didn’t work out,and I finished the year as the second goalkeeper. I wanted to know what I have to do to convince you that I can play’ — he elaborated in the interview.
— He told me like this, I’m not going to say everything: ‘first you have to show me about training, because you haven’t shown me anything yet. I’m sorry, but I don’t know what Benfica saw in you to start the negotiations’ — said Hugo.
With Vitor Pereira’s reaction, the goalkeeper also said that he left the room thinking “I will never play while he is in office”. In July 2023, Flamengo loaned Chaves, also from Portugal. After a good performance, he was traded to Corinthians.
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