Vitor Roque prepared with a ‘coach’ to start training with Barça

2023-12-29 17:53:10

It must not be easy for an 18-year-old boy who plays for Athletico Paranaense and has only been in Brazil’s top category for just a year and a half to find himself, suddenly, in Europe and playing for Barça. Urgent call to join mid-season while recovering from an injury. But Vitor Roque, before participating in his first training session With his new team of teammates, the Blaugrana, he has prepared in all possible facets. No matter how young he is, no matter how much inexperience he has and even if he needs an adaptation process, millions of eyes will be on him to examine him from top to bottom.

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“I’ve been talking to a coach every day to come prepared,” Vitor Roque confessed during his visit to the sports city hours before participating in the preparatory session. The footballer arrives psyched up and arrives informed of the expectations regarding his future contribution. “It only serves to win and win”, he has assumed, “in a fantastic club that has everything.”

Not only did he speak with the private coach who has helped him prepare for the new challenges that are presented to him, so different from those of Athletico Paranaense or Cruzeiro, the club of origin from which he came. He also spoke with Xavi and Deco, “not as technicians, but as friends”; They are the two main football officials at Barça and, as such, the endorsers of his incorporation.

Vice President Rafa Yuste officially presented Vitor Roque to the staff. Toni Alonso was also introduced, who will share the functions of delegate with Carlos Naval.

“A quiet and humble boy”

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Vitor Roque repeated that landing at Barça “is a dream come true”, both for what it means for his professional projection, and for seeing his name inscribed next to Brazilian idols such as Neymar, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Romário, the four footballers who cited as a reference the forward born in Timoteo, state of Minas Gearais, on February 28, 2005.

That “dream” is also to play with Lewandowski, his most direct competition in the position, and Raphinha, another compatriot. The “dream” of winning the Champions League, the highest level of European football. Vitor Roque, before the cameras of the Barça club, defined himself as a footballer “a fighter who fights for all the balls, I don’t give up a ball for lost.” Off the field he considers himself “a quiet and humble boy.”