Vitor Roque aims to break records before FIFA break with Olympic team friendlies

02/09/2023 and las 08:00 CEST

Vitor Roque is looking to expand his goalscoring records before the FIFA break, in which he will play two friendlies with the Olympic team against Morocco. The Ath. Paranaense plays today (at 21:00 CEST) at home against At. Minieiro, in a match corresponding to the 22nd day of the Brasileirao 2023.

‘Tigrinho’, who is one of the great sensations of South American football, is ‘on-fire’. He has accumulated three goals in his last four games with ‘Furacao’ and, some of them with added value: like the one he scored against Fluminense in stoppage time, led by the Brazilian coach Fernando Diniz, on the last day, which served to start a draw in extremis (2-2); or the great goal in his visit to Goiás in an individual play that ended with a cross shot that entered the squad.

His numbers are out of the ordinary for a striker of only 18 years of age. He is second in the Brasileirao scorer table with 10 goals, only three behind Tiquinho Soares (Botafago), who is out due to a knee injury and who has been replaced by the former mattress player Diego Costa.

The future Blaugrana striker, who will arrive in January, it is the maximum realized of the Ath. Paranaense in this 2023 season with 19 goals, plus eight assists. And if the 6 goals of the South American Under-20 with Brazil (where he was champion) are added, he reaches 25 and nine assists this season.

The duel against At. Mineiro is of the utmost importance so that ‘Furacao’ can achieve the goal of reaching one of the places in the Copa Libertadores 2024, which will be held in the year of its centenary.

For Vitor Roque this is a special game because it means the reunion with his former coach at Ath. From Paraná, Luiz Felipe Scolari, who decidedly bet on him in 2022 when he was only 17 years old and lined him up in key matches in the Copa Libertadores, including the final against Flamengo where he started.

This match will be the last before the September FIFA date. ‘Tigrinho’, who surprisingly has not been called up for the main Seleçao, will travel with the Olympic team to Morocco, where they will play two friendly matches against the local U-23 team. This appointment is part of the preparation for the South American pre-Olympic tournament to be played in January in Venezuela.

2023-09-02 06:00:47
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