Alves, 38, a right-back like Cafu, will rejoin the Barça team in January.
Former soccer player Marcos Evangelista de Morais ‘Cafú’, two-time world champion and the player who has worn the shirt of the Brazilian national team the most times (142), assured Efe that his compatriot Daniel Alves is “better than” him and with his “Experience will give Barcelona a lot.”
Alves, 38, a right-back like Cafu, will rejoin the Barça team in January and the São Paulo player believes that, “despite his age, he is in full physical condition”, he has “options to be in the Qatar World Cup”, for which Brazil has just qualified, and “it will be a great signing for Barcelona.”
In an interview with EFE, Cafu described as “good news” that Brazil has “classified so far in advance for the World Cup” in 2022 and stressed that his national team is “winning games with good football, it is a very competitive team” that will be, “as always, the rival to beat for all ”.
The five-time world champion team will complete two decades without winning a World Cup in 2022, precisely since Cafu lifted the cup in Japan on the tournament’s previous visit to the Asian continent, and the former captain warns that the one in Qatar “will be different because it had never been played before. at this time of year (November-December), but surely the players will know how to adapt ”.
The former Real Zaragoza and AC Milan player, among other clubs, praised the two stars of the current Brazilian team, PSG striker Neymar da Silva, who “is young and has the conditions to be an even better footballer”, and Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior, “a sensational player, with enormous potential” who is “no longer a promise”, but “a reality”.
Cafu played eleven seasons in Italy, but his time in Spain was a brief stay of “six months at Zaragoza”, during which he was “lucky to win the Recopa; It was a wonderful stage ”, he stressed.
In addition, he recalled that before he had “the option to sign for Real Madrid, but they preferred to hire Vítor” Marques, another right-handed winger who was his teammate at Sao Paulo.
Finally, the Laureus Sport for Good ambassador highlighted that this foundation linked to the world of sport is “something very important in” his “life”, because he considers that physical activity “can play a fundamental role in improving the life of Young; it is a great feeling to be able to do this work ”. (D)
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