His signing for Real Betis last summer sparked great enthusiasm among the fans and Vitor Roque is responding to expectations with his game. After his difficult time at FC Barcelona in the second half of last season, he has found the trust of Manuel Pellegrini in Heliópolis and with it, happiness. In fact, he has already played more than twice as many minutes as under Xavi Hernández, scoring three goals in LaLiga and another two in the Copa del Rey. But the ‘Engineer’ asks for more.
The young Brazilian forward produces a lot on the offensive level. But He still has to polish his success facing the opposing goal. Thus, the Chilean coach is convinced that he will achieve it and has advised him to look in the mirror of a compatriot of his who marked an era in world football. “He tells me to be calm, that the goals are going to come. He asks me if I have seen Romario. He tells me to watch videos and be calm. “He was great,” the green-and-white striker recently revealed.
Just a year ago, before he made the jump to Barça, the man who was world champion with the ‘Canarinha’ in 1994 was full of praise for the then Athletico Paranaense footballer, with whom he made 21 goals and gave 7 assists in 45 games officials throughout the past year. “He is the most complete striker in Brazil”he assured.
But on this occasion, Romario has not hesitated to throw him a ‘dart’ to both Vitor Roque and other current strikers. The current senator for the Rio de Janeiro stadium visited Curitiba, the city in which the Betic player today left his mark, and amidst the laughter of the journalists who asked him about ‘Tigrinho’ he was blunt about Pellegrini’s particular advice: “No, it’s not just Vitor Roque, there are a lot of players who have to watch these videos to learn a little“, he stated in statements reproduced by Vinicius Cordeiro, from OneTwo Sports.
“It is not possible, It’s no use giving him or others advice, because they won’t learn, they have to watch the damn video over and over again.always, always… that one day they will achieve it,” added ‘O Baixinho’, who once again put on the Barça shirt, with which he scored 39 goals in 65 games, to participate with the Barça Legends in a solidarity party against the Pelé Pequeno Príncipe Legends National Teamafter visiting the facilities of the hospital of the same name.