Para o Real, Robinho, aos 23 anos, liderou a seleção brasileira da primeira à última partida do torneio na Venezuela. "Foi o lançamento internacional que Robinho precisava", diz o site.
Robinho ganha uma das manchetes do site oficial do Real Madrid, seu clube"Ganhou tudo". Assim o site do Real Madrid começa seu texto sobre a participação do atacante Robinho na Copa América. O craque foi campeão com o Brasil, artilheiro e melhor jogador da competição, o que lhe rendeu a manchete na página oficial de seu clube na internet.
A matéria lembra que o ex-santista venceu o confronto com o companheiro Gago, argentino do Real, e Messi, jovem estrela do rival Barcelona.
O fato de o atacante ter sido artilheiro da Copa América recebe bastante destaque do site do clube espanhol, que cita a lista de todos os goleadores da história da competição.
Reprodução abaixo
"Real Madrid and Brazil are similar because winning is always a must"
Prior to start of the Copa América final between Brazil and Argentina, Spanish daily AS sat down with Real Madrid's Robinho to talk about the competition. Realmadrid.com has translated and reproduced the interview for our readers.
You've been putting on a show of brilliant football and fresh ideas.
Thank God I am playing well and scoring goals. Brazil needs to win the title because all this work will have been for nothing if we don't. What have you done to score more goals than the strikers playing in the competition?
Dunga plays me in a position that I like. I play up in attack and don't have to fall back to defend. This is how I like to play, and it's why I am scoring important goals.
Have you done anything special to improve your aim?
Yes, I had already started with Real Madrid; shooting on goal with my left foot, my right foot, and my head. I'm always adjusting my shots because I used to reach the goal and miss, perhaps due to anxiety. But I am a lot more relaxed now, and despite not being a striker, I have to score goals.
Do you think scoring is essential to being the best in the world some day?
It's hard because I tend to dribble more and let a teammate take position in front of goal. But this national team creates a lot of scoring chances and I've been able to finish them. You are appreciated more when you score. You appeared tense with Real Madrid and it even looked like it was going to be your last chance to prove yourself. What's more is Capello didn't have faith in you.
I had to prove that I could be a starter, but I had fun in the last ten games because I knew I was going to be in the starting eleven.
You seem happy and that you're enjoying football like when you were a kid.
(Laughs). I am happy, and when I have fun on the pitch, which is where I have to be happy, you can see the joy on my face.
Is the fact that you've been given responsibilities good for you?
What matters the most is the faith the coach has in my football and knowing that I will play no matter what happens. It's much easier for things to turn out for the better now.
But some footballers are scared that entire countries depend on them.
That's the case in Brazil. They say I'm a star, but I'm just one of many. I know I'm important and Dunga lets me do what I want to, but responsibly, of course.
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Has anyone in Brazil told you that you don't have to dribble so much?
On the contrary, they say I do less now than I did. I've gained consistency and experience in European football. I try to dribble at key moments near the goal because that's where I can decide to pass it to a teammate in front of the net. I only one or two-touch the ball in the midfield now. Have you lost your dribbling spirit?
No. I have improved because I used to dribble on any part of the pitch. Now it's just when I'm close to the goal because I have the chance to score or to draw a foul or penalty.
What do you feel when you dribble by an opponent?
Scoring is very important, but I feel glorious when score after dribbling.
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Dribbling earns respect from friends in neighbourhood football.
I dribble too much when I play with friends (laughs). It boosts your confidence when you do it well. Do you repeat your dribbling styles in matches?
I have to change. After I do one, the next needs to be different, although sometimes I do repeat and it works.
Madrid have signed Metzelder and Pepe, and they want Drenthe. Schuster's gameplan seems a lot more elaborate than Capello's. Will in benefit you?
I think so. Schuster wants the team to play well, and that's what the Bernabéu wants to see. Getafe played that way when he was coaching there, so I hope we are successful playing this way.
He says you'll be an important piece of his plan.
I am pleased. I've taken good care of myself and I hope to finish next season the same way as the last: playing well and scoring goals.
Do you feel committed to Dunga because he always counted on you even when you where in Madrid's dog house
He's always counted on my football even when I was benched with Madrid. He has always had faith in me and I am proving to him that I can be a starter with the national team.
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Does he ask you to mark the opponent or to chase the ball?
No. I don't have to do that work with Brazil since we have two centre-midfielders who defend and another who plays further up. I moved down too much in our first Copa América match and Dunga told me not to. But you do look like you really want to steal the ball when playing in attack.
That's because the pressure starts from the attacking line and I try to stop the opponent from getting the ball out. Vagner Love also pressures a lot.
Was that Capello's best contribution to you?
(Laughs). Capello wanted Ruud and me to pressure the opposing defense a lot.
Has anything else about Capello stuck?
He makes footballers play their hearts out.
What's harder, playing for Brazil or Madrid?
Not because it's my Club, but Madrid is very similar to Brazil because winning is aways a must. The fans are also similar because they whistle at you even if you are winning 2-0.
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Why don't you participate in many commercials and advertising campaigns?
Although you may find me witty, I am a bit shy. I just want to play football, even though I have done a commercial or two. Everything is cool if they involve football. Are you as bothered by the term "lone star" as Garrincha was?
No, but I'm not a star. Brazil is the star.
Did you hear any of the 'Maracanazo' talk? Uruguay almost did it again in the semifinals.
Yes. It was talked about it Brazil. Pablo García insulted me by saying that my grandfather cried back then (laughs). Brazilians suffered a lot because they wanted to be champions.
Messi doesn't do step-overs...
He is extremely talented, but we are different. He keeps the ball glued to his foot and makes it difficult to steal. He's like a futsal player. Juninho says that he doesn't let the ball off his foot and that the only way to stop him is to foul him or to make sure he doesn't receive the ball in front of the goal.
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Do you and Messi represent South American football?
You can't practice talent and improvised play. I do it because it works. It's freedom. It's doing things because they come to your head; a back pass or heal kick. That's perhaps the essence of South American football and what differentiates it from Europe. Are you worried about Riquelme, who always plays well against Brazil in the que Copa Libertadores?
He can decide a match if you give him room because he can find a man in front of goal with one pass. But Argentina isn't just Riquelme. There's a huge rivalry between the two teams, and we're hoping we beat them like we did in the Peru final.
Do you see yourself giving up your spot on the national team in the future?
Not now. I'm only 23-years old. But I don't know if in five years I'll have the strength to play all the matches in Europe and with the national team. Right now I want to play every game with Real Madrid and Brazil, but footballers also need vacation time.
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