Author of a resounding hat-trick on Wednesday evening against Tottenham in the Champions League (5-3), Vitinha confirms week after week his meteoric rise at PSG. A metamorphosis that impresses even among the club’s former legends. In an interview given to The TeamBlaise Matuidi, emblematic figure of the Verratti-Motta-Matuidi trio and 2018 world champion, said he was amazed by the level of the Portuguese. “It’s exceptional, almost unique. We don’t realize how rare a hat-trick for a midfielder is. Vitinha can do everything »says the former Parisian, admiring the maturity and technical variety displayed by the 25-year-old player.
Matuidi goes even further, believing that Vitinha is already getting closer to the world elite in his position. “It’s perhaps the best environment in the world today”he judges, praising his playing intelligence, his accuracy, his activity and his ability to string together complete performances, like Wednesday. Compared by some to Verratti or Thiago Motta, Vitinha has according to him “unique mobility” and a sense of purpose that his predecessors did not have. So much so that Matuidi even imagines a golden future: “he has no limits. Like Modric, he can aim for the Ballon d’Or over one season. » The message got through.
