Real Madrid star Rodrygo Goes says fans can expect to see the version of him they got used to last season.
The Brazilian opened the scoring less than half an hour into the La Liga season, but until his goal against Braga a few weeks ago, he was stuck on that one goal, failing to score in front of the cages. Although he always put himself in the right positions, he seemed to have lost his sense of goal.
“ I was overwhelmed because I tried everything possible, but it didn’t work. Now everything is fine with me and I’m back. I think it’s my fault. I had difficulty playing in my new position, as a nine, but now the coach gives me more freedom to go on the wings and therefore I have played better in the last matches. If the coach thinks I can play as a nine, I can do it“, Rodrygo told the Cadena Cope.
Even though it was the Italian who pushed Rodrygo out of his comfort zone, he has nothing but gratitude for Carletto.
“Ancelotti didn’t tell me anything, we talked about one thing and another thing came out (in the press). He knows that I don’t like playing with nine, but I do it for the team and for him, I believe in him. He knew what I was saying. Ancelotti is very important to me. He always helped me when things didn’t work out for me.”
Rodrygo was also asked if he thought Brazil was less racist than Spain.
“Everything that happened was very difficult, but we don’t think Spain is racist; there are racists, like everywhere else, I cannot generalize. I can’t speak for everyone when one of them has done something wrong. I did not hear anything. In the stadiums, it’s more complicated, but in the streets, it’s calmer.”
And confirmed, like any player, that he would like his club to recruit Kylian Mbappé.
“ Of course, it’s a crack. You have to ask the president. Between him and Haaland, I don’t know who I would sign, it’s very difficult.”
