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Jorgin’s favorite in the competition of Lewandowski, Messi or Salah? Seeming nonsense. However, looking at the criteria in the Golden Ball poll, this is not absurd.
In addition to individual performances, voters also take into account team achievements. And in them, the 29-year-old midfielder will outperform the competition. He triumphed with Chelsea in the Champions League, with Italy for the Euro. He was not a key figure in his achievements, but he contributed a lot. According to the bookmakers, who is fourth and ahead alleged leakage of results even the third biggest favorite to win the Golden Ball?
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He slept with the fifties in a dirty room
That the name Jorge Luiz Frello Filho doesn’t sound purely Italian to you? He was born in the port city of Imbituba in southeastern Brazil. He wanted to be a football player from the age of five. He passed exams in three clubs from the football city of Sao Paulo. He was rejected everywhere.
In Guabiruba, 180 km from his home, he signed up for an Italian football agent at the age of 13. “He said that those who do well have a small chance of going to Italy. Who wouldn’t want to go to Europe, right? ” Jorginho begins his story for theplayerstribune.com.
Conditions were incomparable with European camps or academies. “It was like an army. Trainings twice a day and then study. Fifty players slept in a dirty room on bunk beds stacked next to each other. We ate the same dish three times a day. The showers did not have hot water even in winter. Outside, local gangs tried to rob us.
However, the worst was when the cleaner ended due to unpaid money. At this point, you could not rinse the paper after a great need, it would clog the waste. We threw the used toilet in the trash. Well, when the trash had no one to empty for a few weeks … You can imagine. I held my breath in the toilet, but I got used to it. People adapt to everything. When you want something very much, it’s impossible to give up. ”
When Jorginh’s mother came to visit and saw the conditions there, she sent him to pack. “She said her son would not live like this. I replied that if she forced me to return home and not become a professional footballer, I would blame her for the rest of my life. She finally left home crying alone. ”
He lived on 20 euros a week. He broke down mentally
Jorginho lasted two years, at the age of fifteen he signed with Hellas Verona. He was housed in an old convent in a small room with five other young men. After three months of enthusiasm, he began to miss home.
“In addition, I lived on the 20 euros a week the agent gave me. The one from the camp in Guabiruba. I telephoned my family in Brazil for five, something went for shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, and I spent the rest in an online cafe chatting with friends and family. When I indulged in it, I bought a milk drink at McDonald’s for the euro. No fries or hamburger. Happy Meal was for rich children. ”
He lived alone for a year and a half. When he started training with the A-team, he broke up with the agent: “I don’t want to talk about it, but it was bad. It broke me mentally. I called my mom that I was done and was coming home. She replied that my door was closed. My father, with whom they lived separately, told me the same thing. Then they called me together that when I got this far after all the suffering, I can’t give up. My sister later told me that my mother collapsed after the phone call. Unfortunately, the parents were strong when they had to. ”
Jorginho helped Hellas to advance to Serie A, in the middle of the novice season he became a teammate of Marek Hamšík in Naples. After half a year, they celebrated a triumph at Coppa Italia. The fanaticism of the local fans was enjoyed in the most extreme design.
He disappointed the whole nation
He preferred the Italian national team to the Brazilian one (his great-grandfather was Italian). “It was an easy choice. Brazil did not allow me to fulfill my dream, and when I needed help, Italy helped me. How then could I turn my back when Italy needed me? ”
He missed only a quarter of an hour at EURO 2020. He did not convert the penalty in the final shot, but the English failed in the lottery again: “Roberto Mancini deserves a huge credit. Some coaches force players to adapt to their style, he adapted the style to the players.
And a dropped penalty? You can’t imagine what it is like to disappoint the whole nation. After winning, it was forgotten, but that moment will stay with me forever. Poor father, after the finale, he told me, ‘Jorge, you can’t do this to me. Now I have to visit a cardiologist. ‘”
Sarri’s puppy? Criticism is fuel
Jorginho is a Chelsea player for the fourth season, and coach Maurizio Sarri took him from Naples. Upon arrival, he faced sharp criticism: “I was said to be slow and weak. They called me Sarri’s puppy. It bothered me immensely.
I had a turbulent start in every club, they underestimated me. Verona even sent me to the fourth league. However, I worked hard and always gained respect. I used the criticism as fuel and I thank the critics today. ”
He triumphed with Chelsea in the Champions League and the European League. He is one of the busiest players in London. And even though in the competition of Lewandowski or Messi he will most likely not win the Golden Ball, their company is already an honor among their favorites. And certainly bigger than he had ever dreamed of when he held his breath in a dirty toilet in a Brazilian camp at the age of 14.
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