Malcolm: Well, I think every Brazilian who played for Zenit left a mark here. Because it’s a big club here in Russia, and now they’re becoming more and more important in Europe as they’ve played in the Champions League for the past four seasons in a row.
M: A lot of people have mentioned his spell at Zenit. We got to watch many of the amazing goals he scored, both in the Russian league and the Champions League. Hopefully we’ll follow in his footsteps. For a Brazilian, things are tough here when you first arrive, but the reason we come here is to lift trophies and to leave our mark at the club.
Wendel: He helped me a lot. When I still had doubts in my mind, he rang me and he told me, “Bro, don’t think twice, just come. Don’t worry about anything, I’m here to help you.” And now he’s a great friend and brother I have by my side within the club.
M: Oh, I told him right away, “Come. That’s one more Brazilian to have around. At least you can have some fun and speak in your native language. So just get here.” It’s a huge signing, for everything he does for us on the pitch. He’s the orchestrator who sets the pace of our attacks. Without him, I don’t think we’d perform the same. Take the match against Malmö, for example. Without him that game would have been a little different, because he gets us on the front foot, he sets the pace. So for us, that was the best signing of the window, because we needed a player like him so much.
Malcolm: Well, I think every Brazilian who played for Zenit left a mark here. Because it’s a big club here in Russia, and now they’re becoming more and more important in Europe as they’ve played in the Champions League for the past four seasons in a row.
M: A lot of people have mentioned his spell at Zenit. We got to watch many of the amazing goals he scored, both in the Russian league and the Champions League. Hopefully we’ll follow in his footsteps. For a Brazilian, things are tough here when you first arrive, but the reason we come here is to lift trophies and to leave our mark at the club.
Wendel: He helped me a lot. When I still had doubts in my mind, he rang me and he told me, “Bro, don’t think twice, just come. Don’t worry about anything, I’m here to help you.” And now he’s a great friend and brother I have by my side within the club.
M: Oh, I told him right away, “Come. That’s one more Brazilian to have around. At least you can have some fun and speak in your native language. So just get here.” It’s a huge signing, for everything he does for us on the pitch. He’s the orchestrator who sets the pace of our attacks. Without him, I don’t think we’d perform the same. Take the match against Malmö, for example. Without him that game would have been a little different, because he gets us on the front foot, he sets the pace. So for us, that was the best signing of the window, because we needed a player like him so much.
M: The thing is that it’s a bit different for us. For instance, I came from Barcelona while Wendel came from Lisbon. It’s always warm there so we struggled a little in the beginning but, during the pre-match pep talk, we Brazilians step in… We try to infuse some cheerfulness into the guys, we make jokes and we play our music. We often forget about the cold and have even more fun than usual, perhaps because of the weather itself.
W: Sometimes we can get our music going, though we hear some complaints about it. But we don’t care, that’s our music and we enjoy it.
M: We have fun either with our songs or Russian songs. We even enjoy some of the Russian songs. But the most important thing is to be happy. We want to pass our Brazilian happiness on to them.
M: For sure. Not only Brazilian, but Russian and Ukrainian too.
W: It’s everyone’s dream and dreaming is free. We have to dream.
Malcolm: Well, I think every Brazilian who played for Zenit left a mark here. Because it’s a big club here in Russia, and now they’re becoming more and more important in Europe as they’ve played in the Champions League for the past four seasons in a row.
M: A lot of people have mentioned his spell at Zenit. We got to watch many of the amazing goals he scored, both in the Russian league and the Champions League. Hopefully we’ll follow in his footsteps. For a Brazilian, things are tough here when you first arrive, but the reason we come here is to lift trophies and to leave our mark at the club.
Wendel: He helped me a lot. When I still had doubts in my mind, he rang me and he told me, “Bro, don’t think twice, just come. Don’t worry about anything, I’m here to help you.” And now he’s a great friend and brother I have by my side within the club.
M: Oh, I told him right away, “Come. That’s one more Brazilian to have around. At least you can have some fun and speak in your native language. So just get here.” It’s a huge signing, for everything he does for us on the pitch. He’s the orchestrator who sets the pace of our attacks. Without him, I don’t think we’d perform the same. Take the match against Malmö, for example. Without him that game would have been a little different, because he gets us on the front foot, he sets the pace. So for us, that was the best signing of the window, because we needed a player like him so much.
Malcolm: Well, I think every Brazilian who played for Zenit left a mark here. Because it’s a big club here in Russia, and now they’re becoming more and more important in Europe as they’ve played in the Champions League for the past four seasons in a row.
M: A lot of people have mentioned his spell at Zenit. We got to watch many of the amazing goals he scored, both in the Russian league and the Champions League. Hopefully we’ll follow in his footsteps. For a Brazilian, things are tough here when you first arrive, but the reason we come here is to lift trophies and to leave our mark at the club.
Wendel: He helped me a lot. When I still had doubts in my mind, he rang me and he told me, “Bro, don’t think twice, just come. Don’t worry about anything, I’m here to help you.” And now he’s a great friend and brother I have by my side within the club.
M: Oh, I told him right away, “Come. That’s one more Brazilian to have around. At least you can have some fun and speak in your native language. So just get here.” It’s a huge signing, for everything he does for us on the pitch. He’s the orchestrator who sets the pace of our attacks. Without him, I don’t think we’d perform the same. Take the match against Malmö, for example. Without him that game would have been a little different, because he gets us on the front foot, he sets the pace. So for us, that was the best signing of the window, because we needed a player like him so much.
Malcolm: Well, I think every Brazilian who played for Zenit left a mark here. Because it’s a big club here in Russia, and now they’re becoming more and more important in Europe as they’ve played in the Champions League for the past four seasons in a row.
M: A lot of people have mentioned his spell at Zenit. We got to watch many of the amazing goals he scored, both in the Russian league and the Champions League. Hopefully we’ll follow in his footsteps. For a Brazilian, things are tough here when you first arrive, but the reason we come here is to lift trophies and to leave our mark at the club.
Wendel: He helped me a lot. When I still had doubts in my mind, he rang me and he told me, “Bro, don’t think twice, just come. Don’t worry about anything, I’m here to help you.” And now he’s a great friend and brother I have by my side within the club.
M: Oh, I told him right away, “Come. That’s one more Brazilian to have around. At least you can have some fun and speak in your native language. So just get here.” It’s a huge signing, for everything he does for us on the pitch. He’s the orchestrator who sets the pace of our attacks. Without him, I don’t think we’d perform the same. Take the match against Malmö, for example. Without him that game would have been a little different, because he gets us on the front foot, he sets the pace. So for us, that was the best signing of the window, because we needed a player like him so much.
M: The thing is that it’s a bit different for us. For instance, I came from Barcelona while Wendel came from Lisbon. It’s always warm there so we struggled a little in the beginning but, during the pre-match pep talk, we Brazilians step in… We try to infuse some cheerfulness into the guys, we make jokes and we play our music. We often forget about the cold and have even more fun than usual, perhaps because of the weather itself.
W: Sometimes we can get our music going, though we hear some complaints about it. But we don’t care, that’s our music and we enjoy it.
M: We have fun either with our songs or Russian songs. We even enjoy some of the Russian songs. But the most important thing is to be happy. We want to pass our Brazilian happiness on to them.
M: For sure. Not only Brazilian, but Russian and Ukrainian too.
W: It’s everyone’s dream and dreaming is free. We have to dream.
Malcolm: Well, I think every Brazilian who played for Zenit left a mark here. Because it’s a big club here in Russia, and now they’re becoming more and more important in Europe as they’ve played in the Champions League for the past four seasons in a row.
M: A lot of people have mentioned his spell at Zenit. We got to watch many of the amazing goals he scored, both in the Russian league and the Champions League. Hopefully we’ll follow in his footsteps. For a Brazilian, things are tough here when you first arrive, but the reason we come here is to lift trophies and to leave our mark at the club.
Wendel: He helped me a lot. When I still had doubts in my mind, he rang me and he told me, “Bro, don’t think twice, just come. Don’t worry about anything, I’m here to help you.” And now he’s a great friend and brother I have by my side within the club.
M: Oh, I told him right away, “Come. That’s one more Brazilian to have around. At least you can have some fun and speak in your native language. So just get here.” It’s a huge signing, for everything he does for us on the pitch. He’s the orchestrator who sets the pace of our attacks. Without him, I don’t think we’d perform the same. Take the match against Malmö, for example. Without him that game would have been a little different, because he gets us on the front foot, he sets the pace. So for us, that was the best signing of the window, because we needed a player like him so much.
