Vitor Roque analyzed in the official media of the Real Betis his first months in the green and white club and in the city of Seville, where he feels very comfortable in every way, thus overcoming the bad months he spent in Barcelona, always with the comparison with Endrick’s signing for Real Madrid. Although this detail never comes out of ‘Tigrinho’s mouth, the media battle between the Barcelona and Madrid sports information professionals affected him quite a bit during his stay in the Barça team.
He has five goals in all competitions so far this season and assessed his record so far this way: “Good, good. Little by little it is improving. It’s not bad, but… the truth is that I have been able to score more goals. With a little anxiety, but little by little. The coach? He always tells me to stay calm, that the goals will come and that I am helping the team, which is the most important thing. Having his trust helps a lot, he always comes talking to me about what I have to improve. “He always helps me and trust is the most important thing.”
Questioned about his arrival at Betis, Vitor Roque recalled that “with a lot of desire to do things well, with a lot of enthusiasm as well. Before coming I spoke with Natan and he told me that Betis is like a family. And my first day, the first week, I found that it is like a family and I am very happy to be here. Natan, Johnny too, the Brazilians… And all the others too, like Bartra, who helped me a lot when I arrived, I’m at home.
Regarding his arrival at Barcelona and the change from Brazilian to European football, the forward commented that “I was in Brazil and I didn’t know if I was going to come or not. I found out that I was going to come to Spain about a week before, I was on vacation, I didn’t know. And when I arrived I had few opportunities, I didn’t have time to adapt either. The truth is that I have had some bad times there, but they serve as a learning experience, you know? I am very happy to be here. The things I have learned there help me today and I am very happy. I played for Atlético Paranense and there was a lot of long ball. Here, in Europe, he had little time to think and more association, more walls, and there that did not train him much. I had that difficulty a little bit,” he said.
Regarding his relationship with the team’s other center forwards, Chimy Ávila and Bakambu, Vitor Roque argued that “yes, yes, very good. I get along well with both of them. I always try to speak in French, joking with Cédric. ‘Are you OK?’ Just this. And with Chimy too. Do we forwards press? I try to help the team as much as possible, which is the most important thing. The pressure starts up there and I think it infects my teammates as well and makes us do things well.
Finally, regarding the Mestalla match against Valencia, the first First Division match to be played in the Turia capital after the DANA catastrophe at the end of October, ‘Tigrinho’ explained that “the truth is that Valencia has gone through a very difficult, delicate moment, but we are going to try to achieve victory. They have had a bad time, yes. It is a difficult situation what has happened there. Something like this happened a month ago in Brazil. We see how one day you have your things and the next day you have nothing. It’s difficult, but we have to continue, football continues and I hope we win.”
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