Guilherme Arana is back in the Brazilian national team. The defender was called up this Friday (10) by coach Dorival Júnior for Brazil’s upcoming friendlies and the Copa América competition in the United States.
The player has been one of the highlights of Atlético-MG this 2024 season. The full-back was thrilled to be back on the Brazilian national team’s list.
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“It’s special, right? For everything that has happened in the past, I’m so happy to be able to return to representing my country, it’s a childhood dream,” celebrated Guilherme Arana to Galo TV.
“It’s a series of thanks, I thank God, my family, my teammates and Clube Atlético Mineiro for experiencing this again,” he continued.
Guilherme Arana was tipped to represent Brazil at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The full-back, however, suffered a serious injury to his left knee in September of that year. Thus, he was left out of the final list of coach Tite.
Moment of the call-up
Arana described how the moment he received the call-up was. The player celebrated together with his family.
“It was me, my wife and Luigi, ‘Guizinho’ was already asleep. When I heard my name, the screaming started, Luigi got scared and started screaming, my parents called me too, everyone was very happy,” he said.
“So, it’s an immense happiness, a joint victory. A year ago, I was begging ‘Chacho’ (Coudet) to take me to the game and today to be called up and represent my country is immense happiness,” he concluded.
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
Binge the episodes available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel. Stay tuned for upcoming releases as we keep telling this legend’s life story.
