Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola rated Mateos Nunes as “one of the best players in the world” after the match with Sporting, for the Champions, which was held on Tuesday evening, in Al-Faladi, in anticipation of the second leg of the round of 16. The European Champions League, which the English won 0-5.

A man praised, in fact, a wink to one of the most respected coaches in the world in regards to a player who signed a very impressive upward trajectory, knowing that even in the 2017/2018 season he was wandering the provinces with jerseys from Ericeirense and I worked in a sweet shop.

Matthews Nunes, who learned about A BOLA yesterday, scored and, of course, liked the Spanish coach’s complementary words, but those who thought the 23-year-old Brazilian Portuguese showed some signs of surprise will be disappointed. None of this. The person who told A BOLA was Humberto Salvador, the player’s godfather and the man who always followed the career of Matheus Nunes. By the way, it was he who took the player home after the match with Manchester City.

Guardiola’s praise was, of course, the topic of conversation about a short car ride – Matthews Nunes now lives alone in Lisbon to be closer to the academy and the stadium… – and at that moment Humberto Salvador realized that Matthews Nunes was still… Matthews Nunes. “Matheus is a child who puts his feet firmly on the ground, he knows that football is the moment,” he said, stressing, above all, the heartburn of the boy after his defeat: “My head was tight, and the result was heavy, hard.”

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