“I don’t know why but I always keep this photo in my phone, but I think something inside of me says your way will be together one day!
“And I think this game was the biggest change in my life because I played for Coritiba at the time and, when they played against United, I am young — I think the competition was Under-20 and then I was 17 or 18 at the time — when I played against United, the competition is starting to talk about me a little bit.
“I remember the director at the time, who flew with United, goes to ask the director at Coritiba who I am. And the director comes to me and says: ‘Look, you can be promoted to the first team, the guys at United decided to ask about you.’
“And I’m so excited, imagining a dream where I go to United and, after that, the conversation stopped! But, I think after this, the Switzerland club, Sion, say: ‘If this guy has something to talk about for the director of United, then we need to pick him!’
“About this game, I think this is where I started my journey.”