Goalkeeper Hugo Souza, who secured Corinthians’ state title against Palmeiras by defending a penalty beaten by Raphael Veiga celebrated the performance he had on Thursday night (27) at the Neo Chemistry Arena, against the fans alvinegra.
“For the goalkeeper, nothing better than taking a penalty in the final, securing title. Not even in my best dreams, in the best scripts I could dream, I dreamed of it. But, thank God, we were happy and today we have been champion,” said the goalkeeper, who has defended seven penalties since arrived at the São Jorge Parque Club, in July 2024.
“This club, after six years, becoming champion… Corinthians deserves to be champion more and more times and that this is routine again. That’s what we will get,” said Hugo Souza.
Revealed in Flamengo’s grassroots categories, he said he “imagined it would work here [no Corinthians]I imagined a lot that things could happen, but I didn’t imagine it would be so fast. “
The goalkeeper thanked the Corinthian fans “who hugged me and welcomed me from my first day.”
He also celebrated the dedication of teammates in search of the goal of being champions with the Corinthians shirt.
“We dreamed a lot about it. We fought a lot for it. Everyone knows, need not talk, but last season Yuri [Alberto] There were numerous proposals to leave and wanted to be champion with Corinthians. Garro had a millionaire proposal and decided to be to be champion with Corinthians. Memphis, with all his career, was convinced to be champion with Corinthians. I just wanted to make it happen and make it worth it, “celebrated Hugo Souza
Dutchman Memphis Depay, who also raised the first cup with the team, said he was proud of the team and that Corinthians deserved the achievement of the title.
“It’s a title for the crowd, they were waiting for a long time. I dedicate the title to them,” said shirt 10. “It’s important to go that way. We can improve many things, we need to work hard to win more titles,” added the midfielder, who scored two goals and gave five assists in 12 matches in Paulista.
Yuri Alberto celebrated start the season with a title. “Being able to start the year with a big title gives us a very good energy for us to play the next championships,” he said.
“I was praying, crying, asking God to touch the referee’s heart to blow that whistle soon and end the game,” said the striker. With confusion between players at times, the second half had an increase of 16 minutes.
“It starts to pass a lot in my head, everything I spent last year, the titles that hit the post. This year will be a very blessed year for us,” said Yuri. “May it be the first of many.”
