With the shirt of Brazil, Mané praises Vini Jr: “One of the three best”

After a historic victory against Brazilian Teamthe great player of Senegal, Sadio Mané, spoke in the mixed zone about the match, wearing the opposing yellow shirt. with the name of Taffarel on the back, with whom he worked in the Liverpoolthe number 10 preached respect for Brazil, and spared no praise for Vinícius Junior.

“Brazil is a very good team. Maybe today they could do better, we know the quality they have, maybe it was just today. I still have a lot of respect for Brazil and the players“, he said, and followed: “We respect this type of game and of course Brazil are one of the best teams in the world, but tonight we played well, created chances and scored four goals. Maybe we deserved to win“.

In addition to the modesty shown in the previous answer, Mané also spared no words to talk about Vinícius Júnior. Stating that he considers the Brazilian one of the three best players in the world today, the Senegalese pondered that this Tuesday’s opponent, the 20th, needs to maintain the high level to fight for the Ballon d’Or.

“In a few years we saw how Vinicius developed. I respect him. For me he is one of the top three in the world, he has to keep that level high to win the Ballon d’Or“, said Mané, scorer of two goals in Senegal’s victory over Brazil.

In addition to the goals scored by the number 10, Marquinhos against and Diallo completed the 4-2 rout of the Africans over the Brazilian team. The result continued the taboo that Brazil had never beaten Senegal, in addition to also being in a sequence of three consecutive games without winning against teams from the African continent.