00:00That he's a somewhat more established player in the Brazilian national team isn't such a surprise.
00:04I'd also like you to tell us a little about how he arrived at Atlético, and what his first experience with the pressure was like.
00:08Yes, Bremer, his story is, he arrived at Atlético in 2017.
00:13Bremer was in São Paulo's youth academy in 2016, on loan from Desportivo Brasil.
00:21And São Paulo had to exercise the option to buy him, and São Paulo wasn't very sure about buying him.
00:25Not Bremer.
00:26And then there's Fred Cascardo, who is now the director of Cruzeiro's youth academy, and who also did some work at América,
00:33He was the technical coordinator for Atlético's youth academy, and he said to me,
00:37Ricardo, keep an eye on São Paulo's games, because there's a São Paulo player there, Bremer, a defender...
00:44He probably won't stay at São Paulo, and we're thinking of taking him to Atlético.
00:48We watched the games, the entire coaching staff, we followed Bremer, we saw a lot of potential in him.
00:54And he came to Atlético at the beginning of 2017.
00:57At that point, Bremer was already very concentrated, very focused on training, on the day-to-day.
01:02We competed in the Brazilian Under-17 Cup, and we were champions; that was the year we won the championship.
01:09And with Bremer as a starter, in just a few training sessions he has already shown his potential.
01:13And he even competed with João Vitor, another defender who played professionally for Corinthians.
01:18He's at Vasco, but Bremer also has a lot of potential.
01:22And then I remember that we played the final against Flamengo, and also as Cruzeiro,
01:26the athlete we trained at Cidade do Galo, and who did some training sessions with him as a professional,
01:31And Roger Machado was already observing the athletes, which was also very important to me.
01:36That's why I say that the professional coach is very important.
01:39We talked about the issue of the Cruzeiro boys,
01:42But Mano Menezes is very important to these athletes.
01:45Both he and the Swan, because they showed affection towards the athletes,
01:49to develop, to work, and Roger Machado also closely followed the youth teams.
01:54And we went to play the first game against Flamengo at Independência.
01:58We drew 1-1 at Independência, then drew 0-0 in Rio and became champions.
02:04But after the game at Independência, Roger Machado spoke to me,
02:08Ricardo, look, after the Copa do Brasil is over, Bremer will be promoted to the professional team.
02:13because he was fascinated by Bremer, he already saw the potential for,
02:15And it was a special moment for Atlético, the players from 2017 were with Atlético.
02:19He won the Minas Gerais state championship against Cruzeiro; I think Robinho was on the team at the time.
02:23Fred and Otero are part of a quality squad, and Roger saw the potential in them.
02:27Then he moved up to Atlético's professional team, played some good games,
02:31Then, if I'm not mistaken, he was, I think he was, I don't know if he was the first direct one.
02:35for Juventus,
02:36Or maybe he went to Torino, I don't know much about Bremer's trajectory, anyway, then he became a player.
02:43professional.
02:43So it's very important that you help them in this training, that you have a very good structure,
02:48And both Atlético and Cruzeiro do this masterfully.
02:52So it's very important for football in Minas Gerais, and as I said at the beginning,
02:55I'm very happy in some way, not just me, but all the professionals,
02:59having collaborated to help these athletes achieve their dreams,
03:04And now they will be able to, perhaps as early as Saturday, start well against Morocco.
03:10And to seek the Hexia for Brazil, which will be important for all of us.
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