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Brazil and Real Madrid superstar Vinícius Júnior joins GQ to reveal his 10 Essentials. The Brazilian midfielder breaks down his daily essentials: from his signature Nike football boots (“football is everything to me”) to his watch (“it’s something I picked up on in the locker room”).
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00:00My father, at first, put goals for me.
00:03He had to score 20 goals or 10 assists to buy a clock.
00:08Today I have more control than that,
00:10but whenever I buy it, ask him to ask.
00:13Hello, Reku. I'm Benny Jr.
00:15And these are my essential days.
00:22This is a barrage.
00:24Here is the barrage.
00:26I play it since I'm a child,
00:27because in Brazil there's a lot of competition,
00:30and I love the competition with my friends.
00:32We always have a rivalry.
00:35I play here at home many times,
00:37and when I go to the team,
00:39I'm good too, so it's okay.
00:42We have a lot of games.
00:43Normally we play the trick.
00:46In Brazil, this is a very important competition.
00:49I play in pairs or in pairs,
00:51and so we create a rivalry with other teammates in the team,
00:55where we play a lot with Gabriel Magalhães,
00:58Rodrigo, Militão.
00:59We play a tournament against Rio,
01:01against São Paulo,
01:02and we always play it very well.
01:03My passion for the cards
01:04I learned when I was 11 or 12 years old.
01:07When I started with the team,
01:09everyone took the barrage and taught us a game,
01:13so that we could spend the time faster.
01:17And here I have my favorite colony,
01:20The Boss, where I'm the ambassador.
01:23I've had a very beautiful campaign
01:25along with Maluma and Bradley Lecoub.
01:27It's been something important for my image,
01:30but for my person too,
01:32where I've learned from different cultures.
01:34One is music, the other is ator.
01:36This is The Boss Bottled Beyond.
01:38It has a little flavor of cuero,
01:41of jengibre,
01:42and I have a lot of time,
01:44so whenever I can, I pass it.
01:46The players always tell me why I pass so much in the colony,
01:49because before the training, I pass it,
01:50before the game, I pass it.
01:51And it's something where I don't want to be with so many people,
01:54but I always like to play well,
01:56and it's perfect.
01:57From the day to the night, from the night to the night,
01:59depending on the occasion.
02:00I have several of these at home,
02:02so when it ends, I have another.
02:04I don't need to be buying,
02:05so this is perfect for me.
02:08I'm from São Gonçalo,
02:09a very small village in Brazil,
02:12where people don't have so many opportunities
02:14to come here and talk to you, of course,
02:17and talk about a colony where I'm an ambassador.
02:21It's something special and special,
02:23so not everyone can have this opportunity.
02:26And these are my second bota with Nike,
02:29which I've designed.
02:30It's very beautiful.
02:31It's a little different color,
02:33because I like to see the kids too,
02:36so that the kids can enjoy it with me.
02:39Football is everything for me.
02:41I play since I was a kid,
02:43and when I'm there,
02:44I hear all the problems,
02:46and everything that I'm outside of the field.
02:47I only think about being happy,
02:49giving joy to my friends,
02:52to my family, to the aficion.
02:53And when I'm on vacation, I play football.
02:56When I'm at home, we talk about football.
02:58So it's a part of my life that has given me so much,
03:01and I always thank you all for the football.
03:03The boots are always very long,
03:06because I've been designed for almost a year,
03:09and it just came out.
03:11I was waiting so much for that,
03:12because my second bota with Nike,
03:14I've always dreamed of having the boots with Nike,
03:17and to have this opportunity to design it
03:20as I want.
03:22It's something very special.
03:24And with these colors,
03:25I hope I can score a lot of goals with these boots.
03:30This is acai from Brazil.
03:32I eat it since I was a child.
03:34Before I could eat more times,
03:36but now, as I have a diet and everything,
03:39I can't always eat it.
03:40But it's like a cake,
03:42but it's more healthy.
03:43I present to all the outside people who don't know.
03:46I think that a lot of people know,
03:47because when people ask me about Brazil,
03:50they ask me about acai.
03:51And my favorite is this.
03:52But when I'm on vacation,
03:53it's better,
03:54so I can put chucherillas and all that.
03:56But when I'm playing,
03:57I usually take it before the games,
04:00so that I can give a little bit of strength.
04:01And Acai has always been with me since I was a kid.
04:05This is the man of the play.
04:07It's my favorite of the 10 essential days that I have,
04:10because I play it since I was a kid.
04:13I spend a lot of time playing the play with my friends.
04:16We always spend it well,
04:18and it's a good time for the memories of always.
04:20I play Call of Duty, FIFA, and 2K.
04:25These are my three favorites,
04:26but now I'm going to start a little bit with Fortnite,
04:30because they're more games that my brother plays,
04:32and my brother will be able to live with me,
04:34so I'm going to continue to play with her.
04:38I'm very competitive,
04:40I always want to win.
04:41In Call of Duty, not so much,
04:43but I have some friends who play well,
04:45and so they can help me,
04:47but in FIFA and 2K, I'm very good.
04:49I have some friends here who always come home.
04:52Many times we play Pro Club,
04:54which is a game where each one plays with a boy.
04:57I bring my 10 friends,
04:58and we play all the time together in my play salon,
05:02and we're going to play well.
05:05Oh, and this lagoon,
05:07I always read it because it's part of my style,
05:12and sometimes I can hide from where I go,
05:15because sometimes I go to the street,
05:17and then when I put a hat and a hat,
05:20people recognize me less.
05:22Depends on the clothes,
05:23I'm changing my style.
05:26I have my own style,
05:27so I put it on the side, on the front,
05:29depending on the occasion,
05:30depending on the hat I wear,
05:32I always change.
05:34I have a good collection of hat,
05:37I have a lot of colors,
05:39I even do with my name,
05:41to give it to my friends,
05:43because I use it a lot,
05:44so everyone wants to use it for the family.
05:48But I have a very good collection.
05:51I put it a lot of times to train,
05:53because it doesn't affect my hair,
05:55so it helps me a lot.
05:57And now, the passion for the glasses.
06:00I have this one that has been the last one I bought.
06:03It's part of my style.
06:05I don't understand a lot about the glasses,
06:06I'm not a expert at that.
06:08And this one is the last one I bought.
06:11It's very beautiful.
06:12I've learned in the clothes,
06:13I've always seen players with a beautiful glasses.
06:16I have about 15, 20,
06:19because now I'm getting bigger.
06:21So I'm changing.
06:22Before I used it in a way,
06:24today I'm with less light.
06:25I'm changing, I use everything.
06:27And this one is very beautiful,
06:29because it's the last one.
06:30And I've used it a few times.
06:31My father, at first, put goals for me.
06:34I had to score 20 or 10 assists
06:38to be able to buy a laptop.
06:40Today I have more control than that.
06:42But whenever I buy it,
06:43I only ask him to ask him before,
06:45so he can give me permission,
06:48because these things are worth a lot.
06:51And I'm liking it.
06:52My father was always very special for me,
06:55because he always controlled me,
06:57he taught me the correct things
06:58and I was always convinced
07:01that I would do things well,
07:03because I've always listened to the biggest,
07:06I've always listened to the most experienced,
07:08and that makes me better,
07:10makes me enjoy a lot of the things that I live today,
07:13and listen to the biggest,
07:15because I have more experience than me,
07:18and especially my father,
07:19who taught me to have humility,
07:21to have character and personality
07:23since I was a child.
07:24And these are my chains.
07:27I use them almost every day,
07:29because the wear is part of my style.
07:33I always try to put them
07:35so that they have a bit of flow,
07:37a bit of light.
07:38I have a friend of Houston who does it for me,
07:41so I can speak perfectly as I want.
07:45When I can, I also ask something different for him,
07:48and so we're changing,
07:50and I always have new pieces
07:52with a style that I love.
07:54I've always enjoyed it.
07:55I really enjoy the NBA,
07:57where the players make it like a special week
08:01to reach out to the games.
08:03In football, we still don't have that,
08:04but many players are now in the fashion,
08:07changing their style,
08:08each one with their own style.
08:10My style is a bit of streetwear,
08:12a bit of flow,
08:14the clothes that fall in my body,
08:16and my style is like the fashion,
08:18it's always changing.
08:19Of course, I don't like them to all,
08:22but I love it, and each one has their own way,
08:24and so they can enjoy it.
08:27This is something that makes me part of my life,
08:30of my career.
08:32I use it many times, almost every day.
08:35I don't like to do the gym,
08:36but I have my teacher and my preparator here,
08:39who does everything for me.
08:41I go there for 20 or 30 minutes,
08:43depending on the day.
08:44I don't like to be there for a long time,
08:46because I have to train a lot in the field,
08:49and a lot in Valdiviva, where we do gymnasium,
08:52so when I go home, I try to do it as fast as possible,
08:56but perfect for it for a little bit of time,
08:58but productive so that I can help me in the field.
09:02I brought a piece that weighs a little bit,
09:05because I had to do a little bit of strength here.
09:08I like to go to gymnasium when I work with my friends,
09:11but many times I'm alone here.
09:13With my friends, I don't try to do so much strength,
09:15because I can't.
09:17Many times I do a specific job,
09:20where it's not about gaining muscle,
09:23but to be active for the next day,
09:26for the training, for the game,
09:28to have the strength that I need.
09:31Thank you, Reku, for letting me talk about my 10 essentials.
09:36I hope you liked it.
09:38I told you a little bit about my history.
09:40This is part of my daily life,
09:43and I hope you liked it.
09:44Thank you very much.
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