Palmeiras highlight, Rony admits that he expected to be nominated for the Puskas Prize for bicycle goal, and promises to continue trying to “juggle” in 2023
Last season, striker Ronof palm trees, became famous for his attempts and successes of bicycle goals, and admitted this Tuesday, 28, that he expected to be nominated for the Puskas Award, for the most beautiful goal. Although it wasn’t his only one, the hope was in relation to juggling when scoring against Fluminensein Maracanã, for the Brasileirão.
“You are in expectation, right. There are a lot of people commenting. I lived this expectation. There were players talking, people commenting, so you stay. And after the list of names came out, I saw that it wasn’t there… But that’s part of it . I say that the most important thing I did, the most difficult was to score the goal“, said the number 10 of Verdão.
Afterwards, the attacker even promised to do it again if he had the opportunity, in addition to having spoken about the importance of persisting in the attempt if someone really wants something. After a few months trying to score the bicycle goal, Rony soon scored two, the first being in the Libertadores, against Cerro Porteño.
“Nothing else interested me, whether I was going to win or not. The important thing was to show people that if they want to do something, go there and do it. When you have faith, when you persist with your work, you come out on top and succeed.“, and promised: “And if the ball comes high, I’ll try again“, added the player.
As he was not nominated, the finalists for the award ended up being the French payet, richarlisonwith the volley goal in the World Cup, by Brazil, and the Polish, Marcin Oleksy, who ended up winning with a beautiful volley. In Brazil, the category winners in the FIFA awards are Neymar It is Wendell Lira.
Source: sportbuzz
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