Ascoli, Mendes: “We want to improve the rating”

Pedro Mendes was the hero of the start of the season for Ascoli. The 24-year-old Portuguese striker, signed to Corso Vittorio Emanuele until June 30, 2025, has scored 5 goals in 9 Serie B matches for a total of 754 minutes on the pitch before recoveries.

“I feel good here. I feel like one of them, a native of Ascoli. The people of Ascoli love each other and love football, it is one place. I’m happy with my start to the season, now we want to improve.” – former Sporting Lisbon told Gianlucadimarzio.com. – Last year was difficult, I played little and in a role different from mine. I took the difficulty of the championship very hard. For those who don’t watch Serie B, I don’t know, but it’s a tough tournament. Now I know it better. How many goals am I going to score? The goal is at least a two-digit number. I’m a striker, I always need to score goals. I think about one match at a time, I never look too far ahead. Now I have five goals, let’s get to six and then we’ll see. Before a match I always think about how to celebrate. I’m talking about this. with my girlfriend, and in this case, a few days before, she asked me, “If you score a goal, how do you celebrate?” and I replied: “With Sioux, Cristiano Ronaldo. After the goal against Ternana, I celebrated like this, it was wonderful to hear the screams of the fans. For me, Cristiano Ronaldo represents the best. His debut for Sporting Lisbon against PSV Eindhoven in the Europa League “A great day. I went on the field with great players and scored two minutes later. I had a lot of confidence in myself, especially when I think that the team had players like Bruno Fernandes and Bolasie. Sporting is a very big club, with top level players and coaches. After this goal, I didn’t play much, there are very strong players there, and it’s difficult for a young player to find a place. I waited for my chance and prepared myself,” added Mendes. Rafael Lean? We played together and lived in the Sporting academy. We know each other’s families, when he left for Milan, he came to give me his T-shirt. We are we still talking? Of course, he praised me after the brace against Ternana and told me to continue in the same spirit. When Rafa played as a striker, he always had his back to the goal. We happened to play together in attack. But the real qualitative leap came when he was switched to out, I believe that in two years he can become one of the best in the world. My dream is to play in the Champions League. However, with the national team the maximum number of competitions is possible.”