Kolkata: Kolkata: After registering a convincing victory over Honduras in the Round of 16, Brazil U17 team arrived at the City Of Joy today, as the Selecao would play mighty Germany on Sunday in the Quarter Final at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. The Brazil fans are searching for a redemption of their humiliating defeat against The Germans in the FIFA World Cup at Belo Horizonte in 2014, where they surrendered themselves with 1-7 scoreline. Though, the Brazil coach Amadou is trying to draw inspiration of the last Olympic final, where they won the Gold by defeating the Germans. Today in the team hotel he told, “We are not concerned about what happened at Belo Horizonte, rather we are drawing inspiration from the Olympics final where we defeated the same nation to win the Gold.”
Today The Brazilians have decided to skip their training and instead opted for gym and pool sessions. The team arrived at the airport in rousing rereception before went to the hotel where a special special surprise was waiting for the likes of Paulinho and Lincoln.
The moment the team arrived at the hotel, a huge cake in the shape of a football was waiting for them. The theme song was also started to entertain them when they were cutting the cake. The atmosphere of the hotel was quite pleasing for the players too.
Today, is the auspicious day of Diwali and there was a special “diya” which was waiting for the Brazilian players. The moment the hotel authority briefed the players about the festival, they all started to lighten it up to make the ambience even more special.
The Samba boys will have their training session tomorrow.