Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva from Pato Branco (that's why he's got the nickname) has played 26 times for Brazilian club Internacional of Porto Alegre.
Inter. . . how ironic and, yes as usual, like that broken toy that talks aloud when nobody even touched him, Inter honcho Massimo Moratti said yet again, "Pato? We could've had him too!" Well, Pato scored 5 goals at the South American Youth Championships to help qualify Brazil for the Olympics. He helped Inter to the Brazilian Sub-20 Championship, the Recopa Sudamericana, and led them to the 2006 Fifa Club World Cup title beating the European champs Barcelona: a game that he was taken off in if memory serves me correct, and one that he had little to measure himself by.
Still, the kid can play. He's a phenomenal talent and the sort of player that the Milanistas have been craving for, dying for as they've seen one talented South American player after another travel across the courtyard to the nerazzurri side of town.Calm down folks. He just barely turned 18. Kaka was two years older than Ducky when he reached Milano in 2003, and didn't crack the starting lineup until a month later. Ricky started off slow, playing comfortably in a five man midfield just behind Shevchenko as a trequartista and alongside Pirlo, Gattusso and the like. Alex won't have that luxury.
Sure, he'll have Kaka and whatever the club can squeeze out of O Fenomeno, but this isn't your older brother's Milan (let alone your dad's). He'll do well. He might even score that brace that he predicted against Napoli tomorrow, but he can't do it alone. There is no midseason Brazilian miracle for Milan this year, unless it also come with the names Lucio, Ronaldinho, Amauri and Dida attached.Well, maybe not Dida.
ReplyDeleteHere's a more recent picture of the young Milanista.