Arrascaeta reveals Diego Alves' secret, journalists react in surprise | OneFootball

According to Arrascaeta, Diego Alves is nicknamed ‘GG’ because of the “size of his shirt”

After Flamengo’s victory over Corinthians on Sunday (28), midfielder Arrascaeta revealed a secret about Diego Alves. The number 10 for Flamengo answered a question about the former goalkeeper’s nickname, who was participating in the Cazé TV broadcast, which made the journalists burst out laughing.

— “GG, GG” — replied Arrascaeta, once again answering about the reason for the former goalkeeper’s nickname. “The shirt, the size of the shirt,” responded the number 10. Everyone laughed, including the former goalkeeper.

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Does Diego Alves have more nicknames?

In addition to ‘GG’, Filipe Luís revealed during his appearance on the Charla Podcast in 2023 that the goalkeeper was also called ‘Faustão’ and ‘Scania’. The former left-back and the former goalkeeper were teammates at Flamengo from 2019 to 2022.

What happened in Flamengo vs Corinthians?

Before the revelation of Diego Alves’ nickname, however, Flamengo came from behind against Corinthians, who had opened the scoring with Yuri Alberto. Then, Arrascaeta and Luiz Araújo equalized and turned the result around for the Rubro-Negro.

What did Diego Alves win with Flamengo?

Diego Alves joined Flamengo in July 2017 and left the club at the end of 2022. As part of one of the most successful generations in the club’s history, the goalkeeper won two Libertadores titles (2019 and 2022).

The idol also lifted two Brasileirão trophies (2019 and 2020) and one Copa do Brasil (2022). In addition, wearing the Sacred Mantle, he played in 216 matches, keeping a clean sheet in 89 of them.

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