Coritiba keeper calls Cássio a role model before Cruzeiro clash | OneFootball

Coritiba faces Cruzeiro in the second round of the Brasileirão this Thursday at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), at Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte. Highlight of Coxa in the Série A debut, goalkeeper Pedro Morisco commented on the individual duel with Cássio and stated he is prepared to face the top goalkeepers in Brazilian football.

“Since we won Série B last year, I have been preparing to face the best goalkeepers in Brazil. And Cássio is one of them. It is a pleasure to be with Coritiba again in Série A and have the opportunity to have great professionals like Cássio as opponents. He is a reference. But when the game starts, all that stays off the field and the focus is only on the game,” declared Pedro, who has been with Coritiba since the age of nine.

At 22 years old, Morisco is the youngest goalkeeper in the Brasileirão and this is not his first experience in the top tier of national football. In 2023, the goalkeeper played in the last three rounds of the competition. Despite the defeat to Red Bull Bragantino in the opening of this edition, the player demonstrated maturity in analyzing the team's moment.

“In the last round, we played a very contested game, even with one player less since the first half, but we ended up defeated. We have to pay attention for the full 90 minutes because any detail can determine the result. Cruzeiro has one of the best squads in Brazil, but we need to seek points, even knowing it's still the beginning of the championship,” concluded the goalkeeper, who has 95 matches for the Coxa professional team.

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