Maxi Araújo gushes over two Sporting players: they're very good | OneFootball

Maxi Araújo, after a great season in Sporting’s service - which earned him a place in the League’s team of the year - recalled the most memorable moments of his career. In an interview, he remembered his humble roots and highlighted the talent of teammates such as Francisco Trincão and Pote.

It was at Sporting that the 26-year-old shared the dressing room with Uruguayans who had come before him at Alvalade. “Coates, Ugarte and Franco Israel were here before. My motto has always been to train the way I play, and that’s how I earned my place in a group that welcomed me very well", the South American said on the program “Por la camiseta”.

“Pote and Trincão are very good and I learn a lot from them. I feel very good here, it’s the club where Cristiano Ronaldo came through, and his presence can still be felt...we train at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy”, said the left-footer, praising his teammates.

It was with Sporting that he had the chance to play in the Champions League for the first time, and he points to this competition as the toughest given the quality of the players he had to face: “In the first year I’d say it was Saka, from Arsenal, but this season I have to highlight Olise, from Bayern...what talent! He even got past me with a lob and then nutmegged me in the next play”, recalled the Sporting player, who is now only thinking about the duel with Yamal at the World Cup: "It’s going to be crazy because you never know where he’s going to go".

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