Pedro Morisco tells it straight on Brazil call-up | OneFootball

Goalkeeper Pedro Morisco was called up to the Brazil National Team for the first time for the September and October FIFA window. The goalkeeper was an option on the bench against Australia last Friday. However, the expectation is that coach Carlo Ancelotti will rotate the squad and give Pedro Morisco and Otávio a chance in Brazil’s next two matches, again against Australia and India.

“When I found out it could happen, it was already a huge surprise to me, because it meant I had at least managed to be noticed, and that was already an achievement for me. I’m coming off two years in Série B, we keep fighting for certain goals and we dream, but this year I was really thinking about toughening up, still learning a lot of things, and maybe in one or two years getting called up. And it happened right in the first year, it was a huge surprise. It definitely happened at the right time, at the time God wanted,” said Pedro Morisco.

At 22 years old and 1.91 meters tall, he is part of a new generation of goalkeepers in Brazilian football. In this call-up, Otávio, from Cruzeiro, 20, is another debutant in the Seleção.

“I see that in Brazil we have the privilege of having many talented goalkeepers. In this period of renewal, I’m very happy to be among the names mentioned, and I hope in the coming years to keep producing results for my club and here as well. Brazil has produced many goalkeepers in the past and continues to have many for the future, because it has an excellent school for goalkeepers,” said Pedro Morisco.

Pedro Morisco draws inspiration from world champions

Among his biggest inspirations are names such as Alisson, Dida, Rogério Ceni and Marcos, as well as Taffarel, a four-time world champion and goalkeeping coach, with whom he has the chance to learn during this FIFA window.

“The very first moment I arrived, he was already joking with me, already breaking all the ice and all that expectation. He’s an incredible human being, and I’m having the immense privilege of being coached by him, of learning from him. I hope in these days we’re together to listen to as much as possible, to learn as much as possible, because he is one of the biggest names in Brazil’s history and has a lot to teach me, and I have a lot to learn from him,” the goalkeeper said.

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