Marquinhos on moment with Gabriel Magalhães after Champions triumph | OneFootball

Marquinhos described the moment he hugged Gabriel Magalhães after PSG won the Champions League, during a press conference this Wednesday (3). The two form Brazil’s center-back pairing and were opponents in the final of Europe’s top football tournament.

The French team’s title was secured on penalties, after a miss by Magalhães. Instead of running to celebrate with his teammates, Marquinhos’s first act was to embrace his teammate and friend, who was lamenting the missed penalty.

"I was ready and prepared to celebrate. But when I started running, I saw him right in front of me and my team going past him, the same image as my penalty in 2022. That’s when I started thinking about my teammate, having empathy, because I’ve been through a moment like that and I know the responsibility," said the defender, recalling the penalty he missed in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup against Croatia.

Marquinhos during a press conference for the Brazil national team in New JerseyCredits: Rafael Ribeiro/CBF

Despite the title, the 32-year-old center-back, who will captain Brazil at the World Cup, stressed that the message sent to him by Gabriel Magalhães was the “best title.”

“A day later, I got a message from him thanking me for that moment, for the support, the hug, and the words I had for him. I told him that had been my greatest victory that night, and it was nice to see the reaction it got. My mother was proud of what I had done, my wife, my family, my siblings. It was the best title I won that night. A player has to move on to the next challenge very quickly. I can’t celebrate forever, we already have other things ahead of us, and so does he,” he said.

Marquinhos was applauded by the journalists present at the national team press conference in New JerseyCredits: Rafael Ribeiro/CBF

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