“I’m delighted about the goal because it’s something I’d been searching for since the first match at the Copa.” GabrielJesus CopaAmerica
Brazil’s Roberto Firmino celebrates with teammate Gabriel Jesus after scoring against Argentina during their Copa America football tournament semi-final match at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 2, 2019. Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP
That’s a strange accusation to put at a guy scoring an average of one in every two matches and who, with six international goals in 2019, is having his most prolific calendar year in the Selecao’s yellow shirt. Jesus won a 50-50 challenge with Argentina midfielder German Pezzella, shrugged off a full-blooded attempted foul from his City team-mate Nicolas Otamendi as he entered the area, cut inside a sliding Juan Foyth and slipped the ball to Firmino to score.“I never thought about falling,” he said. “When I go down it’s because I’m really knocked off balance.
The Jesus-Firmino combination may never have come about had things gone entirely to plan for Brazil at the start of the Copa. “We’ve shown that we know each other well and we play well together no matter the position,” said Firmino of his strike partnership with Jesus.The only previous honor Jesus has won with the national team, or the under-23s at least, was the Olympic Games gold medal in 2016.And Jesus sees similarities between Brazil’s journey there and here during the Copa.
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