Marcus Antonio is a combination of Casmiro and Coutinho • Tata enters the consciousness thanks to the goal against Real Madrid • And his uncle has already been marked in the Bayern Munich notebook • Meet the most promising Brazilians of the Ukrainian champions
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Manor Solomon is the voice and face of Shakhtar Donetsk from the moment she lands in Israel, and it is understandable and exciting, but we must not forget that she is still a Ukrainian team that speaks and plays in Portuguese.
For 17 years, Shakhtar has been cultivating her bizarre affair with Brazilian footballers - who gave birth to Fernandinho, Luis Adriano, Willian, Douglas Costa and others - and the squad that landed last night in Tel Aviv hides several names that are expected to soon become an exit to big clubs on the continent.
Here are three of them.
Marcus Antonio (knot, 20).
"I admire Casimiro and Filippa Coutinho," the player told the club's website, and it is only in this sentence that Marcus' diversity lies.
A back contact who is capable of disrupting an attack like Casmiro and can deliver dedication like Coutinho.
He made the big breakthrough at the World Under-17 Championships in 2017, and arrived at Shakhtar after half a year at Estoril from the second division in Portugal for 3.5 million euros.
Very quickly Marcus took a place in the lineup, and in the last two years he has displayed impressive defensive abilities and scored six goals in all competitions.
At a height of 1.68 m and weighing 56 kg, Marcus Antonio has grown in Ukraine to enormous proportions, and after performances against Real Madrid he continues to arouse interest on the continent.
Tata (Offensive Knot, 21).
Even before playing a minute in Germio's seniors, Tata was kidnapped by Shakhtar.
The group paid 10 million euros for the so-called "hurricane", and according to his name Tata started the Ukrainian career in a storm.
In the first four months he scored six goals and netted three, including a pair in a cup final and another goal that secured a championship.
And yet, none of those goals has made Latata PR like this in a 2-3 win over Real Madrid.
Since then, his name has been linked with Barcelona, Milan, Liverpool, Manchester United and more, but Latata has a completely different dream: "I want to meet Pele, before every game I go to YouTube and watch videos of him to get motivated. "
Dudu (right defender, 22).
For two years, Shakhtar ignored the Brazilian league, until in 2017 she paid Curitiba 2 million euros for the young defender Dudu.
These were days of war and it was difficult to bring players overseas, but Shakhtar coached that his uncle was worth it.
The start was not amazing and the defender was even sent on an unsuccessful loan at Vitoria Gimraeysh, but from the moment he returned to the pitches he showed what he knows, and for the past two years he has played a key role in the success of the Ukrainians.
He scored some important goals and also cooked for Manor Solomon against Manchester City in the Champions League last year.
Bayern Munich have reportedly already marked him in the diary.