Roman Petrenko reminds readers of Football. ua, what a trace in our football left the experienced Brazilian lateral.
Today, the Brazilian defender of miners will officially become a player of the Greek PAOK. So far - on loan, but in summer the defender can sign with his new club a full-fledged labor agreement. Let's remember how this player will be remembered by Ukrainian football fans.
Style of the game Such laterals, even in world football, what can we say about Ukrainian? !!. Perfectly gifted physically, possessing enviable high-speed qualities and savvy in terms of technology, the Brazilian undoubtedly fell in Kharkov to the court. Immediately upon his arrival in our country, he began to prove that the selection service of Metallist was not just not mistaken in his choice, but acquired a new star of the Premier League. At the same time, the obvious Latin American roll suggested an excellent interaction between the Brazilian and Argentinian diasporas, which, in the end,. Azevedo in practice confirmed his reputation as a tough and uncompromising defender, not deprived of attacking ambitions, and, most importantly, qualities for their implementation. Also worth noting is quite not bad, as for the player's role, the notorious reading game. In the positional struggle, the Brazilian was seldom inferior to anyone, and it was almost hopeless to beat the lateral. Paradox, but in the presence of all these wonderful qualities and features, Marcio has never distinguished himself on Ukrainian soil. However, for this in his teams were other people.
The creator of the history of the Metalist This is how bravely you can headline the period of the Brazilian's stay in Kharkov, after all, he fell just for the season in which Metallist took the historic second place in the championship. Of course, much more brilliant then shone Marco Devic and Clayton Javier, but the role of the beginner in the team's success was too difficult to overestimate. Then, in 2013, colorful in terms of anthropometry (with an increase of 172 cm weighed 83 kg), the football player joined the Latin American diaspora of the slobozhan, and hitherto the left defender favored a number of strong Brazilian clubs. Juventuda, Fortaleza and Atletico Paranaense were steps up, but to really show himself to Marcio was able as a part of Botafogo. It was from this club that the label and the rarely mistaken selection service of Kharkovites Azevedo was invited to Metalist. On the right flank of the "yellow-blue" Argentine lateral Christian Villagra then acted, and the idea to strengthen and left the edge of a player of this style had an absolutely logical explanation. The Brazilian quickly merged into, and without that more Latin American, than the Ukrainian, and immediately fell in love with the local public. How else? !! Powerful and fast "train" on the left edge of the defense immediately staked a place in the base, and the connection of both laterals along the flank became one of the trademarks of Kharkov. And then something happened that the fans did not expect, but, according to him, an experienced Miron Markevich predicted. Financial problems quite suddenly, like a tub of cold water, our football have rolled out, and then with the game Metallist something began to disintegrate, and in the summer of 2014 Azevedo joined the ranks of the Miner.
Step forward and ... stop The native of Guarabira to Donetsk club originally came not directly to the starting lineup, but still under competition. And clausula for the transition from Metalist to Shakhtar was seriously underestimated: at that time 4 million. euro for a player of this level was not considered as some kind of an unrealistic sum. Especially Kharkov lost the leading football player. Two-legged, but already age-old, Vyacheslav Shevchuk and his Brazilian compatriot Ismaili, they did not want to give their place on the left brow for a healthy life, but Azevedo immediately made it clear that he was very determined. The then mentor of miners Mircea Lucescu, as you know, just adored the Brazilians and forgave them a little more than the others (well, maybe, except the fellow Romanians), and Marcio gradually became the main performer. This continued until the ill-fated trauma of the hip, which knocked out the defender, as it was said, for an indefinite period. That same period was nevertheless definite, and amounted, not a lot, not a little, almost 14 (!) Months. Operation, recovery - not many would be able to return their best condition after this ... Alas, it was not possible to do this to an experienced player in full measure. In fact, having returned to the line-up already under Paul Fonsec, Azevedo was rarely satisfied with the place among the first eleven, and even at all - even getting into the application for the match. Last year's championship medal Marcio, however, received, but it was already in the past autumn that it was obvious that the competition with Ismaili for a 31-year-old player was a burden.
The reason for this is not so much a noticeable loss of Azevedo's standards, as the beautiful form that his younger compatriot demonstrates. Moreover, on the contract in Shakhtar there is a young defender of the national team of Ukraine Nikolai Matvienko, who, most likely, will now become a competitor in the position for Ismaili. So leaving a legionnaire in a good Greek club is a good solution for all parties. Finally, we can only say: "Obrigado, Marcio! ".
Author: Roman Petrenko.