“My Father’s Absolute Deity”

In an enlightening moment of his career, Pedro shone again against Velez Sarsfield, as he had already done in Buenos Aires (ARG), scoring a goal in 2-1 . winThis Wednesday (7), in the Maracana, he became the top scorer in history flamingo In one version of Editorssurpassing your buddy, Gabigol And none other than Zico, the club’s supreme idol.

Now, Pedro has scored 12 goals in 2022, compared to Gabigol’s 11 in 2019 and Zico’s 11 in 1981.

He said at a press conference after his game.

And in fact, Pedro has reason to want more. With Wednesday’s goal, Zico – along with Bruno Henrique – equaled the rankings of Flamengo’s Libertadores’ top scorer in history, adding 16 behind Gabigol, who has only 27.

Hitting Zico and Gabriel on a stretcher is an immeasurable achievement. I grew up watching my dad talk about Zico. I couldn’t see him, but I know the greatness of Zico, not only my dream, but my family to be able to experience it. The father, as well as Gabriel, one of the stars of Flamengo, is very happy To be able to share this with the whole team,” he said.

With 12 goals so far, Pedro is also the Libertadores 2022 top scorer. Brazilian national team, Tite, to be in the Qatar World Cup. The coach called the selection on Friday (9) for the friendly matches against Ghana and Tunisia.