The defender returned after a lengthy injury to play 45 minutes in Tuesday's friendly.
"I felt really good out there on the pitch. I played my first 45 minutes after a long period of time. The work that went into me returning shows that it has been successful. I am happy now as I did all I could to get back as soon as possible to make myself available to the coaching staff. The team won, which is the most important, and I scored a goal so I am satisfied. We had a very young side out there in the second half, but I felt that they all did fine. We have those that are with us for the first time here and others that also came out for the first training camp. You can see on all of them that they want to develop and as experienced players, our job is to help them and we do that naturally" - commented Paulo Vinicius.
Author: David Rechnitzer