In Salvador, where Bahia’s season has gathered momentum around a push for continental football, one of the club’s forwards has reflected on the role his goals have played in lifting the side into the Libertadores qualifying places.
The attacker said the demands of the Brazilian game have helped him develop, pointing to the particular qualities and competitive rhythm of the Brasileirão as important factors in his progress. His contribution in front of goal has been central to Bahia’s climb toward the part of the table that carries a route into South America’s leading club competition.
Life in the dressing room has also brought a more international line of conversation. The forward revealed that Bahia teammates frequently ask him about Ángel Di María, the Argentine World Cup winner whose career has taken him through some of Europe’s biggest football cities as well as international football.
