00:00Maurício is younger than Ederson, right? Maurício, if I'm not mistaken, is three years older.
00:05new, younger, right, Mauricio.
00:07When Maurício arrived at Cruzeiro, he was already of Under-17 age, so he came to the youth academy, and first
00:12He came to our Under-17 team in 2018.
00:16I was the Under-20 coach, but then I saw one or two of Maurício's games, and I already spoke with...
00:21The director at the time, right?
00:22Maurício is already a player who should be here in the Under-20s, right? And then he quickly made the transition.
00:31for the Under-20s,
00:32I remember we went to a Copa RS, the tournament, he was in his first or second year in the Under-17 category, playing.
00:39with players three years older than him,
00:42with a lot of personality, with good quality, and then the following year he was already a starter in the Under-20 team, anyway, then he
00:47A very modern attacking midfielder, right?
00:50With great quality, he was a starter until the final of the Brazilian Cup, the Under-20 tournament, and I remember that he
00:56He stood out a lot,
00:57And then Mano even joked with me, you know, Mano Menezes, I had a good relationship with him, Mano
01:01He said,
01:01Look, he arrived in the middle, he said, look, now forget about Mauricio, okay, Mauricio isn't coming down to the anymore.
01:06base, no,
01:07Because he did so well, and then Mano continued to refine him, and then he did very well professionally.
01:13I even remember when I moved up to the professional team, to be a technical assistant for the club,
01:17And there you are, you referee some buses, right, and I had a good relationship with him,
01:23I remember I was having a group activity at the training ground, you know, on the lower field, at training ground 2.
01:28And he wanted to show off, you know, and then he was on the reserve team and all that, and I was refereeing,
01:32I said, "Hey, Mauricio, calm down, calm down, no, don't calm down, Ricardo, I want to play."
01:36I was trying to manage things a bit more with him, but he, even from a young age, already had a strong personality.
01:42He's a very courageous player, very skilled, that's why he's doing so well right now.
01:46He spent some time at Palmeiras and will represent the Paraguayan national team.
01:50Paraguay.
01:52Paraguay.
01:53Paraguay.
01:55Paraguay.
01:55Thanks.
