One win in the first sixteen days of the championship, four in the last four. Can a single player determine such a radical change? Yes, if it is a question of Thiago Silva: the Brazilian football legend, absent in the first part of the top Brazilian tournament, brought enthusiasm back to Fluminense, the club where he grew up and where he returned to play 22 years after his farewell.
The former Milan, PSG and Chelsea defender made his debut on July 22, in the match against Cuiaba. The first of four consecutive and perfectly identical successes, 1-0, obtained by Fluwhich is no longer last in the standings: after beating Bahia, Menezes’ team is fourth from last and can look to the future with renewed confidence. Credit goes to the new coach, who arrived a month ago, but also to Thiago Silva, who has shown once again that he has personality and charisma and that, at 39 years old, he is still one of the strongest defenders on the planet.