Brasil plays its first game in the Sul Americano Sub-20 tournament tomorrow. Vinícius Jr. and Paulinho aren’t on the squad, so Rodrygo gets the chance to be “the man”.
My only knock on him is his ability to handle physicality, but he should shine playing against kids.
I was wrong, Rodrygo got bullied yesterday by Colombia. I’ve always given him the benefit of the doubt at Santos, because he’s a kid playing with grown men. But in this tournament he’s playing with people in his age range by within two years.
He has all of the talent in the world, but he has no dog in him whatsoever. With everything I’ve seen of his career thus far I’m really starting to think he might be soft. When teams let him run free he puts on a show, because he is so skilled. But when they put a body on him he folds faster than laundry and quits. There’s no way he’s ready to go to Spain anytime soon. He’ll get eaten alive.