The farewell before the last night. Felipe Anderson he spoke heart-to-heart before finally leaving Lazio and he did so in a long interview on the club’s official channels: «If I manage to sleep before the match against Sassuolo? Eh, we’ve almost reached the most difficult interview. Even though I knew that one day it would happen – the Brazilian’s emotional words – I don’t know what I will feel, but it will certainly be a beautiful and difficult day. In these last months I have had time to think, I have enjoyed everything and I have had everything here. I made this choice from the heart together with my family. It’s difficult to say goodbye, a word I don’t actually want to say to Lazio and its people because I will always carry them in my heart. I will miss”.
Lazio, towards Sassuolo with the main doubt in defense: Patric still not training
Lazio, Felipe Anderson’s greeting to the club’s channels
«Lazio is for me more than one team. From when I arrived to today I have experienced a bit of everything: beautiful, incredible and difficult moments. Then, above all, when I wasn’t playing he took me back, giving me all the confidence as if I had never left. This is something that is worth more than football, more than anything.” On the Capital: «This city and its people gave love to me and my family wherever we went. L’Italy it is the most beautiful country in the world. Italians are very expressive like us Brazilians so it was easy to make friends here. The Roman word I said the most? “Aww.” What will I miss? I think about my routine, always living near the sports centre, coming here and always finding the fans outside.”
From matches to remember to derbies
On his best performances: «For the victory and for how I felt, there were two recently: Atalanta And Milan of last year, but it is difficult to reach the level of the one against Sampdoria of the 2015». On his best period of form: «Mine F7 my favorite is the one from 2014/15, but in recent years I was very happy to participate a lot during the matches.” On the derbies: «Tra i Derby I’ll take my first, too bad we drew, but it was great. And the one where we won 1 to 0 with my goal. I scored for a friend who is no longer here today, he told me that if I scored I had to celebrate with my fists, it was a special derby.”
On teammates
A bit of the future: «I leave an ambitious Lazio, which grows more and more every year. You could see the desire in every training session and in our days together to want to win. Even though this year hasn’t gone as well as last year, there is always the desire to grow and compete at a high level. It has changed a lot.” To then return to his past teammates: «What he didn’t perform like in training was Pedro Neto. The cutest? Bastos. Who has less taste in dressing? So many, half the team. Who listens to questionable music? Patric, but he’s good because he’s a DJ. The strongest? She goes, for the trust he gave us when he went into duels or when he came with the ball, for what he told us. Who would I like to thank? Klose, has helped me so much since I arrived. Even the Brazilians Hernanes and Ederson».
Present and family
We move on to an investiture for a current teammate: «I wish everyone, if they stay here, to reach goals and win trophies. I see very well Rovella, for me it is one of the strongest. He is very young and can make an incredible journey here.” But then it’s family time: «My daughter Helena I’ll bring her here, we’ll always stop by Rome, where she was born. She will live the whole story with Lazio, I will bring her here to Formello and to theOlympic. He will always have the white and blue t-shirt. I have a wonderful wife (Lohanneed.) and then my sister Juliana who left everything to help me. Even today she tells me everything she has to do to help me grow well. Our relationship is intense and very real.”
Final greetings: «I will always carry you in my heart»
Finally, greetings before Sunday’s match: «I want to thank the fans, they have been incredible years. I apologize if sometimes in some matches things didn’t go as we wanted, but we always worked hard to do our best. I have tried to do everything to make you happy and I will do so until the end. Sunday is the last match and, if I play, I will give everything and it will be a special day because I will see the stadium full. I will greet you, I will always be one of you. Thank you for everything you have done for me and my family, they love you and have always told me that here there was something special towards Felipe Anderson footballer and boy. We will always carry you in our hearts».
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