Gabriel Jesus says scoring goals is “not his strong point”

Gabriel Jesus It was Fernando Diniz’s bet to replace Vinícius Júnior against Argentina. The Arsenal striker, who hadn’t played since October 24, had good movement in the 1-0 defeat and participated in one of the Brazilian team’s most promising moves in the second half, which ended with Gabriel Martinelli missing the goal to Emiliano Martínez. In the end, however, the striker ended another game without scoring for the national team – and with surprising calm, he declared that scoring goals is not even his strongest point.

“There are things that bothered me a lot in the post-2018 World Cup cycle. I was younger, I had a different mind. Today I am a more mature man, more educated, a family man. I understand that football is a priority for me, and I know I need to be well to do my best, especially in the Brazilian team”, said Gabriel Jesus, in the mixed zone after the game.

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“There are things that I don’t control. I train, I look for, I try, I move, I help the team. The goal is inevitable. I believe it’s not my strong point, but I score goals and I’m there to score goals When I come back, it will happen. It’s work. I work quietly, I’m not one to respond to criticism, I’m not one to be happy for praise. I already was, I won’t be anymore”, said the attacker.

Regarding the defeat to Argentina, the third in a row, Gabriel Jesus considered that these are things that happen in football. In his opinion, Brazil was better than its opponent at Maracanã and deserved to have also beaten Colombia last week.

“I think Uruguay were, without the ball, better than us. With the ball, I think in these last three games we played better. Colombia we played much better, we failed to mark. Today (Tuesday) everyone can see our spirit and our will”, declared the Arsenal striker. “What we can do now is concentrate more, evolve more, train more, and when the games come, win the games.”