Mauritius Island delivered his first words with the shirt of the Flamengo. The Chilean full-back took advantage of his new team’s match against Botafogo in Maracanã (which ended in a tie at 1) to express his happiness for arriving at the current champion of the Copa Libertadores.
“Very happy to reach a top club in Brazil, which won all of last year. It is a great motivation for me to reach a club that always wants to fight for the titles, with great players with a long history. Motivated and happy to be in a club powerful as Flamengo“said the” Huaso “.
The Chilean national team commented on his enthusiasm for playing in professional soccer in South America for the first time in his career: “Happy to return to South America, to a strong team like Flamengo, after 13 years in Europe. I’m ready to give myself a hundred. “
“Maracanã is very nice, with a great atmosphere, we know what it represents and the games I have played there have come a long way. We beat champion Spain in the 2014 World Cup, they came as champions and we beat them 2-0” , closed the former Juventus.
Remember that Isla He was born in football at the Catholic University, where he did not make his debut in the first team. His first club was Udinese from Italy, then came Juventus, Queens Park Rangers, Olympique de Marseille, Cagliari and Fenerbahce.
For the “Red” he was in the U16, U17 and U20 teams and made his adult debut in September 2007 in a friendly with Switzerland.
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