Lucas Veríssimo moved to Luz at the beginning of February, but is still prominent in Brazil. TV Gazeta was elected the best center of Brazilian football in the last season and last night participated in the Gala dos Troféus Mesa Redonda, where he thanked the prize «which is very important for a footballer» and spoke about the move to Benfica and the European football. But without forgetting the last season at the service of Santos, where he reached the final of the Libertadores.
«I spent four years of great level at Santos, that’s why I won this Mesa Redonda prize, but I needed that in my career, to reach European football in order to show that I am not only a Brazilian football center but that I have a level for the European football. I hope to adapt as quickly as possible and continue to grow in football. That’s what I came for. »
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