The young player modestly told FIFA.com: “It’s so exciting to be able to lift all these trophies, as well as being chosen as the best player at a competition like this and finishing top scorer too. It’s a very difficult feat. But I’d like to say that being crowned champions mattered more than anything else. Of course these individual awards are brilliant, but I came here to help the team towards their overall objective. Without this fantastic squad I wouldn’t have won anything.”
The Brazilians are still in Colombie having a big party to celebrate their title before going back to Brazil and present the trophy to the nation. Once the celebrations will be over the players will return to their club with the Olympics in the back of their heads. As Henrique said: “it’s not long until the Olympics. All of us here are young enough to be involved and we’re going to keep a close eye on things. We’re hoping to be there, and why not?”
Henrique’s full interview can be found here.
