A BOLA – Fábio Pimenta as … Haaland (Campeonato Portugal)
At 33 years old, the killer profession is safer and more reliable than ever, an art covered on many lawns, absorbing mystiques, changing rooms and different championships, a craft always the same, whether you play in the districts or at the top. But the numbers remain to paint the story that become heroes within their reality.
Fábio Pimenta is a striker who wears the skin of Ronaldo or Messi of the best years, or Haaland today – 27 games and 29 goals at Red Bull Salzburg and 69 games and 70 goals at Dortmund -, making the Campo do Cruzeiro , in Ponte de Lima, a dream tape for the most fervent Limiano. Has achieved what few dream of achieving, has more goals than games made in a continuous period.
There are 27 goals in 26 games, reason enough to discover the secrets and sensations of a player in such a triumphant tide. The striker raised in Barcelos has Minho as the homeland of his goalscoring hunger and in his move from Merelim to Ponte de Lima he activated his peak of motivation, challenged by the long stoppage determined by the pandemic. Fábio tells everything… and even leaves us exhausted.
“It’s a defining moment, but the only explanation I can find is the mentality with which I embraced the invitation to Limianos and joined this project. I just said it was to win, win and win. With the pandemic error, I can say that I trained as I never trained. I did 200 kilometers a month in races. He went up and down the hill, running, riding a bike and doing reinforcement exercises”, attests Fábio Pimenta, developing more of his Herculean effort.
“I knew that at the age of 31 or 32, if I didn’t do anything, it would be death. Going without training for a year was impossible. The pandemic scenario has posed this problem for many in the secondary championships. Therefore, I dedicated myself, going up and down the hill with a wide range of 400 meters every day”, revealing the spearhead, retreating from the invitation that made him decisive in the 1st Division of AF Viana do Castelo, ending with 19 goals in 17 games. Now, in the Portuguese Championship, he sports 8 out of 9.
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