Patience. This is the recipe that 19-year-old Enrique Araujo, team B scorer, intends to apply to gain a foothold in the main team.
The striker, the top scorer of the team that tops the League 2 rankings, is already a frequent visitor to the training sessions that Jorge Jesus conducts in Seixal, but given the competition in the starting lineup, it is in Team B that he continues to develop. for the second year in a row (at that time he last scored 11 goals in the second echelon).
In an interview with BTV’s Heating program, where he addressed the unprecedented leadership of Team B in Ligue 2, Araujo pointed to the red emblem for the dreams that have haunted him since he arrived in 2018 from Maritimo. “When I came to Seixal, the Benfica core team was a dream, and now it’s a goal. This is what I work for every day, and this is what I am still here for to achieve this. Hurry? We have nothing to worry about. Benfica has already proven that it gives us opportunities. Several players trained in the main Benfica squad, and in recent years there have been a lot of them, and I want that too. But we know that it is necessary to remain calm and patient on this path. Playing in team A is not easy, you have to be at a very high level. We need to be patient, and I think this second season in Team B helps me a lot with this, I have minutes of play, I scored goals, and this is great for me, ”he said.
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