Gilberto expects tough Portugal game
February 6, 2007
Gilberto will proudly show his international team-mates around his new ‘home’ when Brazil take on Portugal at Emirates Stadium.
The Arsenal vice-captain is expected to start Tuesday night’s prestige friendly and is confident that a sell-out crowd will be treated to an entertaining encounter.
“It will be a good match, that is what everyone is expecting,” Gilberto told Arsenal.com.
“When Brazil and Portugal it is always a fast game, a hard game, because there is a lot of history between the two countries which comes from a long, long time ago.
“I really hope everyone enjoys the game. We will try to do our best, we want to win the game because our last game didn’t go so well and we lost 2-1. We want to make up for that against Portugal.”
Gilberto played a full 90 minutes when Brazil beat Argentina 3-0 in the first international at Emirates Stadium back in September. Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Elano scored in either half and Kaka added a third late on.
Julio Baptista came on as a late substitute in that game to make his first appearance at Emirates Stadium following his loan switch from Real Madrid.
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