Eliminated at the hands of Croatia by the quarterfinals in Qatar 2022in Brazil their minds are already set on turning the page, enjoying the festivities and starting a new campaign hand in hand with 2023. After the classic state tournaments, in April the Brasileirao Assaí will begin, for sponsorship reasons, the 67th edition of the Serie A. And one of the teams that prepares to deliver the blow and keep the crown is Atlético Mineiro de Hulk.
It is that the powerful striker is the flag and emblem of the team led by Eduardo Coudet, who won the local championship in 2021 and will also go for the Copa Libertadores. At the height of what will be a very demanding sporting year, the Frenchman carries out a strict preseason and the 36-year-old attacker went viral due to the strength work he carried out. His shirt almost broke and he was training legs!
Hulk could face Ecuadorian teams in the Libertadores.Givanildo Vieira de Sousa, better known as the Hulk, got his sporting name from his strikingly muscular physique, and his powers don’t seem to be waning with age. And the official account of Mineiro shared a quadriceps workout, in which they motivated former Zenit and Porto in European football to lift large sums of weight. Although they did not show the amount, the contraction of the muscle and the gestures of the man born in Paraíba surprised locals and strangers in Cidade do Galo.
It should be noted that the former Shanghai Port of China, from where he arrived in Brazil in February 2021 with the desire to win the Libertadores, is in the last stage of recovery from injury and Local media confirm that he would be available for the first game: on January 21 against Associação Atlética Caldense (Series D) for the Campeonato Mineiro.
Hulk, idol in the Mineiro.
The Hulk’s Training
ecuador – 16-12-2022
Hulk’s viral training in the Mineiro
Hulk, with a new trainer
Hulk, who has 65 goals and 18 assists in 114 games with the Atlético Mineiro jersey, arrived in Belo Horizonte from his vacation last Wednesday and met Eduardo Coudet, his new coach who was officially presented the following day in Cidade do Galo . In his first press conference, the Argentine coach guaranteed a lot of work and commitment, but he was cautious when talking about his goals for the season (he will play in the Estadual, Copa Brasil, Brasileirao and Libertadores).
Coudet signed with Mineiro until December 2024.“The goal is to win the first game. Beyond that I’m not aiming. It is working for the best. Work with the players and convince them of this idea. My teams have a clear idea of the game and we will try to be protagonists in each match. Whether indoors or outdoors. We have to work in the best way,” said El Chacho, former strategist for Celta de España.
Upon landing at the Confins airport, Hulk himself spoke of the albiceleste technical director: “Paulinho comes to help. On Coudet, he is always good when it comes to scoring. I spoke to some people who spoke highly of him. I am sure that it will be very important for us”.