Portrait. Complementary player in Monaco, Boschilia is one of the key men of the renewal of Nantes. The Brazilian finally touches the dividends of his investment.
The reward at the end of perseverance. In the stubborn series, stubborn category, Gabriel Boschilia arises there. Her mother made a one-way return to the maternity hospital of Piracicaba, in the state of São Paulo, to give birth to the youngest member of the clan, 22 years ago, 60 kilometers from the family stronghold (Santa Bárbara Oeste).
This is where Gabriel was built, in a "simple, humble" family . A father and two brothers and sisters, an ordinary life of little Brazilian who dreams of teasing leather in the world of artists and, in turn, the rich. A goal to which he will cling, with a mind of steel. "When your family does not have a lot of money, it's easy to go in the wrong direction. Yes, I have friends gone wrong. My father made efforts for me. You keep that in you, it gives you grinta. I have always thought about football. I also stopped school to be able to train even more. To take flight and set sail for the Old Continent, Gabriel Boschilia had to put the craft back on the work, rather than twice. And even more.
The potential of the kid is not obvious. In any case not to those of countless talent detectors. "I did 8 tests in São Paulo, each time I was refused. I also did a test in Santos and Corinthians, without success. It is finally Guarani who will open his cloakroom before São Paulo, finally convinced, takes out the real to bring the child closer to the fold. "I went with the pros at 17, I put 5 goals. "
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The statistics do not tell that he was close to a model at the twilight of footballer's life. A short-lived, career-only experience - only a few months - but intense enough to confirm that Kaká - "his bullet driving, passing and typing skills " - gravitated to another galaxy.
An arrival on the Rock
With his stays in Madrid (Real) or Milan, the Golden Ball 2007 blew the bank. Gabriel Boschilia does not play in the same court, but the midfielder has nevertheless moved into another dimension by embracing a pro career in São Paulo, then making, at age 19, the big jump to Monaco. The pay slip allows him to fulfill a priority: to offer a home to his family. Then a car. "After, you save. It's not worth buying anything. "
Simplicity also accompanied him on the Rock, where the cultural and social shock hit him hard. "When you're simple, you enjoy simple environments. When I arrived in Monaco, I blocked a little. When I saw the price of Coke in the Principality, I told my father and my girlfriend, who lived with me, that it would be enough to drink water (laughs). It is rather with the soup with the grimace that it is hydrated with the edge of the big blue.
With Leonardo Jardim, he played only 5 matches (1 start) in the first leg before exiling 6 months on loan at Standard Liege without being able to get out of anonymity. Back to Monaco, where the 2016-2017 season is off to a flying start. Jardim makes a holder from the second day. Gabriel Boschilia opens his counter in Ligue 1 with a brilliant free kick at ... la Beaujoire (1-0).
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It is regularly inscribed on the match sheets, passing alternately from the bench to the playing area. The balance sheet accredits the idea of a rise in power (fifteen matches, eight goals in all competitions), even if the morale does not follow the ascending curve. "I went home, I scored, but I did not feel important. A rupture of the cruciate ligament of the right knee cut him in his tracks on a winter evening at Louis II, three months before the Monegasque coronation. The following exercise gave birth to a draft (5 matches, 85 minutes of play).
'Here I feel good'
The spleen sticks to the skin as the skin becomes tinted with blue ink. The midfielder offers his body to Christ, the saints, the Bible and his little Manuela (13 months), whose right footprint adorns his left biceps. Redemption is looming on the banks of the Erdre. Loan with option to buy (12 million euros) by AS Monaco, with whom he is under contract until 2021, Gabriel Boschilia sweeps speculations about his future. But he rose in rank in the Nantes locker room. The pocket player (1.72 m, 63 kg) continues the benefits of scale, capitalizing on a technique and a vision of the game above the average.
He has already exploded his time in Ligue 1 (621 minutes), scored 3 goals and issued as many assists, all to the same recipient (Emiliano Sala). "I give to the best place. After, I'm glad it's for him because it's number 9. He also distributes delicacies whose artistic note tutoys the summits. For those who would have missed, a detour on the web is needed. His left foot outside opening on the 3rd goal Nantes against Toulouse (4-0, 10th day) does not appear in any statistics. But it is eaten without moderation. "Here, I feel good. The people next to me give me confidence. "
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At the Jonelière, the Paulist won all votes. In his homeland, another poll hit the headlines. The verdict of the polls has led the sulphurous and populist Jair Bolsonaro to head the South American giant. The new president has received the support of several former football stars (Ronaldinho, Rivaldo ...). "It's a bit difficult to talk because I do not see everything. I did not vote but if I could, I would have voted for him. Many people do not work. School, education do not work well, hospitals do not work, it gets worse. Insecurity is of great concern. I'm not saying that the new president will change, it's just that I hope a new person changes things. I think we will find the country we have lost a bit. "
The one in which Gabriel Boschilia had a traumatic experience. "I have already been robbed in São Paulo. At noon, I was walking with two friends in the street. A well-dressed man, in a jacket, points his weapon at us and tells us: you give me everything (phone, watch, money ...)! In these cases, you give. Fortunately for FC Nantes, the wealth of Boschilia lies elsewhere. At the level of the head and feet.