When the bear first came to Real Madrid from Brazil, many people were skeptical. After all, for more than two decades, he has been wearing the hat of a star of hope, but in the end, there are too many Brazilian golden boys. For example, Robinho was once considered Pele's successor when he debuted, but as he grew older, Robinho actually did not play a lot of fame. In those years, just in time for Real Madrid's Champions League round of sixteen, perhaps Robinho was also affected. At the same time, Brazil is also in a slump, and Robinho was in the middle of the 2010 World Cup, but neither he nor Kaka allowed Brazil to go further.
In a way, the bear who has just arrived at Real Madrid is very similar to Robinho, who landed in Europe at the beginning of the year. At first, the bears didn't really see how good he was, he was just a substitute at Real Madrid, occasionally flashing, but embarrassing. But just when everyone thought he was the second Robinho, the bear suddenly opened his mind and quickly grew into Real Madrid's regular and scored in the Champions League final. All this has far exceeded Robinho's performance at Real Madrid.
While Cubs are currently only 23 years old, it's almost certain that his career won't be worse than Robinho's. Robinho, is his lower limit.
So, who is his upper limit?
At the club level, the Cubs are already better than many Brazilian celebrities. At the age of 23, he has won La Liga, the Champions League and the Club World Cup. And he is by no means lying on the title, take the Champions League in the 21-22 season, the bear played the role of Real Madrid's thigh several times, and scored the only goal in the final, obviously, he is already an indispensable frontcourt weapon for Real Madrid. Da Luo only won his first league title at the age of 27, and did not win the Champions League for the rest of his career (Milan's Champions League title in 06-07 had nothing to do with him, because he could not play for Milan in the Champions League that season). Of course, this comparison is not appropriate and fair, but there are no doubts that there are not many people in the history of Brazilian football who can achieve such club honors at the age of the bears.
But Little Bear still has a long way to go, and everything is unknown. Brazil has also had a lot of talented players in its history, and the peak did not last long, such as Ronaldo Jr. So it's too early to tell if Cub will become a superstar.
In fact, the upper limit of the bear is not difficult to judge, let's start with the Qatar World Cup.
Supposedly, with the Cubs' performance last season, he should be Brazil's thigh. But sadly, he is not. The soul of this Brazilian team is still Neymar. If you say the Cubs are too young to take on the task, but how old do you think Neymar was at the 2014 World Cup? 22 years old. One year younger than the bear. But in that World Cup, Neymar was already the number one in the team, not only the first scoring point in the front court, but also the soul of the attack.
Therefore, although the bears have achieved many honors, at the same age, Neymar is better than him and more able to play an important role in the national team.
The current Cubs are far from the pillars of the national team. It can be said that at the beginning of his career, the Cubs were inferior to Neymar. Perhaps for the rest of his career, Neymar will be his ceiling.
In the future, if the Cubs grow fast enough to even lead Brazil to the World Cup, then he can break through the ceiling and surpass Neymar. But at least for now, he hasn't shown us that momentum.