Unwilling to play football on behalf of Brazil, but because the Italian team lacks presence, the versatile player is delayed by choice

At the request of a friend, I will talk about Thiago Mota, the all-rounder who was chosen to delay.

On August 28, 1982, Thiago Mota Santon Olivarez was born in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. However, he is not a Brazilian with pure blood, but a descendant of Italian immigrants. His grandfather, Gotati Natal Mota, was an Italian who was just a fake one. This directly led to Thiago Mota lacked a sense of belonging to Brazil since he was a child, and instead yearned for Italy, which was thousands of miles away.

However, whether there is a sense of belonging does not affect Mota's growth. Growing up in Brazil since he was a child, he has developed solid basic skills in the streets and alleys, and is competent in multiple positions. He is an absolute versatile player. I don’t know how many Brazilian clubs want to recruit him. Even Barcelona, far away in Europe, was still moved by Mota's talent and brought him to Spain around 1999.

Although Barcelona is quite optimistic about Mota's future, Mota was too immature at this time and could not take the lead in the Barcelona first team, so they could only go to Team B to polish their ball skills temporarily. It was not until the 2001-02 season that Mota, who was 19 years old at the time, was selected for the Barcelona first team and made his debut in La Liga.

At this time, Barcelona lost their old captain Guardiola. Under this background, as long as a midfielder wears Barcelona's jersey, he will be expected to be "Guardiola's successor". Such as Harvey, Roshenbak and Mota have all labeled this.

However, the labels placed by the media and fans do not determine the direction of the player's development. In the following days, Thiago Mota mainly showed himself as an all-round midfielder, and had to bear any swearing and tiring work. He was not a midfielder like Guardiola who was mainly organization-oriented.

Mota's most representative game took place in the Spanish Derby in the 2002-03 season. Mota started the game, facing Zidane, who was in full swing at the time, and prevented the French superstar from feeling uncomfortable. From this game alone, it is not difficult to see Barcelona's position against Mota. After the end of this season, Mota was named the Best Rookie by the Spanish Football Association. Newcomers of this level will naturally become the targets of Barcelona's vigorous training. However, I don’t know if there was a problem with Mota’s mentality or some other reason, this all-rounder suddenly became a big red and yellow card player. He once received 4 red cards in 20 games... He is a giant like Barcelona, obviously unable to withstand Mota's exaggerated card-taking rate. In addition, Mota was troubled by injuries at this stage, and he even took longer to recover than he played football. So Mota's presence in Barcelona is getting lower and lower. By the summer window of 2007, Barcelona completely lost patience and dealt with Mota to Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid only used 1.5 million euros to get this all-rounder. At first, Atletico Madrid felt that they had taken a big advantage, which was so happy. However, not long after, Atletico Madrid discovered that the transaction was a loss because Mota's attendance rate was too low. During the entire 2007-08 season, Mota's total number of appearances on various fronts was only 10 times.

Under this background, Atletico Madrid naturally did not want to renew his contract with Mota and allowed him to transfer to Genoa as a free agent. What Atletico Madrid did not expect was that after Mota landed in the Apennines, he quickly recovered his health and became the core of Genoa's midfield. With his help, Genoa ranked fifth in the Serie A standings.

Mota's performance alarmed the veteran Serie A giant Inter Milan. In the summer of 2009, Mota bid farewell to Genoa, put on the battle robe of the Blue and Black Legion, and served as the main force under Mourinho. In the next 2009-10 season, Mota performed well in all performances. His boss Inter Milan won the Italian Cup, Serie A and European Champions League, becoming the biggest winner of the season.

Mota, as the main midfielder of the triple-champion champion, is naturally qualified to attract the attention of the Brazilian national team. However, he was not included in the squad for the Samba Legion's 2010 World Cup in South Africa. As for the reason, it is mainly due to the players' attitude. According to Mota, he never thought of wearing the brasil's adult team's jersey.

As the saying goes, the forced melon is not sweet. Since Mota is unwilling to play football on behalf of the Brazilian team, the Samba Army will naturally not force the versatile player. This directly led to Mota missing many opportunities to show his strength in international competitions at his peak.

Mota's attitude towards Brazil gave the Italian team hope. In 2011, then Italian coach Plandley sent a call to Mota. However, the Brazilian Football Association does not agree with Mota playing for the Italian team, because Mota was selected for the Brazilian national team when he was young, so the Samba Legion has the right to object.

The result is that the Italian Football Association did not know how much effort it took, and even alarmed the National Football Federation, which solved the relevant issues, making Mota qualified to play for the Blues.

It’s just that a difficult choice is not necessarily the right choice. After Mota was selected for the Italian national team, his presence was not strong. Because the Blues at this stage are not short of midfielders, such as the strong Pirlo, the fledgling Veratti, and the peak Marcisio... In addition to lacking presence in the Italian national team, Mota's life in the club is also difficult. After Inter Milan won the triple crown, it began to decline. As one of them, Mota will naturally be affected, so he bid farewell to Inter Milan in the winter window of the 2011-12 season and transferred to Paris Saint-Germain.. In the days after

, Mota played football in Paris and did not announce his boots until 2018.