Kaio Jorge enjoying fine form at Cruzeiro, discusses Brazil call-up hopes | OneFootball

Kaio Jorge scored again this Saturday, in Cruzeiro's 2-1 win over Internacional at Mineirão, in the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship. The striker reached 15 goals, remains leading the competition's scoring chart and celebrated the great moment he's experiencing in his career.

With Saturday's win, Cruzeiro returned to adding three points in the competition to not let their direct title contenders pull away. Before facing Inter, Cruzeiro had won only one of their last five games in the Brazilian Championship.

"It's not a relief, but an important win. We've been playing good games, unfortunately at the end of the matches we were making one mistake here, another there, but today we were very consistent, the team had a great game and of course it gives us confidence to play the classic on Wednesday," Kaio Jorge told Prime Video.

Now, Cruzeiro shifts its focus to the duel with Atlético-MG, which takes place next Wednesday at 19:30 (Brasília time) at Arena MRV, in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals.

It's no exaggeration to say that, given the phase he's going through, Kaio Jorge will be the big threat to the Galo team from Cruzeiro's side and, precisely for this reason, his name is already being speculated in the call-up for the Brazilian National Team, next Monday.

"For me, it's very gratifying to be part of this club, I know a little about Cruzeiro's history, I know what Cruzeiro is, so having my name alongside great players like Alex and Tostão is a huge privilege. I'll keep working, because if it's God's will, I'll be called up," concluded the Cruzeiro striker.

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