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Cunha recalls his first fight with Manchester United: The starting point of dreams, unexpressed in words

12:31pm, 15 June 2025Football

June 15th, Manchester United officially announced that Cunia joined the team. In an interview, Cunia talked about the scene of representing Brazil's Coritiba Club against Manchester United in the 2017 Dallas Cup Youth Championship.

Cunha said: "I have pictures of that game, I don't know why, but I always keep this picture in my phone, and I feel like there's a voice inside that telling me that one day we'll be together."

"I think this game changed my life, I played for Coritiba, and when I was against Manchester United, I was still a young man, I remember it was a U20 game, I was 17 or 18 years old. After the match against Manchester United, people started talking about me. I remember the director at the time flew over with the people from Manchester United and asked Coritiba who I was. Then the director came to me and said, 'Look, you can get up to the first team, the people from Manchester United are playing Listen to your situation. "

"I was very excited at the time and imagined that I could play at Manchester United, but then the conversation stopped! However, I think it was after this that the Swiss club Sion said: 'If this person can interest the director of Manchester United, then we have to sign him!'"

" Regarding this game, I think this is the starting point of my journey. I only remember that this is an important game for us, and Manchester United is the largest club in this game. "

" I can't remember the details of this game except for being happy. I can't describe the excitement of playing against Manchester United in words, that's a wow feeling! The dream begins from now on."

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