DBasia.news – Liverpool star Roberto Firmino defeated Neymar to be Brasilian best player in Europe and win the Samba Gold trophy
Firmino got the highest score 21,79 percent from 123,000 Brasilian journalists and fans. Firmino defeated Real Madrid defender, Marcelo (20,51 percent) and Neymar (18,67 percent).
Last season, Firmino showed an impressive performance for The Reds. He scored 27 goals and 17 assists from 54 caps of all competitions.
The 27-year-old player continued the impressive performance this season. He summed up the 2018 season by hattrick to Arsenal goal on December 30th.
This is the first for Firmino throughout his career as a professional football player.
Samba Gold was conducted since 2008. At that time, Kaka became the first player who won the title.