Old Dante hasn’t had enough yet

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Dante Bonfirm Costa Santos, as his full name is called, moved to Nice seven years ago. End your career on the Côte d’Azur with a good salary, after all, he was already 33 at the time. And whoever reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2014 with Brazil (1:7 against Germany), won the championship and the Champions League with Bayern, he’s taking it easy from now on – right?

It actually looks relaxed when Dante leads the ball. But the fact that he is now 39 and still indispensable to the Nice ensemble, wearing the captain’s armband and playing full distance in practically every game in the well-paid Ligue 1, does not demonstrate a professional attitude à laissez faire .

Someone who can confirm that is Ricardo Rodriguez. The Swiss national player defended for a year in Wolfsburg alongside Dante. He says, “Dante is a great guy, we got along great.” Off the field he was always totally relaxed, funny and relaxed, but on the field it was the exact opposite. “Dante was incredibly ambitious, he hated losing. When he was in the middle of the ‘five against two’ before practice, he straddled everything.” In terms of mentality, Dante was more German than Brazilian, Rodriguez recalls.

Dante, the man with the unmistakable curly head, is the father of the Nice rascals – and wants to remain so for at least one more season. “My wife doesn’t want me to bother her at home,” he says when asked about the end of his career. With Dante, who will soon turn 40, Nice also has the youngest selection in Ligue 1. And it has been on the rise since the sacking of Swiss coach Lucien Favre at the beginning of January. Only lost twice since then. And wants to advance to a semi-final of the European Cup in the second leg against FC Basel for the first time in the club’s history.

Source : Blick