http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en__EMEA Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:35:44 GMT Clearspace 1.10.4 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-08-06T10:35:44Z http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en__EMEA/2008/03/26/pato-on-point Every Brazilian from the time they pop into the world dreams of scoring for the national team. <br /> <br /> Well, on Wednesday, March 26, <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ha44Ezxc8gqyTLFEE19UCNCgrv2g">Pato's dream</a> became a reality. The 18-year-old striker laced up his orange Vapors before the match as a Serie A star. He unlaced them afterward as an international superstar. <br /> <br /> Pato's killer instincts earned him a goal on his debut for the full senior side. And, what a goal it was. The stunning strike won the game for Brazil and certainly <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=520207&cc=5901">won over his coach</a>, Dunga, who had some glowing words for his young forward.<br /> <br /> "He knows how to score a goal," said Dunga. "Pato is in the style of Ronaldo."<br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <br /> <img src="http://inside.nike.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/1408/Pato_1_2+copy.png" alt="http://inside.nike.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/1408/Pato_1_2+copy.png" class="jive-image" /> <br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <br /> Dunga will now be hard pressed to keep this new phenomenon out of his starting eleven, as Brazil prepare for some tough World Cup qualifiers this summer.<br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <br /> But with speed, skill and an assassin's eye for goal, why would he want to?<br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> athletes brazil mercurial pato products team_kits video Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:38:58 GMT akqa http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en__EMEA/2008/03/26/pato-on-point 2008-03-26T15:38:58Z 4 months, 2 weeks ago 708ceaabebd183881879e4b7136dde33 http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en__EMEA/comment/pato-on-point http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en__EMEA/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1375