In the seven years he led Globo Esporte, Tiago Leifert, 41, never revealed the club he supported. However, outside Globo, he decided to answer this question in a fun way.
During live on his new YouTube channel, Leifert said that many people were curious to know his team at heart. “I think I’m a very conscientious person. I don’t let passion contaminate me, I never did, so much so that I was in charge of Globo Esporte for seven years. But I don’t think it’s time for me to take over my team, no”, he said as he held a glass of São Paulo Futebol Clube.
“I would even talk, but I don’t prefer to leave it implied”, he joked, to the delight of the other components of the conversation. In the sequence, he spoke more openly about his passion for the Tricolor.
“Yes, I’m São Paulo. But I’m São Paulo extremely conscientious. I think my friends all know that. I love the ball more. I like football a lot more. I watch the game I want. I don’t even watch the São Paulo game. And my biggest passion is the Brazilian team”, amended Leifert.
Recently, Leifert announced that he is creating a YouTube channel to comment on football. The former BBB presenter, who left the station last year (after he revealed his daughter’s health problems), will be joined by Rica Perrone and Eduardo Semblano (known as Fui Clear). The first episode is already on the air.
“Football does me a lot of good,” he explained. “Watching, playing or talking about. In the middle of last year I decided to stop everything, review my priorities and get closer to my passions. Like CR7 who left the wing and got closer to the goal, I decided to do the same: stay more close to everything that gives me the most joy.”
He said that the desire to return to his origins (he started at Globo as a sports reporter) occurred after recently participating as a guest on a broadcast. “The invitation to participate in Paulistão on YouTube just proved to me that I really need to dedicate a piece of my time to the sport again, I feel too good,” he said.
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