No Secret To Success, Hard Work Key For Bergson
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) centre forward Bergson da Silva insists there is no secret to his phenomenal striking prowess.
The Brazil-born player who netted the first hat-trick of the 2025/26 ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup Against Bangkok United in Sept stresses the recipe to success is old fashioned hard work.
“As a striker, when I score goals, the people in the club always push me to score more. As a player, for me, it's never enough. Also, when I step on the pitch, I push myself to do my best and then this is the way, this is the target and mentality I have.
“And then we have our boss (JDT owner Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim), who always pushes us to be a better player, a better person. So this is the idea, the key is the mentality,” he said in a statement today.
Meanhwile Bergson also hopes to gain revenge against the Thai League 1 champions and reigning Shopee Cup champions Buriram United FC, if the pair meet in the knockout rounds of the tournament.
“We know they’re our big opponents in Asian football because they played against us a few times and they have caught us.
“But we have another opportunity to create a new history, to start a new challenge, to think forward about the next games,” he said.
JDT are playing in the Shopee Cup for the first time and have made a strong start to the competition, picking up wins over Lion City Sailors FC and Bangkok United before being held to a surprise draw in Phnom Penh by PKR Svay Rieng FC last month.
The seven points amassed from those opening three games has Xisco Munoz’s side sitting in second place in Group B behind Nam Dinh FC from Vietnam with two rounds of the opening phase of the competition to go.
JDT return to action in the Shopee Cup on Jan 29 against Shan United as Svay Rieng host Bangkok United and Nam Dinh take on the Lion City Sailors.
A day earlier, champions Buriram United will travel to Singapore to face Group A leaders Tampines Rovers FC with BG Pathum United FC hosting DH Cebu FC and Selangor FC entertaining last season’s runners-up Cong An Ha Noi FC.
-- BERNAMA
