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DENVER – Ex-Red Gilberto told Auro some things.

But not everything, clearly.

Former teammates in Sao Paulo, Auro asked for Gilberto’s advice before agreeing to join Toronto FC on loan.

Everything checked out, Auro told the Sun. But TFC’s former No. 9, an enigma throughout his time at BMO Field, left out an odd detail.

“Oh my God!” Auro responded.

It was the only English the Brazilian spoke throughout our sitdown, in response to Auro learning media enter the dressing room post-game.

The 22-year-old’s shock was in response to the Sun informing him of the vast differences between the media-player relationship in MLS compared to Brazil’s Serie A.

Players almost never sit face-to-face with South American reporters on leather couches. It’s too risky.

“It’s funny, actually,” Auro said before Tuesday’s match through his agent-turned-translator, Bruno Serafin. “We don’t have this relationship with the press in Brazil.”