TOP-10 stars of the youth Euro

06 July 2017, 14:24 | Football 
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Saul Niguez, 22 years old Spain squad / Atletico Madrid The most expensive football player of the tournament (according to Transfermarkt, his price is 40 million. The finalist of the Champions League, the player of the Spanish national team, the main midfielder of Madrid Atletico, a real man who recently admitted that he played with a catheter for two seasons, peed with blood and constantly felt pain due to kidney problems, did not neglect participation in the youth championship Of Europe.

In principle, not the most productive football player a priori, performing, basically, a different role on the field, in Poland, unexpectedly won the Golden Boot, becoming the top scorer of the Euro. He scored five goals, including a hat-trick for the Italians, who brought "la rohita" to the final of the tournament. In addition, he also has one assistant.

He is young, but already very experienced. Subjectively, right now, Saul is one of Europe's best central midfielders. He is the one who is responsible for the balance in the center of the field, the one who can stop the opponent's attack and disperse his. Multifunctional, universal midfielder, who unambiguously repeatedly loudly declares himself. Meanwhile, he is very much wanted to see Manchester United and Barcelona. Yes, probably, and many others ... just modestly silent, because they can not afford.

Marco Asensio, 21 years old Team of Spain / Real Madrid.

Another footballer from the category "that he forgot this Euro? ". Newly-crowned champion of Spain and the winner of the Champions League. He was born, grew up, brought up as a football player and started a professional career in Mallorca. Madrid Real Madrid highly appreciated his performances in Segunda, signed with him a contract and left the house, and then for the season sent to gain experience Examples in Espanyol. There, Marco did not get lost and a year later Zidane saved him in the first team.

In the completed season, Asensio was beautiful. He confidently felt himself in the place of Cristiano Ronaldo, and in the central zone, so his role in the conquest of Madrid by the main titles is not at all sporadic. Because Real Madrid and hurried to extend the contract with a talented midfielder until 2023, allocating him a salary of 3.5 million. And having prescribed an impressive amount of compensation - 350 million. Euro.

At the European Championships, Asensio shot a hat-trick team of Macedonia (5-0), after which he was recognized as Man of the match and eventually shared with Bruma (3 goals) the second place in the list of the best scorers in the tournament. He is already summoned to the "Fury of the Roch", but by age he can still take part in the selection of the next youth Euro.

Danny Ceballos, 20 years old Spanish squad / Betis.

The Spanish press has long called him a great talent, which is on the pencil of the top clubs. But in the composition of Betis he did not have a lot of really bright matches, often lost on the field and did not meet expectations. Being the leader of the team, able to drag it to the results, in its twenty, he could not. But this is at the club level.

On Euro the centerhaw looked completely different. Despite the fact that from the effective actions on his account only one assistant, he was unusually useful, confidently acted in the center of the field, wrote spectacular shows and practically did not lose the ball.

During the European Championship, it was first reported that Dani is on the list of those Spanish compilations that Madrid Real Madrid is actively watching, and later that Madrid is already ready to make a proposal for his transfer. They say that the "cream" will lay out for it 15 million. Euro and will leave in Betis for the season. This can happen even faster, because at the end of the Euro, Seballos was voted the Best player of the tournament. Like Ascencio, by age can quite continue performances for the youth national team of Spain and it is even very likely that he will continue.

Max Mayer, 21 year old Germany squad / Schalke.

Attacking midfielder in his 21 held more than 120 matches at the Bundesliga level, and another 18 was in the expanded list of Joachim Leva to participate in the triumphant Mundiale, but did not go to Brazil. At the beginning of his career, he also practiced futsal, because he has a great dribbling, which makes him even compared with Messi.

Mayer still has a year of contract with Schalke, but he said he wants to leave Gelsenkirchen this summer. The reason, like Yevgeny Konoplyanki, is a misunderstanding with the former head coach of the team Weinzirlem. His services are interested in German Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg, as well as overseas Tottenham and Seville - in general, there are plenty to choose from.

On the youth Euro Max was one of the most active players of the national team of Germany. He scored one goal to the Czechs (2-0) and was then recognized as Man of the match, but, in addition, participated in most of the attacks of the team, created and constantly threatened the opponents.

Jeremy Tolian, 22 years old German national team / Hoffenheim.

So far, he can not be called the main defender of Hoffenheim, but this is, rather, the problem of "villagers". To the fullback watching foreign TOPs - Chelsea, Tottenham, Napoli and Seville. But more interesting is another - where will it be - first in Dortmund, and then in Munich or immediately in Bavaria?.

In Poland, he became the best assistant of the tournament, making three assists, including having participated in the winning goal in the final. After the victory over the Danes (3-0), despite the presence of the authors of three goals and three assistants, it was named Man of the match.

He feels equally comfortable on both flanks of defense, correctly understands the game, has a cool speed, confidently works with both feet. Yes, these laterals in modern football in gold!.

Mitchell-Elie Weiser, 23 years old Germany / Hertha.

He could become a star when, at the age of 18, he was invited from Cologne to Bavaria. In the future, it was seen as a potential replacement for Lama, but when Philip completed his career, Weiser had long been written off from Munich. In the season that ended, he did not regularly play for Gert due to injuries, but his 4 assistants and one goal in 17 Bundesliga matches was drawn up.

In the team-star of the German youth team, he was far from in the forefront of her main stars. But he is present in our rating! From the effective actions on the Polish Euro he has one assistant in the match against the Czechs. But it was his goal against the Spanish national team, when Vaiser was in another's penalty area and slightly ridiculously moved the ball into the goal after Toljan's canopy, brought the Germans gold medals! And Weiser himself is the recognition of Man of the match finals!.

Federico Bernardeschi, 23 years old Italy squad / Fiorentina.

Fiorentina's pupil first announced himself four years ago in renting in Crotone, returned to Florence and began to gradually approach the main staff. In the year before last, he became his stable participant, and in the final season - one of the best players of Serie A. Between them he went to France for an adult Euro as part of the "scuadra of the Adzurra". Not surprisingly, Juventus, traditionally collecting the best players in other Italian teams, is ready to offer "violets" for the flank hava from 35 to 50 million. Euro. A lot of money! Yes, and according to Transfermarkt (30 million. ) Federico was one of the most expensive players in the youth of the European Championship.

In Poland, the Italians were able to beat the future finalists - the Germans thanks to a single goal just the same Bernardeski, for which he was recognized as Men of the match. Another goal he scored in the semifinals - at the gate of the Spaniards, but there the "azurini" could not stop Saul. Nevertheless, it is very likely that soon we will see him in the Champions League.

Bruma, 22 years old Portuguese national team / RB Leipzig.

A native of Bissau was raised in Lisbon Sporting, there he started his career. At the age of 19 he was not the main lion, he played regularly for a duplicate squad, however Galatasaray paid 11 million euros for a talented winger. But the first season in the structure of Istanbul, including in the group round of Champions League, did not ask. In the next Bruma played more often, but also not particularly impressed. And in the winter of 2014 he was seriously injured, because of which he missed half a year. Moreover, formally this time was registered in Gaziantepspor, where the yellow-red ones were sent to him because of the restriction on registration of foreign players.

Then the guy tried himself at the level of the TOP-championship, going to Real Sociedad. But, frankly, also not fairy. But the season ended was for him a benefit. In 30 matches of the Turkish Super League, Bruma scored 11 goals and made 6 assists. Even before the trip to Poland, Leipzig proposed 12.5 million. Euro (plus another 2.5 bonuses) and the Turks gladly accepted the offer - despite the unconditional talent, the guy had to suffer.

At the youth European Championship, inspired by the signing of the contract with the new club, Bruma shined. Speedy and technical football player, acting in the position of Cristiano Ronaldo, scored a meaningless goal in the losing match to the Spaniards and took a double, having participated in the defeat over Macedonia - after that became Men of the match. With three goals scored in three games, he shared with Marco Asensio second in the list of the best scorers in the tournament. Perhaps I could have done better, but the Portuguese did not leave the group.

Stanislav Lobotka, 22 years old Team of Slovakia / Nordschalland.

Yes, among the star names of our rating, Lobotka seems like a white crow. But he is the only football player who in the two matches of the European Championship was recognized as the best player. Tsentrhav at an early age moved from his native Trenchin to Ajax's youth team, but before the first did not grow up and a year later went to Denmark.

Last season in the Nordsjalland Stanislav spent brightly - 26 championship matches and 7 assists - a worthy indicator for both the drawn playmaker. Thanks to his convincing game, Lobotka was already called in the main national team of Slovakia. And as part of the youth team was one of the leaders. It is interesting that in Poland he scored no goals and gave no effective transfer, but the technical observers of UEFA were impressed by his play in the center of the field against the Poles and Swedes.

Stanislav is strong in the selection, perfectly sees the field, owns the first pass, which attracts the attention of scouts of clubs from the Bundesliga, Eredivisia and Serie A. There is a high probability that after such a speech at the European Championships Lobotka will leave Nordsjalland in the next summer.

Kenneth Zohore, 23 years old Denmark squad / Cardiff City.

He could also not have been in this rating, but Zohore is worthy of attention. First, his father is a cousin Didier Drogba, respectively Zohore himself - the nephew of the famous striker. By the way, he is also Ivorian - by birth, was born in Copenhagen, and therefore also has Danish citizenship. There he started a playing career. In 2015, despite the interest in his person on the part of Inter and Chelsea, moved to Fiorentina, but immediately was sent to rent - in Brondby and Gothenburg. Then he signed a contract with Odense as a free agent. Regularly scored and ended up in Kortrijk, but without playing a single match, immediately went to the satellite club - Cardiff City. The championship easily obeyed Zohore - 29 matches, 12 goals and 5 assists.

At the European Championship, his Denmark team lost to the Italians and Germans, not scoring a goal. But in the final round defeated the Czechs (4: 2). It is interesting that Zohore took part in all the goals of his team in this meeting and, accordingly, in all of her goals in the tournament - he made a double and made two assistants. Thanks to this, Kenneth became one of the most successful players of the Polish European Championship in the system of goal + pass, and therefore could not be out of our rating. Do not be surprised if in the new season you will see him in the Premier League matches.

Источник: football.ua