The ten youngsters to follow at the Euro Cup

The Euro Cupsjust like World Cupsnot only serve as the setting for the inauguration and coronation of great stars on the football map, they also act as a launching pad for the careers of promising youngsters whose international value is skyrocketing.

From Jose Angel Iribarplacing a bolt in the aim of Spain in European Cup from 1964; going through Bernd Schuster and its endless deployment to Belgium 1980; following on from Paolo Maldini as a quarterback, still on the left wing, on defense at Germany 1988; continues for Cristiano Ronaldowith the boundless power of youth Portugal 2004; until the end Peter and his unburnable teenage magic at the 2020 multi-venue Euro -delayed to 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic-.

Some of the youngsters who entered the school for the first time will try to emulate this group of football legends. European Cup intending to leave his mark. Among them are the following ten standouts:

– Florian Wirtz: perhaps the most impressive emergence of this football season just ended. A brilliant midfielder with traces of a conjurer who wowed Germany behind Xabi Alonso’s unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen and will be looking to repeat his ‘Mannschaft’ performance at the tournament they host.

Half of Europe wants to acquire his services, although he has already warned his intention to continue for another year under the orders of Tolosarra in the aspirin team.

– Nico Williams: A knife from the left wing. Few defenders can withstand his brilliant one-on-ones, a quality to which he has added huge improvement in decision-making.

After completing his best season at Athletic Club, including the Copa del Rey after a 40-year drought, he arrived at the European Championship with the aim of confirming himself as one of the most differential wingers on the continental scene and pushing Spain from the left. side.

– Lamine Yamal: The youngest player in the Euro Cup. He is 16 years old and is emerging as one of the main offensive weapons, if not the most, that Spain will have at the tournament.

A little devil with conditions of intimidation, initiation, dribbling and definition that was not remembered in La Roja. At Barcelona he emerged as the club’s great hope in the low season and the Euro Cup, where he aims to start on the right wing, could be the stage where he consolidates himself as the main man role .

– Benjamin Šeško: A Slovenian forward with great presence and thickness. A tower of almost two meters, impenetrable to high balls, who exploded in the Bundesliga and wore the wings of Red Bull: his jumps seemed to be flights.

After a great season in Leipzig, where he was recruited to replace the departure of a star like Christopher Nkunku, he seeks to be the reference in Slovenia’s attack in Oblak’s company on the other side of the field.

– Kobbie Mainoo: One of the nice surprises in Manchester United’s irregular season. Half center with massive round-trip capacity, the body of a locomotive and endless physical display.

Casemiro’s natural replacement at the ‘Red Devils’, where he has taken ownership on more than one occasion, and will be the owner of the England pivot; His presence in the British starting lineup is uncertain, but he will have important minutes. And it is not excluded that he ended up in the position.

– Xavi Simmons: Another player who captures RB Leipzig’s bold and irreverent spirit through dribbles, off balance and goals. After a testimonial participation in the World Cup in Qatar, the Dutchman wants to assert himself in the eyes of Ronald Koeman and show the talent he has inside at the service of the Netherlands.

PSG, a club with rights, still don’t know what to do with him for next season. A good performance with the tulips in the top continental tournament could clarify their situation.

– Warren Zaïre-Emery: the jewel of the Paris Saint-Germain youth team, with him this year under the command of Luis Enrique to position him as one of the most popular in the French team.

Technical, skilled, natural… these are some of the adjectives that define this unique midfielder. Deschamps has a diamond in his possession that can revive games that have stalled for France. Although he started as a theoretical substitute, at ‘Les Bleus’ he could produce dazzling form when he took the field.

– João Neves: The latest promise from Benfica’s inexhaustible youth team. A privileged brain for playing football, seeing the plays before he even receives the ball, with a tremendous ability to filter balls and discover spaces that are undetectable for the average midfielder.

At Benfica, they rub their hands in the money they can earn with such a good mind for the ball; while in Portugal, Spaniard Roberto Martínez knew he had in the figure of the beardless Portuguese the perfect piece for the other technical midfielders who make up the Portuguese core to fit in.

– Arda Güler: A real talent to dazzle the eyes of Türkiye’s rivals. A privileged player with the ball who, after a first season at Real Madrid marked by injuries and a lack of opportunities and continuity, will appear at the Euro Cup with the possibility of showing the unlimited wealth of football that he brings to his boots.

His offensive resources are endless: he drives with the precision of a surgeon, dribbles with the elegance of a swan, passes with the clairvoyance of a detective and shoots with the power of a cannon. If that magic comes out, Türkiye could be in for a surprise.

– Rasmus Højlund: A powerful striker eager to defend himself after an inconsistent season at Manchester United. He has everything to lead a Denmark that will try to repeat the amazing heights it reached at the last Euro Cup – it reached the semi-finals and came close to beating England.

His impressive physique and his reading of spaces make him a stiletto for ‘Red Dynamite’. The Euro Cup is Denmark’s favorite tournament – it has won once and reached the semi-finals in three others – and Højlund will try to emulate Vilforts, Brian Laudrup and Povlsen to make a splash like in 1992.