ALBERTO AQUILANI
Born 07/07/84 Club "Roma" Team Italy
Ampoule central midfielder
Prototype In Rome, Aquilani is compared with Giuseppe Giannini, but he calls his idol Josep Guardiola.
What Aquilani can do is unusually plastic, has an amazingly accurate punch, and Francesco Totti is not inferior in technology. The phenomenal pass of the young midfielder La Rabona (on video), made in a duel with Milan, Italian channels will relish, apparently, until the end of the season. Alberto also makes great use of long gears, skillfully loading Perrotta and Mansini on the flanks. Finally, Aquilani is not averse to score on their own, including a long-range strike.
What is missing Despite clear progress, Aquilani is still unstable. He does not always appear on the field in the starting lineup, and sometimes Spaletti has to change a young midfielder during the match - Alberto's stamina is not enough.
Achievements in the season 06/07 Aquilani shone in all the youth teams of Italy, so no one was surprised when in November of this year Alberto first put on the national uniform.
Prospects Today Aquilani is the most promising midfielder in Italy. He was also very lucky with the club. Luciano Spaletti understands how useful Alberto will be on the field when he supports Francesco Totti in the attack. You can not even torment young talent with defensive concerns. De Rossi, almost the same age as Aquilani, but already a world champion, successfully works in the center of the field.
LEARNING IKECHUKVU
Born 05.01.84 Recreativo Club National team of Nigeria
Amplitude striker
Prototype Samuel Eto'o.
What Uche can do is be an African striker in the best sense of the term. It is sharp, incredibly plastic, has explosive speed and innate coordination of movement. Uche can break through at any time without warning, and the ball will fly with terrible force. Outside the penalty area, he may well beat the opponent one on one. But still, the Nigerian inside the penalty area is the most dangerous. Spanish newspapers have already devoted a ton of enthusiastic headlines to Uche's bombing capabilities.
What is missing Uche has been playing in the top division for the first year, so he is simply unfamiliar with most defenders. It will be interesting to look at him in matches with Sevilla or Real Madrid. Then it will be appropriate to speculate on the shortcomings of the Nigerian striker.
Achievements in the season 06/07 Uche is the top scorer in the second Spanish division, where it is actually not so easy to score. After the release of Recreativo, for example, this season, he was injured for a long time, but as soon as Uche returned to the field, he immediately set to work. The Nigerian scored purebred goals, and you can’t find a young striker who is more interesting to him in Spain outside of Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The prospects for any player from Africa are in danger of self-satisfaction - how quickly many Africans stopped progressing, having achieved even minimal success! Obviously, Uche will get a chance to prove himself in the very near future: serious teams are licking his lips at him. Well, then everything will depend on him. The range of possible career models is from Samuel Eto'o to Nii Lampty, the best player in one of the youth world championships who completed his career in the German Regional League.
ANDREAS OTTL
Born 01.03.85 Bayern Club Germany Team
Role of defensive midfielder
Prototype Dittmar Hamann, David Albelda.
What Ottl can do is an amazingly cool-headed football player for his age. From the very first matches for Bayern, he proved that he was not at all afraid of responsibility. He even gets cards for the job, and not just like that. A very tenacious destroyer in the middle of the field, reading a great game and having a good first pass. Another advantageous quality is universalism, Ottl can play the right-back.
What is lacking In the creation, Ottl is not particularly strong - he does not have a terrible blow, he does not go into the stroke. Perhaps for his role, this is not a big drawback.
Achievements in the season 06/07 Magatu proved that he is able to play at the core of Bayern. Although this happened due to Hargreaves' injury, Ottl ordered his chance perfectly.
Prospects Ottl may well grow into an excellent defensive midfielder, able to play at the heart of not only Bayern, but also the German national team. It seems that Ottl’s most advantageous quality could be stability. He plays without differences characteristic of youth.
KARIM BENZEMA
Born 12/17/87 Club "Lyon" France team
Amplitude striker
Prototype David Trezeguet.
What knows how to play a clean, unstretched forward - and such in France, he will say: Trezeguet da Saha. First of all, Benzema is good at the stroke: the video with the feints that he cut, playing for the youth of “Lyon”, looks no less spectacular than the free kicks Juninho Pernambucanu. The French superclub has long been able to afford to run young guys into a seemingly key position of the central striker, and Benzema pays advances exclusively for the goal score.
What is missing Not very strong in the game with his head, infrequently hits from afar. And on the “physics” 19-year-old guy has yet to work.
Achievements in the season 06/07 Good statistics in the championship of France: there are only four goals, but the percentage of realization of the moments is 50%. Replacing very well, managing to score two goals in 25 minutes, or even five - one. In the Champions League, paired with Juninho made a miracle goal against Steaua.
Prospects Lyon is an ideal option for nurturing the talent of Benzema, a graduate of the local academy. Raymond Domenech had already challenged Karim to the first team for a friendly match with the Greeks, but on the eve of the young striker received a nasty injury. By February, he will heal her, and by the playoffs of the Champions League he will already take shape and, most likely, will jump out of the bench more than once.
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