under 20 world championships

[frederic38]

the under 20 world cup starts today, in colombia
feel free to talk about the team you want to talk about, but i will concentrate on brazil and france

france has "only" 12 blacks/21 players
it may sound a lot (ok, it's a lot ) but usually the french youth team is all-black, with one or two arabs
this year, there are some arabs, some italians, and some real white french players, and some of them are talented

french defender sebastien faure is very good, and he should play for lyon, i don't know why they don't let him play
he will be the main central defender

french offensive middlefielder antoine griezmann is even more talented, he already plays in spanish liga, and was one of the revelations of last year's liga (barcelona, and atletico madrid wanted to buy him)

brazil:
they will have a white goal keeper (gabriel) a white middlefielder or defender (galhardo) amongst others (few)
but i will root for brazil because they have bruno uvini
he was the captain of the team in last under 20 south american champ, but he injuried
i hope he shows his talent to the world
i want to see him with the world cup in his hands, as a captain

brazil plays tonight

 

[frederic38]

i present to you bruno uvini, the next big thing in central defense
this defender will be one of the best in the world

he plays in sao paulo, and said he wanted to play there until he wins a copa libertadores, then he would like to play for a big cup in europe

his strong points are an enormous physical strenght, and great intelligence
he is a great header, he is a fighter, and he is very intelligent as you can see in this video i made about his match against egypt:
[video=youtube;NIvvxVBz89o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIvvxVBz89o[/video]

watch at 3.55 min how he doesnt commit a foul, while his adversary wanted a penalty

 

[Giles Daldanus]

1/2 finals:

Portugal vs. France

Brazil vs. Mexico

Some mesmerizing matches so far (I enjoy watching penalty shootouts), but shame that the hosts were eliminated.

My prediction is that Portugal will face Mexico in the final. I always tend to pick the "dark horses".

 

[frederic38]

welcome giles

seems like the two teams i talked about are still here...
so i will predict a final brazil - france , with a victory of brazil

 

[Giles Daldanus]

Thanks for the welcome, Frederic! Btw, I really like your channel, some quality uploads. I am always eager to learn more about the footballers who tend to slip under the radar. Cheers, G. D.

 

[Liverlips]

When are the games being played?

How does the Portuguese team look in terms of whites/blacks?

 

[frederic38]

When are the games being played?

How does the Portuguese team look in terms of whites/blacks?

the semi finals are 17 august, tomorrow
at 17.00 h for portugal
and 20.00 h for brazil
local hour (colombia)

i saw one match of portugal, and they looked surprisingly white, i expected more angolese and cap verdian players
their main star is a player that is often compared to cristiano ronaldo, he plays with the number 7 i think

 

[Liverlips]

Thanks - I hope Portugal can win then.

 

[frederic38]

they will have a white goal keeper (gabriel)

here he is
http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/newsid=1493250/index.html

 

[frederic38]

Thanks for the welcome, Frederic! Btw, I really like your channel, some quality uploads. I am always eager to learn more about the footballers who tend to slip under the radar. Cheers, G. D.

thanks :smiley:

 

[frederic38]

Thanks - I hope Portugal can win then.

they did :arms::kev:

 

[Liverlips]

Awesome news!

 

[frederic38]

congratulations to uvini

 

[frederic38]

some news about uvini
he will get the italian nationality in a few days, and his representative said that he got serious offers from PSG (paris saint germain, where brazilian leonardo decides who to buy) an germany

but he said he will look first at the offers he will have from italy, he only wants to play in italy
my video about him has been posted by newspapers websites, from roma
AS roma is the most interested right now

AC milan or inter should buy him in the end, because they need him, since their central defenders are old (especially inter) and also because uvini 's ancestors are from milan

uvini being compared to diego lugano:

 

[frederic38]

uvini to tottenham:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...spur-sign-Brazilian-defender-Bruno-Uvini.html

shame on the italian clubs for not buying him
(especially internazionale who bought, during this winter transfer window, a black brazilian central defender who is the exact same age as uvini - juan)

he won't be able to play for tottenham until next year, as mentionned in the article i linked