Portugal at Euro 2024 in Group F are considered the rightful team to advance. Facing strong challenges from Turkey, the Czech Republic and Georgia, the mighty Portugal, led by the famous Spanish coach Rob under Martinez, seems to have its mind set on challenging for the top of Europe once again.
Portugal has one of the most renowned youth training capabilities in Europe, with the famous Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and Porto producing countless outstanding players for export to major clubs around the world. Whether it is in the South American continent's scouting system or the internal exploration of the youth training system, every season in the Portuguese league, talented, unlimited potential of the best players continue to be born, not only to the European soccer brings a constant flow of talent, but also for the Portuguese national team to provide a steady stream of rookie outstanding players. In this Euro, Portugal has three of the world's top young players under the age of 22 who are being chased by the European giants. Their performance in this Euro will not only determine their value, but also Portugal's final performance.
The 22-year-old In, who was a key player in Sporting Lisbon's defense that won the Portuguese Premier League title again two seasons apart, ácio possesses excellent long passes and the ability to break with the ball. He is an all-around defender with modern soccer weapons. With excellent defensive anticipation, he often makes a nice change after intercepting the ball and then goes straight into the front. After drawing the attention of the opposing defense, he helps his team to quickly change the edge and create more space for attack. Additionally, his sharp long balls are often accurately delivered upfield, quickly allowing attacking players to attack. He has definitely been one of the biggest keys to Sporting Lisbon's massive 19 goal lead over the second place team this season. It's quite rare to find a top center back like him whose left foot is his dominant foot, which gives him more room to play for both Sporting Lisbon and the Portuguese national team.
Like Cristiano, Ronaldo, Rafael Leão and João, stars like Moutinho, raised in the world famous Lisbon youth academy, Inácio has the ability to pursue the modern day giants at the top of the game, with aggressive breaks, and quick pass control would be sought after by Premier League teams, and perhaps his former Liverpool Athletic Lisbon center-back partner Coates will be a good lobbyist, rumor has it that Liverpool want to take him to Anfield, and inácio himself loves the Premier League. New Liverpool coach Arnee Slot will be well placed to watch InInácio in action this Europa League.
At the 2022 World Cup, António Silva, who had just celebrated his 19th birthday, made his debut against Upper South Korea in the final match of the group stage after Portugal decided to enter the knockout stages.António Silva became the youngest starter in the history of the Portuguese national team at a World Cup. Young Antt As a center back, ónio Silva is best praised for his maturity and calmness that is not commensurate with his age.
As Benfica's own youth player, he gave António Silva, the youth's best center back, a chance in the 22/23 season due to constant injuries in the team's center backs and no one else being available, and he took it firmly, not only excelling in the league, but even in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, where he remained calm and excelled under intense pressure.
António Silva has excellent positional sense and is always in the right place to intercept and block at crucial moments. He is able to catch the best moments and accurately make sliding tackles to disrupt the opposing team's attack. This is quite rare for a young 20 year old and his ability to handle high balls is another one of his attributes. He can be a big threat at set pieces. I believe that after the Euros are over, António Silva will be the most talked about center back in the world soccer transfer market.
