Sher Ndur he was the man of the match Italy-Malta. Hugo Felix with an assist and a goal, he decided Portugal-Poland. They were the two great heroes of the first day of the U19 European Championship group stage and tonight they will face each other in the most important match of this group A.
What Ndur and Felix have in common is that they both grew up at Benfica. Last season, Felix played for the under-23 team, Ndur for the B team, which plays in the second division. Growing up in Portugal for a youngster is a different world, there is a path with much fewer obstacles that allows good players not to face a wall and a thousand unknowns after the youth sector.
But what are the differences? Why does Portugal produce 20-year-olds such as Nuno Mendes, Vitichna or Fabio Silva, who go abroad even for very large sums after they have already accumulated important minutes and experience at home, while in Italy it is much more difficult for us? For Tuttomercatoweb.com, this gives a clear picture of the situation. Mauro Busquetan Italian prosecutor who is in Malta these days to closely monitor the European Under-19 Championships, but lives in Portugal for about ten months of the year.
Source: Tutto Mercato Web
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