Winger King

On the day the invitational tournament ended, Ajax U21 returned to Amsterdam.

Although this tournament was just a small warm-up event with an average audience of only two to three thousand people.

But because it is now in the off-season, many English media have devoted a lot of space to report on the tournament.

The Manchester Evening News had the highest coverage density. This Manchester paper media had made an analysis before the game.

The Manchester Evening News thought that with Lingard, Januzaj, Michael Keane and McNair, Manchester United U21 should be able to easily beat Ajax U21, whose average starting age is less than 20 years old.

Unexpectedly, Manchester United U21 players were overwhelmed by their opponents in the game, and Lingard and Januzaj were overshadowed by Sun Yu and Van der Beck.

After the first game, it was the Manchester Evening News that first gave the title of "Ajax Twins".

After the second game, the Manchester Evening News even firmly believed that Sun Yu, who contributed 4 goals and 1 assist in two games, has surpassed Januzai, who played 30 times in the first team last season, in terms of comprehensive strength.

You know, Januzai was once considered by Ferguson to have the potential to become the second Cristiano Ronaldo. After the old man retired, he even entrusted Januzai to Moyes.

As a result, Januzai played 30 times last season and only contributed 4 goals. After Van Gaal took office, he did not intend to reuse him and introduced Di Maria from Real Madrid.

After analyzing the two players, the Manchester Evening News believed that Sun Yu was obviously better than Januzai in dribbling and speed.

Compared with Sun Yu, Januzai is more comprehensive, but has no technical highlights.

The Manchester Evening News believes that the biggest difference between the two players is willpower and communication skills.

Facing the Manchester United U21 defensive player who already has experience on loan in the English League One, Sun Yu seemed very determined in the game and has been communicating effectively with his teammates.

Even facing the Ajax U21 players who lacked match experience, Januzai, who had been trained for a season and followed the Belgian team to compete in the World Cup, did not have many highlights.

The report believed that Januzai had been playing with his head covered in the game, and did not lead his teammates at all.

The Mirror, which has always been known for its professionalism, even believed that Sun Yu was the best player of the tournament.

They used a lot of space to evaluate Sun Yu: "The player contributed 4 goals and 1 assist in two games, completed 15 breakthroughs in two games, and the success rate of one-on-one passing exceeded 80%."

"From a technical point of view, this left-footed winger is not good at passing and heading. He lacks sufficient vision and has defects in his right foot ability."

"But this young man knows where his strengths are, and he does not let his technical shortcomings become his obstacles."

"From a tactical point of view, the captain of Ajax U21 is in the team The important tactical value was reflected in the process of winning. "

"He almost never lost the ball when attacking, and he did a good job of restraining the opponent's defense. He still scored the winning goal for the team under the opponent's tight defense."

"When defending, he always limited the performance of the right back to the greatest extent, which was vividly reflected in the final."

"Sun Yu dragged down Bellerin in the final, thus ensuring the team's victory."

The Mirror believes that Sun Yu, Lingard, Bellerin, Iwobi and Van de Beek can have a place in the Premier League in the future.

As the top football media in the UK, The Guardian predicted the 50 future stars of European football before the start of the season.

These players are between 18 and 20 years old, and they are all future stars of various clubs. Sun Yu's name is on the list.

Sun Yu looked at the list of players with interest. There are many old acquaintances in the world football in the next ten years.

Sterling, Marquinhos, Stones, Kovacic, Coman, Calhanoglu, Laporte, Rabiot, Luke Shaw, Mitrovic, these future prominent figures are all included.

Of course, there are also players like Bentaleb, Dier, Deulofeu, Januzai, Origi, Zouma, Bruma, Chambers and Berardi who seem to have great potential now and then gradually disappear from the mainstream media.

There are also some players that Sun Yu didn't have much impression of when he played FM in his previous life, which shows that nothing can guarantee his future except himself.

Even if the authoritative media searched all European clubs and gave a list through in-depth analysis, there is no way to guarantee that the players on the list can become talents, and they can't even guarantee that these players can become second-rate players.

The list is not includedThe ranking is based on the players’ evaluation, but judging from the players’ evaluation, the order in which the players appear is actually the predicted ranking of the newspaper.

The first place on this list is naturally Sterling. This kid has already established a firm foothold in Liverpool’s first team last year and participated in the World Cup that just ended. He has basically no rivals in this wave of players.

Sun Yu counted from the back to the front, and he ranked 41st among all the players. This ranking means that being shortlisted for the Golden Boy Award this year is a victory.

And Januzaj basically kicked his own value out through this invitational tournament, and his position even appeared after Sun Yu.

This incident once again confirmed Sun Yu’s speculation that any seemingly insignificant event will affect the outside world’s evaluation of young players.

Especially the same-field competition, which can be compared horizontally, is simply a qualifying competition for young players in the same position.

In this list, Ajax has a total of two players selected, and the other player is Milik, who was loaned from Leverkusen, and he ranked 31st.

Van de Beek did not appear on this list because he was too young.

After reading this list, combined with what happened in the next ten years, Sun Yu can only say that the world has the function of selective amnesia.

For example, Bayern's midfielder star Hojbjerg even ranked fifth in this list.

As a youth player of Bayern, Hojbjerg, who is the same age as Sun Yu, started for Bayern in the German Cup last season and helped the team win the German Cup.

This guy won the title of the best player selected by the Danish Players' Union at the age of 18, although the Danish Footballer of the Year has three calibers: the Players' Union, the Football Association and professional players' voting.

But being able to take away a selection of the best player at this age is enough to show Hojbjerg's strength.

In the history of Danish football, the last player who was elected the best at the age of 18 can be traced back to Laudrup forty years ago.

At this age, Guardiola can be optimistic about Hojbjerg's ability.

But it is said that this guy can't bear the huge pressure in the giants, and later transferred to Southampton and Tottenham.

At this stage of life, no one knows what their future will be like.

After returning to Amsterdam, Sun Yu immediately started training the next day, even harder than before.

This invitational tournament is of great significance to him. The evaluation of the game mode has given him a clearer understanding of Ajax's position in European football.

It is impossible to become a top player in world football in a three-star club. He is still very far away from this goal.

But this game also has a very positive meaning. As long as you seize every opportunity to show yourself, you will definitely be seen.

After another week of devilish training, Ajax U21 ushered in the last warm-up opponent before the season-Feyenoord U21.

4 to 1!

Ajax U21 defeated the Dutch rival neatly. Under the opponent's strict defense, Sun Yu first scored a goal and then scored a penalty kick he created.

Still the top level of the same age group!

Unfortunately, the game mode only counts official game data, and Sun Yu has to wait until the season starts to enjoy the new features of the system.

Ajax U21 has been playing smoothly recently, but the first team has suffered a blow in the new season.

August 3.

Dutch Super Cup.

Ajax was in a dominant position, but Zwolle stole the ball in the second half and suffered a black start in the season.

This game made the club criticized by the media before the league even started.

The Dutch media generally said that this Ajax team was too casual in the transfer market.

If they face the new season with this lineup, there is basically no chance of winning the league for five consecutive years.