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JESUS Joaquin Fernandez Saez De La Torre – that’s Suso to you and me – took centre-stage, starring for his country as Spain and Portugal played out an entertaining 3-3 draw in the Under-19 European Championships.
Suso’s highlights (shown below) will leave many Liverpool fans mouth’s watering, with a performance reminiscent of David Silva, floating in from wide areas and dictating play. The Reds starlet put the coup de gras on a fine display towards the end of the match with an outrageous ‘flip-flap’ on his poor Portuguese opponent.
18-year old Suso has been touted as one of the gems in the current crop of Liverpool academy graduates, along with Raheem Sterling and most fans want to see him given a first team opportunity in the near future. If he carries on with performances like this, hopefully Brendan Rodgers will oblige.
For now, the young Spaniard will be hoping to continue his exciting form and take it into the semi-finals of the European tournament where his country will meet France this Thursday. Beyond that lies a possible final encounter against England – with Academy team-mates Conor Coady and Jack Robinson.
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I am so tired of hearing he won’t get that much time in the PL oh he needs to harden up, well how the hell do you guys know has he played in the PL maybe i missed that game.
FFS we have talent in the reserves it is time to give them ago, we don’t have unlimited funds so why not have one of the boys on the bench and give them a run. Some one said that he passes too munch and doesn’t shoot, well what about Hendo nobody in the PL passes more than him and he goes backwards and sideways, Suso has talent a good manager can bleed him in and work with him to get him to where he needs to be, Furgi was fantastic at this, Wenger is another i hope that BR can follow suit because he could be the Alonso we lost good knows he has vision to pick out a pass.
If you guys think any player in our squad could do those things apart from Suarez, you’re deluded. I’m not saying it’ll be as easy against Stoke, but the sheer fact that he actually KNOWS how to get past a marker without just outrunning him, make him almost unique in our squad. And he’s so comfortable with the ball, great first touch and not afraid. That’ll help you anywhere. Pacheco was good too, but not this good. Maybe Hammill in his youth.
Great hope for him. How’s Coady doing in the U-20 Championship?