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Marcos Lopes
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Can you repost the link? That one <<< is fucked.
A very nice article from a New Zealand web site (The Dominion Post)
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“One of world football’s leading starlets is raring to go and ready to dazzle at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium on Sunday.
Portugal’s Marcos “Rony” Lopes is expected to be one of the big stars of the 2015 Fifa U-20 World Cup, and will make his first appearance of the tournament against Senegal on Sunday afternoon.
Lopes, a product of Manchester City’s youth academy, and before that Benfica, has had a breakthrough season on loan at French top flight club Lille and has football scouts talking.
Expected to be the first real success story from Manchester City’s academy, Lopes is the club’s youngest ever scorer, having scored in a FA Cup victory over Watford at the age of 17 years and eight days.
His loan spell in France saw Lopes make 18 appearances, scoring three goals, and his return to Manchester City next season could see him added to the first team squad.
The performances he puts in during the world cup could have a bearing on that decision, and Lopes said his team are in top shape.
“The team is excited to start the competition. We’re all focused on our job, on what we have to do, and hopefully we’ll start well,” Lopes said.
“Every team in our group is a good team, so it’s difficult. To start with Senegal, they are a good team, but we trust in our team and believe we can have a good game and get a good result.
“Our mentality is to go game by game, to win every game and go as far as possible.”
Attack is the best form of defence for the Portuguese team, and Lopes said they plan to keep possession of the ball as much as they can.
“The other team can’t score when we have the ball, so we like to keep possession of the ball. That’s our style.
“This is a very confident team, we believe in each other.”
Nicknamed “Rony” because he was often spotted wearing a Ronaldo jersey when he was younger, Lopes will be Portugal’s central threat on attack.
But should opposing defences focus too hard on Lopes, Portugal have plenty of attacking talent and the knowledge of each others games to make the added space count.
Lopes said the bulk of the team have been playing together in national squads since they were 15, and this could be their last major tournament as a group.
“We’ve played together for years, so we have a close bond as a team,” Lopes said.
“When I was 15 and playing for Benfica I was playing with a lot of the players, and we played against each other all the time.”
Even though they now play for different clubs, nothing changes when they meet up and wear a Portuguese shirt.
“It’s so important to have that culture in the team. We love playing together.”
Get in to watch Lopes while you can. He looks set to be one of the future stars of the tournament.”
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“One of world football’s leading starlets is raring to go and ready to dazzle at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium on Sunday.
Portugal’s Marcos “Rony” Lopes is expected to be one of the big stars of the 2015 Fifa U-20 World Cup, and will make his first appearance of the tournament against Senegal on Sunday afternoon.
Lopes, a product of Manchester City’s youth academy, and before that Benfica, has had a breakthrough season on loan at French top flight club Lille and has football scouts talking.
Expected to be the first real success story from Manchester City’s academy, Lopes is the club’s youngest ever scorer, having scored in a FA Cup victory over Watford at the age of 17 years and eight days.
His loan spell in France saw Lopes make 18 appearances, scoring three goals, and his return to Manchester City next season could see him added to the first team squad.
The performances he puts in during the world cup could have a bearing on that decision, and Lopes said his team are in top shape.
“The team is excited to start the competition. We’re all focused on our job, on what we have to do, and hopefully we’ll start well,” Lopes said.
“Every team in our group is a good team, so it’s difficult. To start with Senegal, they are a good team, but we trust in our team and believe we can have a good game and get a good result.
“Our mentality is to go game by game, to win every game and go as far as possible.”
Attack is the best form of defence for the Portuguese team, and Lopes said they plan to keep possession of the ball as much as they can.
“The other team can’t score when we have the ball, so we like to keep possession of the ball. That’s our style.
“This is a very confident team, we believe in each other.”
Nicknamed “Rony” because he was often spotted wearing a Ronaldo jersey when he was younger, Lopes will be Portugal’s central threat on attack.
But should opposing defences focus too hard on Lopes, Portugal have plenty of attacking talent and the knowledge of each others games to make the added space count.
Lopes said the bulk of the team have been playing together in national squads since they were 15, and this could be their last major tournament as a group.
“We’ve played together for years, so we have a close bond as a team,” Lopes said.
“When I was 15 and playing for Benfica I was playing with a lot of the players, and we played against each other all the time.”
Even though they now play for different clubs, nothing changes when they meet up and wear a Portuguese shirt.
“It’s so important to have that culture in the team. We love playing together.”
Get in to watch Lopes while you can. He looks set to be one of the future stars of the tournament.”
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I've bought a 1 month Eurosport subscription to watch Lopes and Iheanacho, looking forward to see them in action!
everythingchangesbutblue
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Good read that mate.Done a little loan review on Marcos Lopes's time at Lille if anyone fancies a read....
<a class="postlink" href="http://inesteemedkompany.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/marcos-lopes-lille-osc-loan-review.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://inesteemedkompany.blogspot.co.uk ... eview.html</a>
I've bought a 1 month Eurosport subscription to watch Lopes and Iheanacho, looking forward to see them in action!
At those times.. Zzz, impressive i must say.
citytill1die84
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IMO another year out on loan and this kid could potentially break through. Hope so anyway seems like a nice down to earth young lad with plenty of confidence.
Idontpullout
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Looking good so far today. Interesting that the commentator is pronouncing his name not as lopez but lopes, as in sounds like mopes. He even said it was requested that he pronounced it that way.