Keep an eye on Rajkovic (GK). What that kid is doing is quite amazing. I think he'll end up at some big club soon enough as he already shined on two youth tournaments. It was pretty laughable to see him benched at Red Star while some moron like Bajkovic was playing. But he's a starter now and a captain. And today when we won the U-20 WC he was awarded as the best GK.
I was just going to ask you who is good in this Serbia team, seems that he is a big leader. In the past few U20 World Cups there have been a few future champions on show (Pogba, James, Kondogbia, Lacazette, Zouma, Alcacer, Calhanoglu, Kane, Griezmann, Koke, Coutinho, Oscar, Danilo and others) but also a lot of players who never fulfilled their potential past that age.
If I go back to 2009 and beyond to give players a bit of time there aren't that many who became notable players from the eventual winners.
2009 Winners: Ghana - Agyemang-Badu, A. Ayew, J. Mensah
2009 Finalists: Brazil - Rafael, Douglas Costa, Ganso
2009 Best Player: Dominic Adiyiah
2007 Winners: Argentina - Agüero, Fazio, Di Maria, Banega, Romero, Zarate
2007 Finalists: Czech Republic - Fenin, Mazuch
2007 Best Player: Sergio Agüero
2005 Winners: Argentina - Messi, Gago, Garay, Agüero, Zabaleta, Biglia
2005 Finalists: Nigeria - Taiwo, Mikel
2005 Best Player: Lionel Messi
2003 Winners: Brazil - Dani Alves, Nilmar, Fernandinho
2003 Finalists: Spain - Iniesta, Gabi
2003 Best Player: Ismael Matar
Very random tournament in terms of player production, should definitely be treated as a team victory rather than scouting potential, but obvious quality is obvious.
I was looking at the England and Italy squads that made this tournament
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship_squads#.C2.A0England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup_squads#.C2.A0England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup_squads#.C2.A0England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup_squads#.C2.A0Italy
What a load of crap. Only Milner and Bonaventura have made any progress.
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I was watching Mali vs Senegal (u20) yesterday and was really impressed with Adama Traoré. At 1st I thought that was Barca's player and say f*ck we won't get him but apparently that's another Traoré. He plays for Lille.
He won player of the tournament.