Part 4 - Top 10 players to look out for in mid-week friendly matches
4. Mario Goetze
Mario Goetze heads the number four spot in this list due to his remarkable age and talent. Born in Memmingen, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904, and trained through Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy, Mario received his second call up to the German national team senior squad only
recently for Germany’s mid-week friendly tie against Italy. Goetze is unknown in European football to normal football fans at the moment. This is primarily because of the dearth of talent already in the German national team. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the
young face of Germany progressed to the semi-finals only to lose to the eventual winners, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
However, Goetze might start for Germany in mid-week and if he does, Mesut Ozil might start to think about his first team spot in the German national team. Apparently, Goetze plays as an attacking midfielder as well and at 18 years of age, the German playmaker
has tremendous ability and speed at his disposal. With time on his side as well, Goetze has got all the ingredients to become the next http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Ballack-c25270 for the Bavarian giants.
Goetze’s form for Borussia Dortmund has helped them transform into a youthful side which is now challenging for a Champions League spot in the Bundesliga. Not only that, Mario rose to prominence for the German national team in the U-17 European Championships
in 2009. After disappointment in the U-17 European Championships, Goetze headed the German squad for the U-17 World Cup, a tournament in which Germany exceeded all expectations to capture the title of U-17 World Champions.
As the FIFA 2014 World Cup approaches, Germany has undergone a youth revolution in football and Goetze fits perfectly into their bill of youth development. In mid-week, Borussia’s star midfielder might not start the match for the
Die Mannschaft but Joachim Lowe might introduce him in the second half as an impact substitute.
3. Theo Walcott
Arsene Wenger has a reputation for polishing rough talents into superstars. Just a look at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Walcott-c34873 is a part of that story but many will say that the polishing process went wrong somewhere in between,
thanks to Sven-Göran Eriksson. That might be partly true but it is also true that Theo Walcott is a tremendous talent. Last year in the UEFA Champions League, Walcott’s introduction inspired Arsenal to come back from a two goal deficit against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38605 in
the first leg of their quarterfinal tie against the Catalan giants.
In 2006, Sven-Göran Eriksson included Walcott in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749’s national team squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The news was absolutely shocking for the young winger/striker who used to play for Southampton back then. Walcott did travel with England to Germany
for the World Cup but came back without even having a single touch of a football for the three lions in a competitive World Cup fixture. The experience was a sobering one for Walcott as he had to deal with a place on the English national team’s bench even
when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Owen-c25355 was suffering a knee injury during the tournament.
Since then, Walcott has evolved as a player. There are still question marks as to his final delivery from crosses in wide positions but his pace has been a threat to many opponents the Arsenal winger has played against. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 described Walcott as
the most dangerous player he had played against whereas Barcelona’s coach said that one would need a pistol to stop Theo Walcott in his tracks due to the tremendous amount of pace that is at Theo’s disposal.
Arsenal’s starlet was left out of England’s squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but he has now come back onto the scene with a call up for England’s mid-week friendly encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884. He has all the traits to develop into a fine winger but international
football requires more than pace. It requires intellect, something that Walcott has not been able to exhibit thus far in an England shirt. In mid-week, Walcott is expected to start for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello’s team. It remains to be seen whether Theo will flatter to
deceive or just falter all together in the process.
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