Part 5 - Top 10 players to look out for in mid-week friendly matches
2. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463
Perhaps England’s best hope of coming up with a ball playing midfielder for the next 15 years, Jack Wilshire is England’s future. In a nation which has gone to great extents to embrace the long ball philosophy, Wilshire is a youthful mirror image of the
likes of Iniesta and Xavi.
Termed by Fabio Capello as better than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 and Claude Makelele, Wilshire is the next big thing in English football. Wilshire is a product of Arsenal’s youth academy and the young midfielder has blossomed under the guidance of Arsene Wenger and
Cesc Fabregas.
Wilshire’s talent can be realized by the fact that Jack Wilshire has been played by the English youth setup in teams which have an age average of above the player’s own age. He played with the U-16 team when he was just 14. When he turned 15, Wilshire was
thrust into action with the U-17 English national team.
Even though, Wilshire was not included in England’s 23 man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he was called up by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hungary-c2920.
However, recently Wilshire was again called up for international duty. This time Jack Wilshire is a favourite to start for the English national team in their mid-week’s friendly fixture against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884.
It will be interesting to see how Capello utilizes Wilshire’s playmaking abilities. While the match is only a friendly one, England might well test their formation by changing their lineup a bit.
There should be no mistaking the fact that Wilshire holds the key for England’s future. Appropriate amount of international football is essential to mould the promising midfielder into a spectacular playmaker.
1. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547
From the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad of the Dutch national team to the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven in Eredivisie and now in ranks of the world’s best club, Barcelona, Ibrahim Afellay has risen at an incredible pace.
Afellay who himself is a Dutch born attacking midfielder of Moroccan descent is one of the most sought after central midfielders in the world.
At just a tender age of 24, Afellay has cemented himself as an attacking midfielder with eagle like vision and snake like reflexes. Not only that, the Dutch maestro has now been called up to Holland’s friendly match against Austria in mid-week.
In the summer of 2010, Afellay was included in Holland’s World Cup squad but he didn’t start a single game for the Men in Orange. Regardless of that, it was a useful experience for Ibrahim as the Dutch ended up as eventual runners up in the competition.
At http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38605, Afellay will surely progress in multitudes alongside the likes of Xavi and Messi. He already has the talent to become one of the leading midfielders in the world but now under the guidance of Pep Guardiola, he has a mentor who can influence
him along the way.
In 2007, Afellay became the Dutch Football Talent of the Year. After that he became a part of the Dutch team’s senior setup under Bert Van Marwijk but he has not yet secured a first team spot for himself due to the presence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799.
As Holland prepares to face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Austria-c2844 in mid-week, Afellay can very well feature for the European giants. All that remains to be seen is whether Barcelona’s newest signing will be up to the task of international football.
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