The most important youth tournament in the world starts. Vinicius, Neymar, Gabriel Jesús, Martinelli, Oscar, Lucas Moura, Ganso, Marquinhos, Danilo, Casemiro …
Scouts of the European clubs
Scouts from the best European clubs are gathering today in Brazil in search of the new gold medal. The Sao Paulo Juniors Cup begins, the Copinha, the youth tournament from which the best Brazilian players come , the event that for many is considered the largest talent pool on the planet. The list of stars that came out of this competition is endless. Among the latter is, without going any further, Vinicius Junior, who five editions ago left the scouts of Madrid and Barça speechless , always faced by the main talents in this type of competition. Finally, Juni Calafat, the boss of the white technical secretariat, ended up convincing him to choose the Bernabéu. The rest is history.
At the time another young man caused the same impact playing with Santos. His name, of course, was Neymar. And there are more prominent ones who later were stars like Gabriel Jesús, Martinelli, Oscar, Lucas Moura, Ganso, Marquinhos, Danilo, Casemiro … The last winner was Inter de Porto Alegre in 2020 (last year it was suspended by Covid) and the most important club The laureate is Corinthians, with ten titles. This year the tournament will be Sub-21, not Sub-20, precisely because it was not held in 2021. Among the aces to follow in the current edition there are several that will give people a talk.
Matheus Araujo (Corinthians, 2002, midfielder)
From the U-17 world champion generation, classic number 10 shirt, recently renewed until 2024 and with very good performance in Corinthians youth football. Many hopes were placed on him. Right-handed, he is expected in the tournament because he has the imagination to generate play between the lines.