Who is Joao Felix? The jewel Benfica and the crazy Cristiano Ronaldo

Former FIFA Vice President Roy Gomes da Silva expresses his admiration for Joao Felix's new talent for the Eagles when he said: "He was the best player of Alfaladi." It was great to see Ronaldo watch him play, The promising striker, who scored the Sporting Lisbon match with a superb finish, increased his lead to 8 goals and scored 3 more in all competitions that he disputed in just 1,000 minutes.

At the Jose Alvaldi stadium in the Lisbon derby, Felix gathered 45,000 spectators, including legendary Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who would have been impressed by Benfica's talent for his former team. For Don, his first 1,000 minutes with the first team, He scored 3 goals and one goal, which means Felix had a better start, but also Neymar (scoring 4 and 2), Mbabi (record 4 and 6) at about the same time.

According to Ase, only Lionel Messi was able to make a better start in his first 1000 minutes with the first team. He scored 13 goals and eight goals in the Barcelona jersey early in his career with the Catalan team. Everything seems easy for Felix, despite his young age and the supposed difficulties because of his lack of experience.

Felix's talent was clear at the age of eight, but because of his weakened physique, which pushed his mother to describe him as an outsider, Joao did not continue with the Portuguese as they were convinced that he was not strong enough to be eliminated in 2014 at the highest level. Spend seven years in the youth sector, which can now be described as a big mistake.

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Since moving to Benfica, Felix has developed a strong desire not to miss the new opportunity he had with another great team and to prove that Porto and his mother were wrong when they thought his body would be an obstacle to his dream. . Joao continued to improve and started to put his mark. When he became the youngest player to score a goal in the Portuguese second division with the Benfica B team.

Felix was ruled out of Portugal's 19-year-old, winner of the European nations last summer, allowing him to join the preparations for the season for Benfica. He was rewarded with a chance in the Boavista match and played about three minutes on August 18th. The following week was a special for the player after his participation in the Champions League against Paock as a substitute, then a mark for the derby match against Sporting Lisbon.

Felix described his goal in Sporting Lisbon as the best moment of his life in an article, especially since this goal echoed his name on the lips of most supporters. The remainder of his duties in 2018 were limited to cup matches as a primary reserve and league, changing the Benfica coaching staff to give the player his chance as a primary.

Benfica fired coach Roy Vittoria last January after a 2-0 defeat against Portumense. Bruno Laga was designated as good news for Joao Felix because he had already coached it in the Redef team. The way to play 4-4-2.

The 19-year-old Seferovic, from Switzerland, managed to form a particular frenzy, scoring seven goals in all competitions, more than his first five months, comparing legends such as Roy Costa, Zinedine Zidane for his ability to create opportunities and his quick reading of the game.

There are also those who see a great similarity between Felix and the duo Johan Cruyff and Bernardo Silva under the pretext that Joao prefers to give him all his freedom on the field, especially since the player absorbs football in an excellent way and almost older.

Felix has all the qualities that make him a modern striker, who manages to stop attacks, play with both feet and score well. This is the kind of player that enhances the rest of the team. It can also change things and reverse the roles of the opponent. Every trainer wants them.

In this context, it is not surprising to know that the player is watched by several European clubs, including Real Madrid, Paris St Germain and Manchester United, while Benfica evaluates the player to nearly 120 million euros .

Regarding the next player, Felix already wanted to play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in a statement to Toto Sport when he said: I want to play next to Cristiano Ronaldo because he's just the best he is my idol and a universal icon, like everyone else. The only one to become like him, is to play next to him to grow more and more, he always wants to improve, which inspires me.

After Ronaldo saw him on the field in the derby against Lisbon, Don gave the nomination to the Juventus officials, while Manchester United asked Sir Alex Ferguson to sign Ronaldo after his brilliant victory in the a friendly match? For Juventus, the team can congratulate itself on a talent contract.