There was great adversity in the early stages of Yeferson Soteldo’s career.
He grew up in the disadvantaged community of El Muertico in the city of Acarigua, where he claims that an early tomb was the most likely maximum option for a career in professional football, and was given a position at the Academy of Caracas, Venezuela’s highest rating. club of success – was expelled at the age of 14 for “indiscipline”.
In addition, there were big questions about his physical ability for a professional: he is now 23 years old and only five feet and two inches tall.
But Venezuela’s top decorated coach, Noel Sanvicente, gave Zamora a momentary chance and set him on track for Saturday’s Copa Libertadores final between Santos and Palmeiras in rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana.
Following in Messi’s footsteps
The six-time Golden Ball winner, Lionel Messi, is an apparent inspiration to several players, however, Soteldo felt a stronger bond than most with Barcelona’s superstar when he made his way with Zamora, Huachipato and the University of Chile before Santos was located in 2019.
“Everyone talks about my size, that I won’t be able to play football because of my size, because I’m so small. Now I’m here, they gave it to me,” Soteldo told the official. Freedoms website.
“It’s for other young people who are also small. You can see Soteldo and say, “I can too. “I did this with Messi. “
Since his arrival at the Brasileiro Championship, it is only his small stature and discolored blond hair that has brought him to the court.
Soteldo has established itself as one of the league’s high hard extremes, its low center of gravity, speed and fast feet make it a serious risk when it has extensive possession.
No wonder he’s tried more haggling (308) than anyone else since the start of Brasileiro 2019, but it’s what makes him dangerous at the time.
Soteldo averages one shot every two games (0. 6) in Brazil’s elite and creates a chance after a postponement at least once every 90 minutes (1. 1), an amount in the league’s most sensible among players who have played for at least 1800 more minutes. the last two seasons.
This ability allowed him to score five goals and score 3 after a drag, representing more than a third of his 22 goals (13 scored, nine assisted) in the competition.
It is difficult for defenders to avoid it and he is relentless, for 90 minutes averages 5. 3 runs of at least 10 meters and 3. 8 races with catch, the latter being the maximum active among the active players of the division.
Intensify
He has controlled the Liberators this way this season, with Carlos Tevez (30) and Nicolos angeleste of los Angeles Cruz (31) offering more key passes than Soteldo (28) in the competition.
However, Soteldo has plos angelesand one less game and has an average of 3 created opportunities consistent with the game, so plos angelesy is expected to be at the same point as De los Angeles Cruz after the final.
The portages were once again a key component of Venezuelan production, with 11 of his key passes after a postponement, 3 more than any other player, only one resulted in an assist.
This is not to say that Soteldo is systematically involved, in this season’s Liberators he has 22 random direct appearances, where his only contribution to those open game sequences to create luck, no player in the festival has a more direct and random participation and that shows that the 23-year-old can still get away with a fatal ball.
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Life in Vila Belmiro is not a walk through the park for Soteldo.
Santos accepted a move offered by Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia last October, but Soteldo chose to do so because of his preference to play in Europe.
The Brazilian aspect only sought to sell to avoid a FIFA sanction on the prices opposed to Huachipato after his arrival at the club, a monetary crisis that made his long term uncertain.
In South America’s most important club game, in one of the continent’s most prominent stadiums, Soteldo can have a massive voice about what’s to come next.
Your adventure to this point shows that you will let anything get in your way.
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