Chatón Enríquez

Hi there! It has been a week since I wrote my first post in the blog, I ask myself, how can a week pass that quick? Anyway, I first want to thank to those who read my post, and also I want to recognize those people that commented about the post. Actually, I will like to answer the fifth comment right now. Mr. Serrano, it actually does not occur every day (winning the World Cup) so, I don’t see how, after displaying good soccer in their respective teams, being selected in the national squad, and winning the most prestigious tournament in their category, it is not the right time. If it is not, when would the right time be? After losing their talent because they were not able to develop it? I don’t think so! Well, this is just an argument, it is not something personal against you. What I mean, is that I am not trying to confront anybody, I am just analyzing the soccer issues.

Well, such a good way to warm up for today’s theme, Jorge Chatón Enríquez. Enríquez plays for the first division Chivas team, and plays as the captain of the Mexican National Team. He was widely questioned during the U-20 World Cup. People complained about his ball control and distribution, but despite these critics, he won the bronze ball, recognition to the third best player in the tournament, and won the third place with the Mexican team.

Sport commentators ask if Enríquez should be in the first team of Chivas, or he must gain a spot?. I have seen Enríquez play, and I can only say positive things about him. He is fast, tall, he has a strong personality, emotionally strong, he plays easily without risking his team, he was the best ball winner of the Cup, and many more aptitudes. So, I actually think that he already gained his spot in the first team after his presentation in the U-20 World Cup.

What do you people think?

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chaton+enríquez&aq=f

Work Cited:

"'Chatón' Enríquez, Reconocido En Colombia - El Universal - Deportes." Web. 26 Aug. 2011. .

Development of U-17 Soccer World Champions

The young soccer promises of Mexico have won the U-17 World Cup this summer. These kids have such promising futures, impulsing Mexican soccer to grow. These players are geniuses that must train as such. Ricardo ‘Tuca’ Ferretti, the Tigres UANL trainer, told the press: “The kid is U-17, and he will join his category, that is all I have to comment”, about Jorge Espiricueta a U-17 champion (PasiónSports). ‘Tuca’ thinks that the players should have a strict development in their careers, that they should train in their respective categories and that they should not jump to higher categories. Ferretti is right, you don’t teach a baby to walk before crawling, much less teach him to run. But, what about prodigy children, how can they finish a PhD at the age of 12 without passing through college, highschool, or even junior highschool.

When we talk about the U-17 world champions we talk about prodigy children, geniuses in their respective field, soccer. This is the main reason why the Mexican soccer doesn’t develop as fast as the European or the South American soccer. In that countries the trainers debut players at their early 17, so they would be capable to develop faster than other players. That’s what happened with today’s best soccer player in the world, Lionel Messi, which also happened with the best soccer player of all time, Pele. These great players both debuted before they were 17 years old, which took them to their great soccer careers.

Returning to the theme, maybe U-17 champions should not debut in professional soccer but should go to higher categories, even maybe train with their club’s first team, as Raúl ‘Potro’ Gutiérrez said. At the end, the base of U-17 team is the future of the Mexican soccer, and if we don’t let them develop we are destroying their talent.

I left the link of a great goal of Jorge Espiricueta in the Semifinal of the U-17 World Cup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wkxbn91l2Y

Works Cited:

Carrillo, Pablo, Juan Carlos Veraza, and Raúl Gutiérrez. Palabra Del Deporte. Grupo Imagen Media. Imagen, Distrito Federal, México, July 2011. Radio.

Link of the Radio Interview (Minute 12:00):

http://www.imagen.com.mx/audio/33701/

"PasiónSports." PasiónSports ::: El Técnico Que Todos Llevamos Dentro. Web. 18 Aug. 2011. .