On the football field, great fathers may not have contentious sons, as strong as maradona and Pele, whose sons can only struggle in the shadow of their fathers. Fortunately, not every "ball second generation" will become a dog, and Chiesa will make his father "Old Chiesa".
The protagonist of this article has a father who was once a World Cup champion center-back at the top level of football, and a striker brother who has been sharp in Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and even the Champions League. The 20-year-old Tulam Jr., now playing for Ligue 1 second-place Nice, is looking forward to getting more people to remember his full name--- Clen Thuram.
01. Xueba's father had a legendary football career: both sons also became stars
As a player, Lilian Thuram played for Juventus and Barcelona, two of the top giants. In the French national team, his achievements are even more amazing, as the main player won a World Cup and a European Championship, writing a football legend.
In addition to playing football, Lilian Thuram is also a bully from the Guadeloupe Islands, and he even managed to enter politics after retiring.
His eldest son, Marcus Thuram, embarked on the stage of the big five leagues after a round of his father's retirement, starting with Sochaux's youth training and then becoming famous in Guingamp. Transferred to Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga, he became the team's top scorer and assist king, even taking the team to challenge Bayern's title and leaving beautiful goals in the Champions League.
Marcus's name was once associated with Manchester United and Liverpool, and there is a great possibility of joining the big club in the future.
The youngest son of Lilian Thuram, Clen Thuram grew up in the Monaco youth academy. In the summer of 2019, at the age of 18, he chose to sign his first professional contract with Nice, and then quickly gained the trust of the team and the opportunity to play in the first team.
In the past year and a half of Ligue 1, he has scored 4 goals and 2 assists, which is a very good statistic for an U20 midfielder. Frankfurt in the Bundesliga and AC Milan in Serie A are interested in him, but his current goal is to appear with Nice in next season's Champions League.
02. U20 midfielders with great passing potential: The future is expected to explode
Born on 26 March 2001, the young Thuram, who is now only 20 years old, is 1.91 meters tall and can play at the back and centre-back on the pitch. His ability to have the ball is very good, and he has a strong tactical value of suddenly picking up the ball and moving forward. At the same time, his forward shots and forward straight plugs have good potential and may become a data-excellent midfielder in the future.
As can be seen from the GIF below, he is 1 meter 91 tall and has good flexibility, and after turning around, he suddenly took speed, and several people were connected after the big long legs stepped forward, instantly breaking the Brest defense line. Coming to the 30-meter core area, he split the ball with his teammates on the side, and then inserted himself into the box, but unfortunately the final snatch shot was slightly higher.
Nowadays, the midfielder who can carry the ball forward is becoming more and more popular because more teams pay attention to tight formation and oppressive play. A midfielder with the ability to break the game at a high speed can bring a good strategic advantage.
Little Thuram became famous in Ligue 1 last season, that is, he suddenly picked up the ball and distributed it to his flank teammates, and then he inserted himself in the middle of the box to receive a cross and completed a surprisingly stagnant header to break the goal, so that Marseille could only accept a 0-3 defeat.
Although there are sometimes some inexplicable passing mistakes in the game, the passing potential of the little Thuram is still very good. In addition to helping the team win 2-1 over Nantes with a beautiful goal in the last round of Ligue 1, there were a few good long passes to handle.
In this season's game against Saint-Etienne, this time the opponent goalkeeper made a mistake, and after the break, the little Thuram sent a high-quality over-the-top ball to help Stense enter the box and score.
Let's take a look at this attack, which happened when Nice fell behind Lyon 0-2 and completed a three-goal reversal in the final 12 minutes. It was because of the long pass of the little Thuram that the winger Atel scored the ball and scored a wonderful first goal in the box.
The young midfielder's passes are relatively flat and stable most of the time, but once he feels that it is an opportunity, then sending a very penetrating threatening pass to the vertical space will also be his unhesitating choice.
03. The defense is still weak & a big kill is being practiced
The young midfielder's coverage on the pitch wasn't bad, and his 94% success rate was truly staggering. Many times, as long as he thinks of speeding forward, opponents 2, 3 people can't stop it. However, his ground confrontation success rate is only 49%, or because he is really inefficient when he grabs.
Under Nice's offensive system, the team's two centre-backs have a lot of right to play the ball. Dante and Todibo pass well, and the latter even has a strong ability to advance with the ball. This time, ToddiBo's straight ball found a teammate on the front line, but Bodoi's passing error gave the opponent a chance to counterattack.
The problem with Little Thuram is that he deviates from the choice of foot when retreating, often kicking empty or fouling. This time it was because he kicked his opponent at the time of closing the door and let himself get a yellow card.
Looking at this attack again, it is still Todibal's long diagonal pass to find winger Kluivert Jr. Unfortunately, the latter wanted to break the ball in the penalty area, once again giving Nantes a chance to counterattack.
At that time, Nice was 3 people surrounding the other side of 1 player, but unfortunately, the little Thuram was in the case of an extremely dominant defensive position, but the upper snatch was empty, resulting in the opponent getting the opportunity to break the game, and finally it could only be prevented by teammates fouling.
Over the past two seasons, the little Thuram has been embarrassed by the number of fouls higher than the number of successful steals, which shows that his current defensive skills are still very frizzy. In the days to come, he needs to polish this piece well.
After all, he has a good height and explosive advantage, and his body does not suffer losses when fighting alone. The current data is low, or related to the poor efficiency of the foot.
As mentioned above, the biggest advantage of the little Thuram is to suddenly pick up and carry the ball forward. He even said that after he came to the core area, whether it was a team member, a penalty area to grab a point before the ball, or a ball hitting the wall, he already had a good standard.
It is clear from the GIF that Nice centre-back Dante's pass is beautiful and gives little Thuram an instant chance to start. He came to the core area very quickly, but unfortunately this time his teammates' wall-hitting passes were lighter.
However, in the second half of the game, the little Thuram once again suddenly took off to the core area, and Nantes's first line of defense could not keep up with his rhythm. Guyiri did just the right shot in front of the penalty area, allowing The Little Thuram to score with his left foot after entering the box.
Conclusion:
This is a young man with high tactical value and good future development potential. Even compared to his older brother, who has already made a name for himself in the Champions League, the 20-year-old brother has a higher talent. He will look forward to staying in second place in Ligue 1 with Nice this season, and then letting his talent be discovered by more big teams in the Champions League next season.