Juan Sebastian Perón, affectionately known as the "wizard". Why is there such a nickname? In fact, it is not because of his skills, but because his father, Raymond Perón, is a famous "wizard" in Argentina, and he inherited his father's nickname, so everyone has called him "Little Wizard" since then.
And his performance on the field is indeed worthy of the name of "wizard", comprehensive technology, with a big picture view, often able to pass unexpected, strange passes, and his set-piece technique often makes the opposing goalkeeper marvel. Perón's excellent performance on the field made the outside world even think that he, the "wizard" father, had somehow channeled magic to his son's feet.
Verón debuted on the Argentine domestic collegiate team, joining Argentine domestic giants Boca Juniors at the age of 21, when he was a teammate of Maradona. However, he did not play for Boca for a long time, and was immediately taken to Sampdoria by Swedish coach Eriksen. At that time, Veron had already shown his characteristics in long-range shooting and passing, but it was not his peak.
The so-called peak of Perón also begins with the summer of France in 1998. It was the first World Cup he played for the Argentine national team, and it was the most regrettable one. Argentina lost to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals, but Despite this, Veron was still the assist king of that tournament.
In the second round of the group stage against Jamaica, Veron broke through the opposing line with the ball and suddenly sent a pass that penetrated the defense, and Ortega faced the goalkeeper and scored it
Quarter-final against England, exquisite free kick design
Quarter-final, assisted Cladio Lopez to equalize
In fact, in addition to this goal, Perón also sent many wonderful passes for Batistuta in the game, and if the "God of War" had seized one of the opportunities, the ending of that summer might have been different.
In the summer after the World Cup, Verón moved from Samp to Parma, where he won the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia doubles that season.
Assisted in the League Cup final with Chiesa
After a season at Parma, Verón was again called by Eriksen, this time to another Serie A team, Lazio.
The 24-year-old at the time was undoubtedly at the peak of his career, with Italian commentators believing Perón was the only midfielder to rival Zidane. You should know that series A was still in a prosperous period at that time, and there were a large number of excellent players like Nedved, Louis Costa, Totti and so on in the midfield organization. The fans only praised Perón because the way the "wizard" played the ball, they could not see through.
Perón was in exceptional form when he joined Lazio, scoring four goals in five appearances in the first six rounds of Serie A in 1999–00, scoring in four games.
A season before he joined Lazio, the Blue Hawks were runners-up by one point, while Perón's arrival helped them beat Juventus to win the league title by one point. That season, the team was 9 points behind Juve, but finally completed a stunning reversal. The biggest difference between the two seasons was the addition of Veron, who was the heart of the team's midfield, when he had a lot of space in midfield and was free to plug in the attack. He scored eight goals in the league all season, which became his most goalscoring season.
At that time, he scored in three main ways, set-pieces, long-range shots, and scoring goals after insertion, and at that time, Veron's ability to grab points after insertion was not inferior to that of pure point-grabbing strikers:
A thunderous free-kick broke the goal, and he also scored a corner kick directly into the opposing net:
And then there are those powerful and powerful long-range shots:
In 2001, Veron joined Manchester United for the then-record transfer price for an English club. He was definitely good enough, otherwise Ferguson would never have spent such a large sum of money to sign him. At the time, Ferguson spoke highly of Veron: "United have successfully brought in one of the best players in world football today. Veron is a very good player, there's no doubt about that. He is an attacking midfielder with outstanding stature, skill and endurance. ”
Hargreaves, who played for Bayern Munich at the time, regarded Perón as an icon and commented on the deal: "Perón is my favourite star, and his skills are very comprehensive - possession, passing, headers, tackles and shots are excellent. If there's one thing I want to be like, it's him. ”
Although we know that Veron did not show the level he deserved at Manchester United, and the outside world even called it a parallel cargo, Ferguson once lashed out at reporters to defend Perón, leaving the classic sentence - "I fucking don't want to talk to you, he's a fucking great player, you're a fucking idiot." ”
After leaving Manchester United to join Chelsea, Veron was plagued by injuries and still showed his incompatibility with English football culture. But does this encounter really deny Veron's talent?
Veron's experience was by no means a success, but it wasn't entirely due to his personal reasons. There are many factors involved, such as bad tactics, different training cultures, injuries, the pressure of huge transfer fees, and Veron's own personality. When he first arrived at Manchester United, Ferguson himself did not understand how to use Veron. United's four midfielders At the time, Giggs, Keane, Scholes and David Beckham, who were used to the four-midfield position, needed to adapt to each other when Veron suddenly joined, and the Manchester United midfielders were slow to adapt.
When playing for Lazio, Veron has a striker like Simeone and El meda behind him, and a good centre-back like Nesta in the defensive line, and their presence helps Perón to be more free in the front. But the situation at United was different at that time, the team lost Stam, the defense itself was unstable, Veron lost the privilege of midfield, Keane thought Argentina should have a must-have attitude of every goal like everyone else, and Veron's lazy style in some games angered Keane. Looking back, it's no coincidence that Veron was at his best at Manchester United, just in time for Keane to be out of the squad due to injury.
Even Xiao Bei was impressed by the ability to take free kicks:
On the passing ability alone, At that time, Veron was definitely one of the best in Manchester United, with long passes over the top, instep passes, straight plugs, all kinds of tricks, unexpected ways for the opposing defenders, Veron's feet can be passed, and the key is still very accurate.
The two classic combinations with Xiaobei, especially the pass that Veron sent to Xiaobei, are extremely pleasing to the eye.
For Veron, the experience was not a success, but it was by no means a failure. He just joined the right team at the wrong time.
After leaving England, Veron was loaned to former team-mate Mancini,laming Inter. The position was withdrawn to the position of the back of the organization, when The Veron style of play was getting slower and slower, obviously different from the style of play in the peak of the past, he had approached a pure organizer, the position on the pitch was getting farther and farther away from the box, and the second was to use the small explosive force to suddenly break through the moment that was almost invisible. After that, he chose to return to his hometown and return to the place where his career began, the University of La Plata. In 2009, the École de la Plata won the Copa Libertadores that year, when Verón was 34 years old and could still become the MVP of the tournament.
If he could do it all over again, Veron joined Manchester United a few years later, and Ferguson placed him in the 4-2-3-1 formation as the core of the organisation, when his technical prowess combined with his physical condition could turn out to be very different...
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