Although the domestic football environment is getting better, the level is still far from that of European football, so as long as there is an opportunity, our players will still go out to get better training and improvement. Take young football players as an example, they go to Europe to play all year round and play against high-level teams, so young football players grow very fast. Now a number of players have even stayed in Spain to start their careers abroad, and hopefully they will continue to play overseas if they can.
Recently, a Chinese player playing in Portugal has attracted everyone's attention, this player named Wang Lei plays for Benfica U15 team and was selected for the Portugal U15 national junior team. Wang Lei's Portuguese name is Francisco Wang, and he was selected for Portugal's U15 national youth this time, and it was also the first time in his career that he was selected for the national team. For Benfica, Wang Lei is an important member of them, and Benfica also attaches great importance to the selection of Portugal as a young player, and posted a photo of Wang Lei wearing a Portuguese jersey on the official website. In the photo, Wang Lei is wearing the No. 7 jersey, which symbolizes the core player, and is also the number of Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
Wang Lei is the absolute main force of the Benfica U15B team, scoring 9 goals in 20 appearances this season, and also has 3 appearances for the Benfica U15A team. Benfica's youth training level is very high, and if he can play in the main team in the Benfica echelon and be selected for the Portuguese national youth, it shows that his ability is very strong, and according to this trend, he will be at least a player at the level of the five major leagues in the future. Wang Lei and Ronaldo's characteristics are also very similar, changing direction to get rid of people, explosiveness, and strong backfoot ability, and often a dragon breaks through the opponent left and right to shoot and score.
It is reported that Wang Lei's mother is from Chongqing, and she very much hopes that Wang Lei can play for the Chinese team, but it is too early to talk about this, at least before he is 18 years old, how to choose will not affect who he will play for in the future. At the age of 18, Wang Lei had to choose whether to play for Portugal or China. Although he can now be selected for Portugal's national youth, Portugal's youth training has done very well in recent years, and there are waves of outstanding young players, so Wang Lei needs to maintain his current state, otherwise he will inevitably return to play in China in the future.
Outstanding players in the 09 and 10 age groups ushered in explosive growth, and Dong Lu's football players also had a number of players in the 0910 age group staying in Spain. If these players grow up to the age of players of the national football team and still maintain the current high level of the same age group, then the national football team may really usher in a period of upward movement. But the premise is that the national football team must first survive this trough before this, and fans must also remain patient and accompany the national football team through the trough together.