Training Almanac
Eighty years have passed since the first-ever final for the youngest age group in Portugal: a match between Sporting and Académica.
Since then, names such as Pauleta, who scored in the 10-1 win between Porto and Santa Clara at the Antas, or Bandeirinha, an 86 World Cup winner (who never actually played for the national team), immediately come to mind. Or, in the case of the managers: Eusébio won the national youth title in 83; Manuel Machado defeated stars such as Figo, or Porfírio, in a league final decided by penalties between Sporting and Vitória SC; Aurélio, the scout everyone knows, won the youth title with Sporting; Manuel Queiróz won three titles with Boavista; António Feliciano, one of the famous Torres de Belém of the 40s/50s, extended that record to six while at Porto; in midfield, Benfica had the Argentine José Valdivieso, a five-time champion over six years. And what can be said about Sporting’s epic 2006 season under Aurélio Pereira (him again)? Champions across the board, among the junior, youth, and under-17 teams.
Publisher: FPF Books
ISBN: 9789898979346
Binding: capa mole
Pages: 120
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