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Alexis Sanchez: Chile players showered in "own excrement" (football-italia.net)

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[–] static_reset@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I remember when my dad told me about how U.Catolica made some great campaigns in the Libertadores/Sudamerica, I even watched the quarter finals against Palmeiras (in which we deserved more tbh…). funnily enough that was the last time a Chilean team made it to the quarter finals of the Libertadores.

nowadays it’s painful to even see these teams play in the local league. it’s all so shit and badly managed in a lot of aspects. clubs doing shady deals with agents, the tournament stopping for months, lack of professionalism on so many things the clubs do. not to mention academy players are treated like shit here, kids debuting professionally when they’re 21/22 y.o. how the fuck are we supposed to compete when we don’t give them time to get experience from early on?

Católica, who used to have a lot of promising academy players making it to the national team and Europe, is wasting so many players to make way for old, washed dudes. it’s infuriating seeing how clubs on Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay and Argentina are coming up with so many great young players and doing a relatively good with incorporating them into their main teams.

[–] Dsalgueiro@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

clubs doing shady deals with agents

This happens in Brazil too.

not to mention academy players are treated like shit here, kids debuting professionally when they’re 21/22 y.o. how the fuck are we supposed to compete when we don’t give them time to get experience from early on?

Here in Brazil, if you're a young player at the big clubs and you haven't made your professional debut until you're 21/22 years old, the chances of you succeeding are extremely low.

Players with the biggest potential (especially attacking players) will debut before they are 18. Defensive players start a little later.

Talking about Atlético Mineiro, for example... The club's board is under a lot of pressure to give more space to youngsters. It's part of the country's football culture.

Católica, who used to have a lot of promising academy players making it to the national team and Europe, is wasting so many players to make way for old, washed dudes.

I checked out Catolica's squad on Transfermarkt and saw Franco Di Santo there... Holy fuck, one of the worst strikers I've seen playing for Atlético Mineiro.

I'm 100% sure there's a young Chilean better than him.