Borquez, Chile’s dedicated custodian

• The best screw during this year’s South American U-17 Championship
• Neuer, Bravo and Courtois are his purpose models
• Uses a internet “to investigate other goalkeepers and improve”

While many youngsters his age spend a lot of time on their gaming consul or YouTube, Julio Junior Borquez prefers to investigate goalkeepers when he is online.

“I’m someone that generally watches a lot of football,” a Chile U-17 goalkeeper told FIFA.com. “Above all, though, we demeanour for clips of keepers training, or watch them in games and compare highlights. we concentration on all a tiny sum to try and improve.”

Asked about his purpose models, a teen says, “Neuer, Bravo and Courtois. Perhaps we brand a bit some-more with a initial dual given of a approach they can play with a round during their feet. Neuer is something of an mould for a destiny of goalkeeping.”  

Borquez positively seems to be on a right lane to follow his heroes, carrying been voted best goalkeeper during a South American U-17 Championship in March, when La Rojita requisitioned their place during a FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.

To put his performances in context, it is value observant that Chile cumulative gift in front of an trusting home support and, in a 4 games his side won there (all 1-0 victories), Borquez did not concur a goal.

“Those purify sheets are not only down to me,” a Deportes Iquique connoisseur quietly explained. “It’s a organisation feat and contingent on everybody doing their job. we did cave and my team-mates did theirs.”

The pivotal diversion for Borquez was a 1-1 pull with Colombia in a organisation phase. Chile went behind after he came out for round that he unsuccessful to collect. However, a immature protector duly finished justification by saving a chastisement during a genocide to safeguard his side salvaged a point.

“That idea was tough to take though I’m mentally strong. That’s because we was prepared to save a chastisement and atone for my mistake. we mostly watch it again before a diversion as motivation. It reminds me that we should never give up.”

Did we know?
Chile went into a final matchday of a Sudamericano wanting to kick Brazil to take a continental title. Coach Hernan Caputo, himself a former veteran keeper, opted to start Rodrigo Cancino in goal. Having conceded only 4 times in their 6 prior games, La Rojita afterwards shipped 5 to a Brazilians to finish second.

 “What did we contend to Rodrigo? we entirely upheld him only as he’s always finished with me. We need to quarrel for any other as a plea we have forward of us is immense,” suggested a 17-year-old.

Chile during India 2017
Chile have been drawn in Group F alongside England (who they play on 8 October), Iraq (11 October) and Mexico (14 October). “The feverishness and steam will make it difficult, so that’s because we’re doing a lot of earthy preparation. In footballing terms, we wish to be a compare for whoever we face,” pronounced a player.

Five questions

• Why do cite a name Junior? “I’ve what I’ve been called given we was a child and we feel some-more gentle with it”
• Is it loyal we left propagandize for football? “No. we finished my delegate preparation in night school”
• Why did we select goalkeeping? “I was about four, and one day a group was brief a goalkeeper. we favourite throwing myself about and perplexing to get a ball”
• Something about we that has changed? “My weight. That was my Achilles heel. I’ve put that right and now we say it well”
• Do we get recognized in Iquique? “Nowadays yes… But we always keep my feet on a belligerent and only concentration on removing a place in a starting XI”

What they pronounced about Borquez
“When he arrived here, he told us he could play as a No10 or goalkeeper, so that explains because he has good feet. I’ve been tender with how good he deals with things and how nurse his play is. His impression and majority also make him mount out. He knows where he wants to go, what his goals are, and what he has to do to grasp them.”
Javier Di Gregorio, goalkeeping manager during Deportes Iquique

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=7/news=borquez-chile-s-dedicated-custodian-2901992.html