Alfaro desirous by Robben, suggestive of Figo

• Costa Rica U-17 captain expansive over country’s Russia 2018 qualification
• He reveals since one of his coaches nicknamed him ‘Luis Figo’
• Alfaro and Los Ticos penetrating to rebound opposite Guinea

When he came down to a run of a hotel for a discuss with FIFA.com after Costa Rica’s daily training session, captain Jose Alfaro cut a loose figure. The beating of his side’s opening-round improved to Germany in Group C during a FIFA U-17 World Cup already seemed to have been consigned to history.

His mood had presumably been lightened by a fact that Los Ticos’ comparison group had competent for a 2018 FIFA World Cup Russiaâ„¢. “It’s positively wonderful, and it’s going to motivate us over here as well,” he said. Costa Rica’s No.12 went on to acknowledge that one day he too would adore to play during a showpiece tournament. “That’s apparently my large dream, representing my home nation during a World Cup,” he said. “That would be fantastic.”

For that dream to turn a reality, Alfaro needs to start by showcasing his already timeless technical skills in India. “I’m totally focused on this competition,” he said. “My genius is always to combine 100 per cent on what I’m operative on. I’m giving it my all, and we’re all anticipating to go as distant as we presumably can here.”

At AD Carmelita, a bar in Costa Rica’s tip moody where he plies his domestic trade, Alfaro has already picked adult a nickname that is demonstrative of his round skills. “One of my coaches there called me Luis Figo since my play reminds him of a Portuguese legend.”

Three reasons since Alfaro believes Costa Rica will get 3 points from their compare with Guinea:

• 1. Learning from their mistakes

  “In a opening match, we gave Germany a lot of honour – maybe a small too much. When we play opposite Germany, we automatically consider of World Cup titles and tip teams. We won’t make that mistake again. We also need to modify some-more of a chances. Overall, we need to be a small calmer during a right times.”

• 2. Trusting a manager and a team

  “The manager has finished illusory work and is impossibly critical to us. We have finish faith in his abilities and know that he will always have us prepared in a best probable way. We wish to take a diversion to a opponents and we know that when we do, we demeanour good. We managed to uncover that to a certain border in a initial match, and we consider that we gave a good comment of ourselves opposite Germany. Obviously, a late idea we conceded unequivocally hurt, though we valid to ourselves that we could reason a possess with a best teams in a world, and that will gee us adult for a matches to come.”

• 3. Adapting to India

  “The meridian here is opposite to what we have during home. In Costa Rica, it also gets hot, though a atmosphere is zero like it is here, and we had to get used to that. It’s got improved with each day and each training session. And now that we know what it’s like on compare days, we can only combine on a football.”

Three things we should know about Costa Rica captain Alfaro:

• 1. Favourite player:  Lionel Messi

  “He’s illusory – he’s my idol.”

• 2. Favourite club: Barcelona

  “Messi plays there, that is since I’m a Barça fan. we watch their matches whenever we can.”

  3. Favourite move: When Arjen Robben drops a shoulder
   
  “I like personification on a left wing. From there, it’s easy to cut inside and fire with your right feet – a bit like Robben [laughs].”

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=10/news=alfaro-inspired-by-robben-reminiscent-of-figo-2912195.html