Yadir looking adult to James and Riquelme

• Yadir Meneses is a U-17 Colombia midfielder
• Colombia pitted with hosts India, USA and Ghana during U-17 World Cup
• Meneses eyeing tellurian excellence for Colombia during India 2017

Any gifted, left-footed playmaker with an eye for idea who comes adult by a girl ranks during Colombian bar Envigado FC is fundamentally going to be compared to James Rodriguez. 

While such youngsters are comparatively few in number, one of them did get a discuss in a new book on a Colombian No10, James, Su Vida (“James, His Life”), created by Nelson Padilla: “There are some-more than 3,000 purebred football teams in Antioquia [one of Colombia’s 32 departments]. Every singular actor wants to be James. A few will go on to turn stars. They indicate out Yadir Meneses, a midfielder, to me.”

So what did a immature playmaker himself make of a name check? “The fact is we didn’t know about it. It’s a warn for me,” pronounced Meneses, vocalization to FIFA.com in Bogota, usually before travelling with Colombia for a warm-up contest forward of a FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.

“People have always pronounced to me that we’re similar, that I’m like him,” pronounced a teenager, who was innate on 1 Apr 2000. “And we admire him, yet I’ve never met him.”

Such comparisons can be a burden, though not for Meneses: “I see it as regard rather than pressure. We all know what James means to Colombia. It’s a source of motivation.”

Aside from James and Giovanni Moreno, another left-footed aggressive midfielder to emerge from Envigado and who now plays in China PR, Meneses has another statue in Juan Roman Riquelme.

“I saw him when we was 10 or 11 and we desired a approach he played,” he explained. “I like how intelligent he was on a round though generally how he set a dash for a team. we still watch videos of him today.”

Winning with character
Describing a kind of actor he wants to be, Meneses said: “A obvious veteran who stands out from a crowd, who’s different. we like No10s who set adult goals, since that’s one of a things an aggressive midfielder has to do. They can measure goals though they also have to play through-balls. They have to play for a team.”

It was usually after a South American Championships in a age organisation that Meneses assimilated a patrol in a preparations for a U-17 World Cup. “It means I’m a bit behind though it’s a good plea for me to be in a support for such a large tournament,” he said. “It’s good to be partial of a inhabitant team.”

His late call-up means a No10 shirt – his favourite – is in a possession of someone else. “It belongs to a child who came adult from a U-15 side, and we have to honour that.”

As it incited out, he was given a No8 jersey for his initial training session, a other jersey that Riquelme wore while on Argentina duty. “It was pristine coincidence,” pronounced Meneses.

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The design Colombia have set for India 2017 owes zero to luck, however, as he went on to explain: “We wish to win a World Cup, though by personification good football, not by personification badly or any aged way. We’re scheming for that.”

Yadir on football

• Any other footballers in a family? “An comparison brother, though he usually plays for fun. He’s really vicious with me, though we conclude that.”
• Favourite league? “The English Premier. It’s not as predicted as a other vital European leagues.”
• Favourite team? “Liverpool. Because of a track and a fans.”
• Favourite hobby? ”Playing football on Playstation. we select Liverpool and Bayern Munich, even some-more so now that James is there.”

Did we know?
Colombia has usually taken partial in a four-team contest in Mexico, personification 3 other sides who will be using out during a arriving U-17 World Cup. They finished second behind a hosts after sketch 4-4 with them, 3-3 with Chile and violence India 3-0.

Speaking of hosts, India will be among Colombia’s rivals in Group B during India 2017. The dual sides will accommodate on 9 October. The Colombians will play their opening compare opposite USA 3 days earlier, with Ghana providing a antithesis in their final organisation diversion on 12 October.

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=8/news=yadir-looking-up-to-james-and-riquelme-2903339.html