January 2011

ERIK LAMELA

In the modern game, the scouting is a technique performed by sports addresses almost all professional clubs. Increasingly, teams that spend a greater percentage of their budgets to spot young talent. Thus, people often see the stands of the stadiums to scouts from big clubs in international competitions at junior level teams. However, not only in contests such future stars try to capture the European giants, but rather seek to recruit inexperienced even younger talent. That's what tried for six years, FC Barcelona with the jewel of the pool of River Plate. Today, that child on the Catalans were interested already in the first team and Buenos Aires club is none other than Erik Lamela .

Lamela is an excellent playmaker technical level includes an elegant driving the ball in the race, with his head up, which facilitates the dribbling and predisposes him to run the last pass that leaves the best strikers in positions for the goal. With remarkable ease the flooding, dribbles career both in static positions thanks to its wide range of resources to break out of his pocket. A incisive midfield, which has an unusual nerve when making moves that seem implausible. Sometimes individualistic, magnificent change of pace lets get rid of rivals that come their way and makes you more likely to lead the backlash due to its ability to handle situations in numerical superiority. Dynamic unfolds with ease and fluidity throughout the area of \u200b\u200bthree quarters, between the lines to be very dangerous due to its panoramic vision and accuracy in sending in depth.

Able to perform with competence listed to the left flank, is a player that is hard to stop with a zonal marking and diagonal constantly plotting with the aim of creating confusion in the network defenses. Elegant left-hander hit the ball, he lacks confidence in his right leg and even try the shot from middle and long distance is not particularly effective face-to-door. However, cold-blooded defined in the side by side with the goalkeeper and executed with precision free kicks. A midfielder with great conditions, but the irregularity makes a dent in performance, disappearing in some phases of the game and showing too intermittent in games in which your computer is with an adverse outcome. However, the lack of evidence is cured with his creativity, as it is able to decide a party with a genius, finding gaps where there seems to have.

talented son of former player Jose Lamela, Erik joined the pool of River Plate at eight years old. Since its arrival, its unlikely dribbling and extraordinary vision dazzled the technicians of lower echelons of the entity River Plate. Gradually, the boy was growing physical and footballing and in 2004, FC Barcelona wanted to fetch it for La Masia. Thus began the odyssey of a transfer media frustrated by a child of only twelve. The young talent was followed by all the media of Argentina and was common to see him in several television sets showing his innate talent with the ball at his feet. The child's father was determined to emigrate to lands Catalan with his wife, Erik and his two brothers, but the senior management of the Buenos Aires club acted swiftly and effectively, giving Joseph a job and a specific treatment for your child to continue with their progression in the club.

He played back to start again and forget about the media coverage had provoked the interest of FC Barcelona, \u200b\u200bbut things were not as easy as the boy would like. It cost him adapt to the new situation and its rivals do not put it any easier. Despite his young age, contrary envied him and did not hesitate to insult him and they were used to extremely hard when braking. The young man could not fit the treatment to him and reacted with violent actions, the result of the helplessness felt by not being able to develop his game naturally. This difficult time led to the substitution and jeopardized its progression, but the coaches of the club's youth Nunez got the psychological work to enhance its extraordinary Lamela got football conditions. So, once again became a landmark in the quarry led River Plate and even equipment that exceeded his age. It was burning stages to the reserve team, making part of the extraordinary generation of the 92 that swept the lower divisions of Argentine football. Thus, their conditions did not go unnoticed at the time the first team coach, Nestor Gorosito, which debuted in one of the last days of the Clausura 2009. After his debut, he signed a professional contract for four years, expanding the size of its clauses. However, with the baton on the bench and the arrival of Cappa, was the young Manuel Lanzini which frequently appeared in the lineup. However, despite being relegated to the substitution, Lamela did not give up and continued working until he found a hole in the side, becoming owner from November until the end of the season. His self-confidence and personality have allowed her to draw the attention of the big European clubs, but the young talent has already stated that only thinks about continuing to grow and establish itself as a leader of the team River Plate. Erik has already stated his intention to stay at least two years in Argentina and will have to be patient with their growth, but the fans 'millionaire' is aware that the ultimate product of his inexhaustible quarry landed, eventually, in the old continent.