South America is always the cradle of great soccer player projects, which almost always share the same common ground: fantasy with the ball at their feet. For this reason, a South American sub’20 is a showcase in which the European clubs, with the money for punishment, ‘drool’ while they write down in their notebooks who will be the first player to sign. The first soccer player on the agenda of many after the continental tournament played a few weeks ago is Vitor Roque, a Brazilian striker who is the new desired player on the ‘soccer planet’.
Roque will turn 18 tomorrow, and his club, Athletico Panaraense, does not have a set value to let him out. Sources close to the player have already stated that teams from England, Italy and Germany have shown interest in the striker. In addition, both Barcelona and PSG would have already asked about him.
Everything has accelerated after the conclusion of the last South American sub’20, where Roque, despite being one of the youngest of the tournament, was awarded the Golden Boot along with his teammate Andrey Santos, with six goals each. These figures were achieved despite having the constant vigilance of rival defenders, who were aware of his quality.
“I’m right-handed, but I scored most of my goals with my left or with my head,” said the Panaraense striker about his game after the continental tournament. And it is that one of the main virtues of Vitor Roque is his intimate relationship with the opposing goal, which he usually finds as he defines it, with almost any surface of his body.
Despite being right-handed, he doesn’t have a left leg to lean on. Just as his head is not supported by his neck only to devise damaging plays against his opponents, also to hammer in centers that he usually places with great precision in the net.
Like fish in the water
The Brazilian’s main shooting area is the small area, where he is like a fish in water, although his good hitting technique suggests that he will color points further from the opponent’s goal in red as far as shots are concerned.
However, Roque is able to move around the entire offensive plot with apparent freedom and without affecting his abilities. He usually performs well playing as the only striker, but his imaginative abilities would be better used by his teams if they placed him just behind a reference ‘nine’ that distracted the defensive markings. Furthermore, the striker is also capable of acclimating to being closer to the wing.
As a good Brazilian, in addition to his scoring nose, the Paranaense player stands out for his imbalance, the dribbling that he has both while stationary and driving. More than a director, he is a football generator, from his boots are born, develop and die profitable plays for his blocks.
Lastly, the player from Minas Gerais, despite not having a very outstanding physique, shows off a very striking pressure sacrifice at his age. In fact, one of the negative aspects of him is that he is a player who is not yet able to measure his involvement and his efforts, which causes his performances to be somewhat irregular during matches.
Through this effort without the ball, Roque forced two penalties in the South American sub’20 and one of the goals he scored in the tournament against Ecuador.
