Under 18 World Championship preview
Coolville, Baker Park - The Under 18 World Championship is about to start and Terre Septentrionale has been drawn in group B with fellow World Cup 85 group mates Chromatika and Jovannic, World Cup 84 group mates Sarzonia, the famous nation of San Jose Guayabal, WLC hosts Jeckland and newcomers Vdara. It's not sure what to expect from this group, actually Sarzonia seems to be the team to beat with Terre Septentrionale and Jovannic sending good squads too. The other teams, including Chromatika and San Jose Guayabal, have yet to reveal their rosters. We're not going to analyse every team, let's talk about our squad.
Top players on the team
The best player in this U18 squad is striker and team captain Gabriel Pinsonneault. The striker with the funny name, cuz the word pinsonneau means finch in English, has been on the U18 squad since he was 16 and he projects to be on the starting XI alongside with Fryderyka Cwierczakiewiczowa. Yes he's expected to be better than Sandie McCracken and Zvonimir Kordic! Pinsonneault can score goals in any ways and he's fast. He could also play attacking midfielder because he would be ok defensively but his favorite position is striker because he just like scoring goals.
Side defender Xavier Turgeon-McGee is also one of the ebst player on the team. He's a fast player and offensively he can make beautifull passes to our midfielders. Defensively, he's hard to beat and don't hesitate to cover a large portion of the pitch due to his fastness. Turgeon-McGee also projects to be on the national team in the future, probably as a reservist.
Attacking central midfielder Urszula Więckowska is also one of the top player on the team, she will feed Pinsonneault will her top notch passes and she can score too. Defensively she can defend too. It's not sure if she will be on the national team in the future.
We have two twins at side midfielder, Léina-Anne Bellefleur-Deschamps and Anne-Frédérique Bellefleur-Deschamps, both a product of En avant Prévost. They're on the U18 starting XI and they're just 17 years old, they'll be even better next year! They can do everything on the field, they can score, pass the ball, make crosses. They also project to be on the national team in the future, maybe on the starting XI.
Central defenseman Kristóf Rácz-Takács ia another very good player on the U18 team and a good tackler. Because of other youngsters Arkadiusz Krzykowski (my older brother), Karolina Zaborowska, Alexandre Massicotte, Walter van den Dikkenberg and Melania Wloszczowska there's no room for him on the national team in the future but he's still very good.
Katarzyna Krzykowska,
La tribune Septentrionale