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Football is always exciting but when young kids play a World Cup, there is no shortage of fun and drama. India is hosting a major football event for the first time in history and it is turning out to be a great event with Spain and England set to fight it out for the title in the FIFA U17 World Cup final on Saturday.
Under 17 World Cup serves as a chance for every aspiring young footballer's to showcase his potential. This gives them the platform to kick-start their career. In that aspect, this U17 World Cup turned out to be a huge success. We saw a lot of young talents putting up an amazing show in India.
Let's see the 5 young stars who impressed the most in this U17 World Cup.
#5 Abel Ruiz
The youngest player/captain from Spain squad is the latest sensation from Barcelona's famous La Masia academy. He is tall, more direct centre-forward with great finishing ability.
He is having a dream tournament in India. He has scored six goals so far at the FIFA U17 World Cup 2017 which include a brace in the semifinal win over Mali. He also hit the last-minute winner against France in the round of 16 and scored again in the quarterfinal win over Iran.
He is considered as one of most promising young forwards in the world at the moment and Barcelona will look to tie him down for a long term. Can he lead Spain to World Cup glory?
#4 Lassana N'Diaye
No one from Mali knows his name, not even his Mali team-mates, until a few months ago. The young forward was drafted into the squad just before the qualifying tournament in August.
After four World Cup matches in India, he is beginning to catch the attention of scouts across the world as N'Diaye is starting to stamp his mark. The Mali forward has found the net every 88 minutes at the FIFA U17 World Cup scoring five times already and played a key role in their World Cup top 4 finish.
Mali are one of the most attractive teams this U17 World Cup, scoring a lot of goals, thanks to N'Diaye. He is a natural goal scorer and will only get better with experience.
#3 Gabriel Brazao
In a country that produced talents like Neymar, Ronaldo, and Pele, here comes the young keeper from Cruzeiro who is playing a key role in Brazil's World Cup campaign.
He kept clean sheets in 3 of the first 4 World Cup games but was finally beaten by Brewster's hat-trick. He was brilliant in the league games against Spain, North Korea, and Niger. He anticipates well and has made some acrobatic saves in this tournament and kept away some brilliant strikes from going in.
He has made 19 saves in this tournament and is an exciting talent to watch out for. He is yet to play outside of Brazil but will soon get his chance after his brilliant World Cup performances.
#2 Rhian Brewster
The kid from Liverpool is taking the world by storm in the last couple of games as he scored back-to-back hat-tricks.
The 17-year-old Liverpool youngster stunned Brazil in the quarterfinal as he scored a brilliant hat-trick to take England to the World Cup finals. Earlier in the week, he scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 quarterfinal win against the United States. He leads the race for golden boot with 7 goals from 6 games.
He is a terrific goal scorer and always keeps himself in the right place at the right time. He moves well around the box and always a threat. He is already in the limelight because of his performances with Liverpool reserves side and this World Cup performance will do nothing but increase his reputation.
#1 Phil Foden
He is certainly the best player in the Under 17 World Cup in India. The Manchester City youngster is having a stunning World Cup campaign as he played a starring role in England's semifinal win over Brazil.
He looked very impressive throughout the tournament running the show from midfield for England. Though he has not scored a lot of goals, he was composed in possession and created lot of opportunities for his teammates with clever passing.
Pep Guardiola already identified him as a 'special player' and gave him a lot of first-team chances in the summer tour of the United States. He is looking to fast-track him into the first team and we will soon be seeing him in the Premier League.
