Camavinga

When as an 18-year-old prospect Eduardo Camavinga signed for Real Madrid last summer no one expected him to win over the supporters inside just one season.

A 19-year-old with the world at his feet and some of the most difficult to please fans in football already long won over. He has the acceleration and the final pass to play further forward but he has also been used as the holding midfielder learning from the best. It was unavoidable against Sevilla in one crucial game towards the end of the season and after the first half caution Ancelotti took him off at half-time. In this dramatic Champions League run-in and in his league performances he has shown his adaptability to various roles. Against Manchester City there's a slight change to the script: Camavinga comes on for Modric instead of Kroos with 15 minutes left and Real Madrid once again going out. He has the same capacity to play a variety of midfield roles. He has the same levels of energy and personality. In extra time it's Camavinga's run that leads to the winner. Before the big Champions League nights there was a period of adaptation. They thought he had the potential to become better than Manchester United's Paul Pogba For years they had been linked to Paul Pogba but there were always reservations about the Manchester United midfielder and the astronomical sums of money involved in signing him. He's 19-years-old now, and in just one campaign he has done enough to win over the supporters; many even see him as Modric' long-term successor.

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And in the meantime, they have someone capable of changing the game from the bench. Kroos and Modric have started every game in the knockout stages and Casemiro is a similarly undroppable figure behind them. He is yet to score in the competition this season. And yet, Jurgen Klopp will be acutely aware of what his introduction might mean for his side - even if Liverpool are in front when it happens. Camavinga is an outstanding all-round midfielder, the breadth of his talent reflected by his touch and heat maps in the competition this season. He even played the crucial pass before the penalty for the third.

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I saw hundreds, if not thousands, of local fans jumping the fences, scaling the walls to get in. It's not about Liverpool fans, it's about football fans. People just wanted to go to the game. I literally begged the security guard to open the other gates, to just let people in. "I can't thank you [the media] enough, for what you've done and what you put out, telling the truth. Seeing the scenes in this day and age, I've never witnessed anything so bad since 1989," he said.

Eduardo Camavinga was once a refugee in Angola but has now clinched the Champions League with Real Madrid, the 14th in the club's history.

The teenager has a lot to deliver and he has now set the expectations high after a season of promise. Real Madrid were reportedly in need of someone who could come in for Casemiro and eventually take his place when the Brazillian hangs up his boots. Wearing the Real Madrid jersey was a childhood dream of the 19-year-old Eduardo Camavinga, but not many would have expected the teenager to become a Champions League winner this early in his career. Currently 19, the player has already won the UEFA nations league with the French national team. When things were slowly getting alright for the Frenchman, his house caught fire and he lost everything. "I was the family's hope.

Speaking to Canal + after Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League final, Eduardo Camavinga was overjoyed to win the "dream".

I am very happy with the finals and the victory. “Since we came here, we know we are in the best team in the world, we only play big games. “I have learned a lot in the first year from local players, as well as my coaches, so I think I am a better player than last year.