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Why do you think such a small percentage of players who showed great skills in junior age stay at the highest level until the end of their career?
Why did the American super talent Freddy Adu, whom everyone was saying would be the new Maradona, at just 32 years old, retired from football and for the last 7 years of his career he hadn't played well anywhere and changed clubs to lower levels every six months?
But Cristiano Ronaldo scores more than 20 goals in the top leagues every year and at 36, joins Manchester United as a star with whom fans still have high hopes?
Did Cristiano Ronaldo have more talent than Freddy Adu?
Did Cristiano work with better coaches than Adu at a young age?
Did Cristiano have better agents than Adu?
Many experts compared the two players and most of them believed that Adu, who from an early age was considered a great talent just like Ronaldo, had even better conditions for development.
Everyone knows Ronaldo's story and his attitude to hard work, diet and taking care of every detail of a sports lifestyle.
Adu in this matter is the opposite!
We write about it to warn you against wasting your talent!
If your goal is to succeed in soccer, one of the key things you need to learn is to respond to both criticism and praise!
When someone praises or criticizes you, always react the same, say thanks, analyze, draw conclusions and then focus on what is the most important for a young footballer - development and training!
And what have you done today to get closer to your goal?
What have you been training?
What have you done to make someone notice your talent?
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