Luz Stadium, stands.
"Portugal has produced too few genius footballers in the past two years, far less than the Netherlands."
"After Simon and Quaresma, it feels like there's been a talent gap coming from Sporting Lisbon."
"Chris is already the most outstanding of the young players to come, but the gap between him and the players just mentioned is visibly large. Aside from speed, he doesn't have anything particularly remarkable."
"Shooting? Who can't shoot? If you had as many shooting opportunities in a match as he does, you could score too."
This was the exchange between several scouts who knew every player on the pitch and their characteristics by heart.
"Sporting Lisbon's goalkeeper Christopher Pilar has decent goal-line skills, but his major issue is his height. Some clubs have already made it clear that they prefer goalkeepers to be no shorter than 1.9 meters."
