"Sing Katuso" emerged! He is the champion puzzle of Paris, a supernova that is comparable to Yamal

In the 2024/25 Champions League final, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Milan with an incredible score, completing a historic breakthrough. In this high-end technical showdown, the competition between the two sides' midfielders has become the key to affecting the trend of the game. Faced with an experienced and outstanding opponent, Paris Saint-Germain's Iberian midfield combination completely gained the upper hand. Fabian Ruiz created three murderous intents, Vitinia gave wonderful assists, and the only one who was "silent" was João Neves. Enrique specifically mentioned this hidden key gentleman in an interview after the game.

【60 million championship puzzle, the trend-leading "New Katuso"]

After experiencing the highlight of the 2019/20 Champions League knockout stage, Paris Saint-Germain lost in the hustle and bustle of the superstar era. Not only did it fail to make a breakthrough in the European arena, but its internal management has also become increasingly chaotic. With the cooperation of Campos and Enrique, the French Ligue 1 giants sent Messi, Ramos, Neymar and Mbappe away, and switched to a new era marked by young players chasing tactical trends.

From Geye to Ugat, and then to Joao Neves, Paris's "Iron Waist" technical capabilities have been continuously improved, and finally achieved the goal of both offense and defense and integrated air and ground, and the Champions League championship followed.

Paris Saint-Germain in the Tuchel era supported the midfield with engineer-type players, Geer, Herrera and Paredes (including Marquinhos, a substitute midfielder) focused on defense, and the ball was concentrated on Neymar and Mbappe. This "split" layout proved to be unable to deal with strong opponents in the Champions League. In the summer window of 2022, Vitinia and Fabian Ruiz joined, Zaire Emery was promoted to the first team, and the Paris midfielder's technical upgrade plan was launched.

With two technical players already, Enrique tried to equip them with a full-time thug. Paris Saint-Germain spent 60 million euros in the summer window of 2023 to introduce Portuguese sports midfielder Ugat. Unfortunately, the Uruguayans were quickly marginalized because they were not up to standard and were prone to cards. In the summer window of 2024, Joao Neves landed in Ligue 1 for 59.9 million euros, becoming the last puzzle for the Paris Saint-Germain champion midfielder. Enrique transformed this talented player with outstanding skills into a senior engineer, and the "Xinjiatuso" representing the trend emerged.

[1.74 air dominance, omnipotent midfielder]

In this matchup with Inter Milan, Joao Neves' 42 passes in the first 45 minutes were all in place. His 100% pass allowed Paris Saint-Germain to successfully control the midfield and kill the suspense of the game in advance. Before this one-sided final, the biggest difficulty Paris Saint-Germain encountered was in the second leg of the semi-finals. Arsenal used a "grenade" to combine set pieces and cross-wickets to hit the goal, which gave Joao Neves a good opportunity to show his iron waist.

João Neves has a very good sense of position and can always appear in the most dangerous places. He is very clever in the timing of the foot and the choice of defensive movements.

The running distance in 90 minutes reached 12,000 meters (first in the game), 13 ground confrontations were successful 8 times (first in the game), 6 top-ups and 4 times (first in the game), contributed 6 steals (first in the game) and 6 clearances (third in the game), 30 passes 27 times in place, and the passing success rate reached 90%... Joao Neves built a three-dimensional barrier in front of the central defender. This answer that can be called an "all-round midfielder" pales Thomas, Rice and Odegao.

João Neves won the Champions League "Steal King" this season with 57 steals.

In the process of following Paris Saint-Germain to the top, Joao Neves recorded 57 steals in 17 games, ranking first among all players, and ranked fourth in Champions League history, second only to the two "gods" Mascherano and Gattuso 20 years ago. In addition to blocking ground passages, Joao Neves can also send 1.2 threatening balls, 0.9 steals and 1 top-square per game. In the two rounds against Arsenal's "Giant Formation", Joao Neves won 5 rounds of top 5 times. Considering that his height is only 1.74 meters, such air combat ability can only be described as horrifying.

He is not tall but has a solid lower plate, excellent pace frequency and speed, has excellent touch of the ball on the first foot, has good ability to handle the ball while walking, has a very mature choice for stealing and fighting for the top, and has an excellent pass and organizational ability to reach the level of excellent No. 10. Joao Neves has the delicate skills of the traditional Portuguese midfielder, and has a defensive ability and strong style that is not commensurate with his appearance. Also as a short midfielder, Garvey needs to use some extraordinary moves to complete defensive actions when serving as a central defender. Joao Neves is very experienced in controlling fouls and taking cards, and his outstanding core strength helps him deal with all challenges.

["Celebrity" is comparable to Yamal, and a high-quality idol has just grown up]

Before entering Ligue 1, Joao Neves had only one season of experience in the Portuguese Super League. After entering the giants, he was able to quickly gain a foothold and his genius attributes were fully revealed. In the process of Enrique's promotion of the Paris midfield technology upgrade, Gerje, Herrera, Soler and Ugat left the team one after another. Joao Neves achieved the integration and upgrading of these players' advantages, and won the recognition and love of fans in a short time. In the French Ligue 1 before the second leg of the semi-finals, Enrique performed a large rotation, and the only player who needed to undertake continuous combat tasks was João Neves, which shows the importance of the Portuguese teenager.

Vitinia and Fabian Ruiz, Joao Neves plays the role of universal patch.

When the "engineering" players can perform "infinite rotation" in multiple positions, the Paris three midfielders entered another realm. They defeated a group of experts including Manchester City's "Triple Crown" midfielder, Liverpool's "Maybach" combination, Arsenal's midfielder and Serie A champion midfielder with extraordinary skills and consciousness, and won the Big Ear Cup in a convincing way.

In the 2024 "Copa Award", Joao Neves once went hand in hand with Yamal and finally ranked sixth. In addition to having impeccable technical abilities, Joao Neves also has the demeanor of a general and star temperament. His performance off the court is very affinity and enjoys high popularity among the fans of Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal's national team. There is a "power vacuum" in the international football world in the post-Metro era, and high-quality idols like Joao Neves need to complete the inheritance.