Neves, captain younger in the history of the Champions

Although it seem lie, in this third day of Champions there has been a player of field that has put the bracelet of captain to his 18 springs. A record of precocity for the Champions of a footballer with a lot of talent gone on down the Barça from does time

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There are precocious players, very precocious and lugo was the good of Rubén Neves. The young midfield player of the Port wine has surpassed a record of the Champions League after playing his party in front of the Maccabi Tel Aviv and be chosen like captain of the team. The canterano Portuguese is, with 18 years, 7 months and 7 days, the youngest player in being captain of a team Champions in all the history.

A precocity, that commented, very rooted to the new Port wine of Julen Lopetegui where the youngsters have taken the control of a team in which it begins to see very good football and especially results. Neves Celebrated his captaincy with a victory by two goals to zero in front of the Israeli that leaves them like leaders in a group in which it is Chelsea of Mourinho and the Dinamo of Kiev.

"Rúben Neves Does today history by capitanear to the Port wine with 18 years and 221 days, turning into the youngest captain in the history of the League of Champions. The previous record was of Rafael go der Vaart the one who headed to the Ajax in front of the Milan on 19 September of the 2003 with 20 years and 217 days",  informed the UEFA in his web page after finish the party between Port wine and Maccabi.

The half centre finish with the bracelet in the team of Iker Boxes due to the fact that the one who is used to them carry, the Brazilian Maicon Roque, was lesionado and to that the Wild veteran Varela remained out of the announcement. Like this it went like Neves, gone on down the 'scout' of the FC Barcelona and that interests a lot to the Barcelona team, made history in the maximum continental competition.

But this is not the first record that breaks the footballer of Do Dragao since the past campaign surpassed to his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo like Portuguese player younger in premièring in the League of Champions. Although the star of the Real Madrid did it with 17 years and six months, Rubén achieved it with 17 years and five months. Everything thanks to the confidence that is depositing in him a Lopetegui that finds hipercontento inside a team where can do what want to, even risk to take out to a youngster of 18 years to the centre of the field in a party of Champions and put him the bracelet of captain.