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51 million geniuses lead Portugal s U17 European Championship to be won by the new Ronaldo in the play of succession

11:42am, 3 June 2025【Football】

When French youth training was regarded as the cradle of talent, Portugal U17 subverted its perception with a 3-0 victory - in this new European and Young Championship team, Georvini Kunda, who joined Chelsea for 51 million euros, became the focus. In the final, the 16-year-old striker, who was praised by Portuguese media as the "Successor of Ronaldo's genes", scored twice. His iconic left-handed inward shot and leader temperament made people see the figure of CR7.

The sky-high contract from Benfica Youth Training Camp to Stamford Bridge, Kunda's rise replicates the star-making logic of Portuguese football. He won the Best Player in this tournament with 4 goals and 2 assists, and his average of 3.2 successful confrontations averaged even surpassed Ronaldo of the same age. As the 39-year-old CR7 enters the end of his career, the Portuguese Football Association is completing the update with the "Golden Generation 2.0" plan - after Felix and Ramos, the 2008 players represented by Kunda have shown dominance, and winning the European and Young Championship is only a microcosm of the explosion of the youth training system. When the new king ascended the throne was staged at the Paris Saint-Germain youth training base, the football genes of the Iberian Peninsula are continuing the legend in another way.

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