From Portugal s Lone Wolf to Master s Midfielder: How Vitinia achieves transformation step by step

In the just-concluded European League A League final, Portugal defeated Spain in the penalty shootout, Portuguese midfielder Vitinia played for 120 minutes, and performed perfectly on both offense and defense, and was one of the biggest contributors to the team's victory. Also in the Champions League final 9 days ago, Vitinia also contributed a master-level unsolved performance against Inter Milan's midfielder, helping Paris Saint-Germain to defeat Inter Milan 5-0 and won the first Champions League championship trophy in team history.

25-year-old Vitinia has now become the dual midfield core of Portugal and Paris Saint-Germain. He himself has won five championship trophys in one fell swoop on behalf of the national team and club, and his personal value has soared to 80 million euros, and has been praised by many as the new midfield master in the five major leagues.

And time goes back to the 2022-2023 season. Vitina, who was only 22 years old at the time, came from the European black store Porto to the star-studded Paris Saint-Germain with a transfer fee of 41.5 million euros. In the Paris Saint-Germain locker room, Vitina, who is thin and inexperienced, looks inconspicuous, and the media does not pay attention to him. However, he succeeded in becoming the target of media coverage, not because he played too well, but because he was criticized by the outside world for not passing the ball to Messi many times. At this time, he was called the "Portuguese lone wolf" by local media in Paris.

However, in the face of the media's sarcasm and teammates' doubts, Vitinia did not give up, but insisted on training day after day, and believed that the spring that belongs to him would definitely come. Finally he waited for the arrival of Paris' new coach Louis Enrique. The Spanish coach fully utilized Vitina's excellent skills and broad vision, and gradually transformed Vitina from a single "passing transitioner" to the team's offense and defense "tactical brain". Under his tactical system, Vitinia is not only responsible for ball control and pass-through, but also has to undertake multiple tasks such as rhythm control, offense and defense conversion, and space dispatch. Since then, Vitinia has become the team's veritable midfield core, and he has also completed his own tasks well.

Vitinia is definitely making a contribution to Paris Saint-Germain's historic breakthrough in the Champions League this season. In the two-leg battle with Liverpool, the Paris midfield group led by Vitinia completely suppressed Liverpool's luxurious "Mc8H" midfield trio composed of McAllister, Sobosloy and Heraffenberg. After Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the Champions League semi-finals, Vitinia successfully won the Best Player Trophy.

When he arrived at the stage of the Champions League final, although Douai's goal and Kvaratskhelia's breakthrough were pleasing to the eye, it was Vitinia who really changed the rhythm of the game and completely tore the Inter defense line. With his deep understanding of the game, accurate control of space and excellent on-the-spot decision-making ability, he became the one who decided the outcome of the game.

, and Vitinia's outstanding performance also attracted high praise from another football midfielder, Modric. Vitinia and Modric are both "technical streams" players. Although they were often regarded as "soft" and "lack of confrontation" in the past, their excellent passing skills, excellent football wisdom and calm decision-making skills on the field are interpreting the benchmark of a new generation of midfield masters. Modric believes that Vitinia is the best midfielder in the 2024-2025 season, and praises him as one of the few phenomenal players in football today and that he can make his teammates play more comfortable.

As Vitinia became the true core of the five championships, his odds at the Golden Balls have soared, never reaching the top 10 to now have odds only second only to teammates Dembele and Spanish genius Yamal. He is only 25 years old this year and is still in the rising period of his career. Next season we have reason to believe that this master-level midfielder can bring us more exciting performances.