FC Barcelona's kid-wonder, Giovanni Dos Santos continues to impress in Youth World Cup.


Giovanni Dos Santos has confirmed his high ratings in the on-going FIFA U-20 Youth World Cup by opening scoring against Gambia in Mexico's 3-0 victory. Giovanni struck in the 57th minute and opened the floodgates for teammates, Moreno Hector and Hernandez Javier to score in the 67th and 89th minutes respectively, sealing victory for the Mexicans. Mexico is tipped as one of the winners of the Chamionship, after players from the winning U17 World Cup squad for 2005 also represent in the current team. Commenting after the match, Dos Santos said:

I am thrilled to have scored my first goal in the Under-20 World Championships. It was a wonderful moment and one that is better imagined than described. I felt great. We have a good team and everyone is playing well. Our aim is to be world champions

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Dos Santos explained that his excellent showing was as a result of good training in FC Barcelona junior team, Barca B as well as with the FC Barcelona senior team as well, who he has played for already:

Barcelona has really helped me grow and I dedicate my achievements to Barca. I have been privileged to play among the best footballers in the world and I have gained a lot from doing this at FC Barcelona. As for the current media buzz about me and my talents as well as my future, I appreciate all that is being said about me. However, it does not really affect me negatively. I just play my usual game and try to combine well with those who I play with in any team I find myself in and in all matches I feature in.

Mexico's next opponents are 1989 and 1991 Youth World Cup Champions, Portugal.

Giovanni along with goal machine Bojan Krkic, will be playing for FC Barcelona senior team after both held top positions for the junior team Barca B and also scored in their debuts for the senior team this year.