Alvin Sanchez considered one of Swiss football's great hopes

Lausanne Sports can be described as a surprise player in the Chinese Super League. 21-year-old Alvin Sanchez played an important role in this. Still, there is room for improvement in Switzerland's youth sector.

Unexpectedly, Lausanne Sports would be ranked 6th in the standings after 13 rounds. Head coach Ludovic Magnin's side have won their last four games without conceding a goal. The gap with leaders Zurich is only 5 points.

When you think of Lausanne Sport, you can't avoid the name Alvin Sanchez. It’s a feast for the eyes to watch the French-born attacker. It is extremely difficult for the opponent to read and therefore unpredictable. However, Sanches, like the team, needs warm-up time at the start of the season. Because of the transfer rumors, he was not clear-headed at first. Things are different now, and it's evident in the statistics. Although he did not score in the first five games of this league, he has scored 5 goals and 1 assist in the last eight games.

Sanches has scored 5 goals this season.Image: trapezoid

creative and introverted

You don't have to be a prophet to predict that Sanchez's transfer value, currently valued at €4 million, will soar. One person who knows him well is Sacha S. Tauch, who coached him with the Swiss U21 national team – Sanches scored 3 goals and had 2 assists in the recent European Championship qualifiers.

“He is a player with great creativity and a good completion rate. “He also understands how football works,” S Tauch said of Sanchez, who is more of a late player, in an interview with Keystone-SDA news agency Dev. As a person, he describes himself as “conservative and quite introverted.” He doesn't say much, but when he does say something, it's a good thing. He seems humble but knows what he wants. He will bring us a lot of happiness.”

However, even Sanches could not prevent the Swiss U21 national team from failing to qualify for the European Championships and missing the final for the third consecutive time. That raised alarm, especially when a study commissioned by the Swiss Football Federation concluded that Switzerland was inferior in quality and performance to countries such as Austria, Croatia, Belgium and Denmark, which had similar demands for their release. Player count lags. According to the study, Switzerland has produced just two top players in the past five years.

Sanches missed the qualification to participate in the European Cup with the U21 team.Image: trapezoid

glass half full

However, Streib sees the glass as half full, not half empty. “We are still doing well in Switzerland. There are a lot of scouts at the U21 national team games, and this is not without reason.” Therefore, his question is not what is bad, but where there are opportunities for optimization. What he would like to see is “more goal-oriented, player-centered training.” His motto is: Shape, not format. “It's important to make sure everyone brings out their strengths. In this way, it starts with reaching your individual potential. Working solely in a team is not always the right way to go.”

U21 national team coach Sacha Toh believes Switzerland is doing a good job with young talent.Image: trapezoid

S Tauch saw a problem, that is, talent was being deprived of too much. «Motivation should be intrinsic (coming from within). Many people want to be like Cristiano Ronaldo but are not prepared to do anything about it. You don't see how much effort he put into this. We trainers need to communicate this more. “First and foremost, it's the players' responsibility to develop further and they decide how far they can go.”

That's why for Streb, attitude and mentality are as important as football skills. It turns out that not everything is wrong with the youth training work. The current seven players in the U21 team-Liedel, Omelajic, Sterjiu, Jashari, Armenda, Hajdari and Loretz ——Has entered the national senior team.

need club

Return to Sanches. The 21-year-old has started 12 of Lausanne's previous 13 championship games. This makes him an exception, as Superliga clubs almost no longer rely on homegrown talent – the laudable exception being FC Lucerne. “I want young players to have more trust and responsibility for their clubs. Mistakes are part of the process,” Strauch said.

FC Lucerne is known for supporting a number of young talentsImage: trapezoid

One solution, not just for him, is to increase the number of clubs in the Challenge League so that there is more room for talent at least at this level. But he also emphasized: “The quality must be there.” The goal must be that young coaches can train and develop players well, leaving clubs with no choice but to rely on young coaches. Just like the case with Sanches. (Standard Data Authority)

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