Madrid (AFP)

Confirmation Martin Odegaard, the precocious Ansu Fati, the Takefusa Kubo phenomenon ... The 2019-2020 Liga season, which ends this Sunday, has brought to light many young talents in full progression, despite the pandemic of coronavirus that turned the calendar upside down.

- Martin Odegaard (Real Sociedad) -

The 21-year-old Norwegian offensive midfielder is cited as one of the biggest potentials on the football planet from a young age, and this season has been one of confirmation for Martin Odegaard, who has yet to confirm the qualification of the Basque training for the Europa League this Sunday at Atlético Madrid (19H00 GMT) for the 38th and last day of Liga.

Loaned by Real Madrid to Real Sociedad for a season in the summer of 2019, Odegaard was the real master of play of this surprising Basque team, which fought for a place in the Champions League before collapsing after the pandemic .

The future of Odegaard is still on the loose, between a new full season in San Sebastian or a new challenge at Real Madrid ... where the midfielder is already well stocked. But with 4 goals and 6 assists in 30 La Liga matches this season, Martin Odegaard's career is finally launched.

- Ansu Fati (FC Barcelona) -

He made headlines in the fall, when he broke all kinds of early records. On August 31, 2019, Ansu Fati became the youngest goal scorer for Barça in La Liga at 16 years 10 months and 4 days, and the third youngest goal scorer in the history of the championship.

"A star is born", headlines the daily El Mundo. He obtained Spanish nationality, and on October 15, he made his debut with the Spanish Espoirs team. On December 10, he became the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Champions League against Inter Milan (2-1).

Destabilizing on the left flank of the Catalan attack despite the presence of world champion Antoine Griezmann at his post, Fati was one of the only satisfactions of the disappointing Catalan season, and finished the championship with 6 goals and 1 assist in 23 La Liga matches.

- Fede Valverde (Real Madrid) -

Another nice shot signed "Zizou": recruited by Real in 2016 from the Uruguayan club Peñarol while the White House was eyeing Paul Pogba, midfielder Federico Valverde (21) was only promised short appearances in unimportant matches at the start of the season.

But a season later, and for around 200 M EUR less than what Pogba would have cost, "el Pajarito" (the little bird) became, with Casemiro, the perfect alternative to the pair Toni Kroos - Luka Modric, who has run the Madrid midfield for over six years.

With 2 goals and 5 assists in 32 La Liga matches this season, and half the time as a titular player, this endlessly breathtaking box-to-box environment has largely contributed to the great season of the Madrilenians, titled for the 34th time in their history in championship.

- Rodrygo (Real Madrid) -

A hat-trick and stars in your eyes: after landing in Madrid in July and having played his first minutes and scored his first goal with the Real Madrid pro group on September 25 against Osasuna (2-0), the Brazilian nugget Rodrygo marked the spirits by becoming the second youngest player in the history of Real Madrid (behind Raul, in 1995) to register a hat-trick in the Champions League, on November 6 against Galatasaray (6-0).

Over the course of the matches, this 19-year-old explosive young winger who passed through the Santos training center in Brazil (the same as Neymar) won the confidence of Zinédine Zidane, who often called on him to unlock tight situations at the end match. He ends the season with 2 small goals in 19 La Liga matches.

- Takefusa Kubo (Mallorca) -

Majorca raced downhill, but it's not because of him: the 19-year-old young Japanese right winger Takefusa Kubo, loaned for the season by Real Madrid to the Balearic club, was the main source of danger for Mallorca this season.

Even if he has not scored much (4 goals and 5 assists in 34 La Liga games this season, holding two-thirds of the time), the young Japanese with great potential has been noticed for his ability to destabilize the defenses , especially during the defeats against Barça (4-0) and Real Madrid (2-0) after the pandemic. The Spanish sports newspaper As even dedicated a manga style to it, in reference to its Japanese roots, on June 24.

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