Give him a chance: Lucca, 7th top U20 dribbler, ignored at São Paulo | OneFootball

The young Lucca quickly charmed when he moved up to São Paulo's professional team, with daring and a lifesaving goal in the Libertadores. With the arrival of Hernán Crespo, who doesn't use many dribbling wingers in his game scheme, the Made in Cotia striker lost space and often goes back down to the under-20 team to maintain the rhythm of the game. He was included again in the last match, but didn't leave the bench.

The skillful tricolor striker, however, appeared in the Top-10 list of under-20 players with the highest dribbling efficiency in the world, in a survey by the traditional research center CIES Football. Lucca stands out in 7th place, with an average of 3.34 successful dribbles per match.

CIES Football evaluated 66 leagues around the entire planet, which pointed out the Portuguese winger Geovany Quenda at the top of the ranking, with 5.02 successful dribbles.

Lucca was the last of the 'fantastic quartet' that won the Brazil Cup Under-20 and Copinha 2025 for the Tricolor to be integrated into the professional team, in the emergency of Zubeldía for a side striker at the time. And the boy showed that he has a star. He scored the tying goal for the team in the final minutes against Libertad, ensuring São Paulo's qualification to the round of 16 of the Libertadores.

With the sales of the also young Lucas Ferreira and Henrique do Carmo in this last transfer window, Lucca may regain more space with Crespo to try to convince the Argentine that he deserves more chances.

Check out the top 10 under-20 dribblers in the world below:

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