Lucas Ocampos.. Ronaldo Jr?

Born and raised in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lucas Ocampos had a role model that he liked very much. Many people would believe that role model to be Lionel Messi since he is from Argentina, but surprisingly his role model is Messi's top competitor, Cristiano Ronaldo. Ocampos has also drawn comparisons to his idol Cristiano Ronaldo due to his physique, role and style of play. Only at 17 years old, he is 6 ft 2 inches, speedy, and easily gets past his opponent using a series of tricks like Ronaldo. He first scored a brace (2 goals) against a youth team whose coach was so impressed that he immediately wanted to sign him. His amazing performance at the U-17 world cup last year earned him a call from soccer club, River Plate. He was seen as someone who was extraordinary in Argentina when he said, " I always watch Cristiano Ronaldo, because he plays on the line and cuts inside to produce a shot on goal. And he's very fast in one on one situations. I try to imitate him. Everybody wants to be like Messi, but Ronaldo is the one I like," because Messi was everyones idol in Argentina, so to follow someone else and that too being Messi's competitor was brave enough to do among others.

When he arrived at River's youth team to play as a second striker, Ocampos was set as a left winger, the main position of his role model. he found it to be a great place to play on the team because he could find more space to make use of his brilliant dribbling, great speed, and superb physique. He had shown great power and accuracy when scoring his first two river goals. He obviously watches Cristiano Ronaldo and mimics his moves a lot because you can see Ocampos cutting into central positions and shooting with his unbelievably powerful right foot.

He is gaining recognition everywhere, ranging from all over the world. some of the major teams that are trying to recruit him include, Real madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United. He seems to handle this pressure just fine and says, " It strikes me that fans stop e on the street. And now I can't go to McDonald's or dance with my friends. I am a teenage like everyone else, but i will leave everything behind for river." It may due to his maturity that he was able to save a spot in the starting line up for River Plate and his success will soon be tested when he is recruited by a team from Europe. " Playing for River is the best thing that happened to me. I try not to think about other clubs and offers, otherwise I will go crazy." Well at least now he's not crazy, but soon the clubs who are crazy for him may soon lure him to play for big teams.