The Manchester City factory does not stop producing talents. They come out from under the stones. After the emergence of Phil Foden, Rico Lewis and Oscar Bobb, now it is the turn of a new ‘pearl’ ready to shine: Micah Hamilton. At 20 years old, the young forward of the U21 team He played his first minutes with the first team. And how. His thing is called reaching out and kissing the saint.
hamiltonfar from being intimidated by the stage, the noise of the ‘hell’ of the Red Star stadium in Belgrade or the imposing Champions League anthem, composed a dream debut. It took 19 minutes for the young English striker to leave his signature in a match worthy of few.
GREAT GOAL TO FRAM
In one of the first actions he had to face, Micah Hamilton did not think about it. Using an imposing physique and great ability to overwhelm, He measured the two Red Star footballers who were covering him and hit a very powerful right hand that pierced the goal’s red line. A work of art to present to the world.
In his first participation with the ‘seniors’, Hamilton has shone occupying the right winger position in an unusual line of attack: Jack Grealish and Oscar Bobb (also a youth player) occupied the wings, with Matheus Nunes in the midfield and tending to be the reference, taking turns with the young Norwegian. In the second half, we saw them dropped to the left wingI show that it can be equally dangerous on both sides, causing the penalty that transformed Kalvin Phillips. Bobb, another of the youngsters, was the protagonist of the 0-2 with a great goal.
FROM BEING A BALL BOY… TO THE CHAMPIONS
Football has these things, that it puts everyone in the place they deserve and distributes luck to everyone and everyone. If we look back, We recognize the debutant of this Manchester City today as a ball boy to whom Guardiola affectionately gave instructions back in 2017 in a league duel against Crystal Palace. From that moment to today there are six years of difference, with countless dreams fulfilled for the young youth player.
He rose through the ranks in the youth team until he earned the opportunity he had today, and he didn’t plan to waste it. Today Micah Hamilton is Manchester City’s starting striker in the Champions League. And by the way, one of the candidates to become the new sensation of European football. This is called debuting.
ANOTHER DEBUT
As if that were not enough, there was a new debut on the ‘young people’s night’ for Pep Guardiola’s City. Mahamadou Susoho, an 18-year-old footballer born in Granollers, also played his first minutes in the elite. The young midfielder from the ‘Cityzen’ quarry made his debut in the Champions League, entering in the 76th minute of the match.