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The guest of the 50th episode is Vitor Matos, Liverpool's elite youth development coach and former coach, as well as former observer, of Porto's youth teams, former assistant coach at Porto B and former coach, as well as former -coordinator of the youth teams of Shandong Luneng, from China. Throughout the conversation, Vitor explains the reasons for the success of Porto's formation, what is the impact of the lack of competition in China up to the under-13 level and how this can be overcome, what are the main differences between the management of senior teams and the training, differentiates the profile of young people from each of the three markets in which he has worked – Portugal, China and England –, shows how the taste for position on the field can make a difference in the evolution of a player, talks about the importance of coordination between the main team and the youth teams, the relevance of the under-23 team in the formation process and the need to, beforehand, create space in the main team, so that the work in formation bears fruit. Among many other topics, Vitor offers his vision about the standardization of the game model between the main team and the youth teams of a Club, he warns about the interference that the way of looking at the game can cause in the detection of talents, he indicates the attributes that, as for you, a young man will have to meet to realize his potential as an elite player and reveals how Liverpool, one of the most reputable clubs in the world in the area, uses big data.