Hmm, in fact, if I don't know his father is Paolo, I will guess he is Pirlo's son.
Great Pics. Thanks!
He look toooooooooooooooooo promissing !
well, I guess handsome people look alike.
yer he does look like a mini pirlo hehe.... lets hope he is going to be as good as hes father is he also a defender?
Question to all:
Who do you prefer Christian Maldini or Christian Vieri?
But at the moment, no one can sure that C.Maldini will be Maldini III, Cruft II or Maradona II ...
Remember Weah Junior 19 year-old now and he even stand behind Adregmani ...
So I choose Bobo ...
Huge expectation. And this could hurt him. I sure that already in games ,children trying to prove something against him.
yer i agree with you, i think he should just concentrate on his game and try to get as fas as possible
The future of Milan...
Hope his dad teach some good things
Great Pics. Thanks!
cuteeeeeeee!!!
Loool he looks like mini pirloo yeaaaa
thanx for the pics, aLuZiNK
do you have any more?
anyone has pictures of young Christian!!??
There's also this wallpaper I found under the multimedia section.
I like this one the most.
FOR DST, who recently discovered his undying love to Christian Maldini
Look at that woman on the left LOL
is there a woman in pink there too or should I be in bed by now... thanks again!!
Now, am I mistaken, or is he really Carlo's son?
http://www.acmilan.com/InfoPage.aspx?id=30553
Not sure. But Carletto was coaching Parma during that time. The picture of Davide in the Forza Milan magazine I have shows a boy who /does/ sort of resemble Carletto. (Sorry, don't have a scanner. It's the November 2006 issue).
All talk about the lil' heroes of the rossoneri colors here!
For the official page of the youth teams click http://www.acmilan.com/InfoPage.aspx?id=267
The biggest hopes of young players coming into the senior squad (according to what's being said... ) from these programs lie with the following Primavera players:
GK:
OFFREDI Daniel
DF:
BRUSCAGIN Matteo
COSNER Andrea
DARMIAN Matteo
MF:
GUERCI Alex
LUNATI Matteo
AMF:
DI GENNARO DAVIDE (on loan to Bologna)
FW:
UMUNEGBU Kingsley
PALOSCHI Alberto
AUBAMEYANG Pierre
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Ancelotti's son Davide plays for the Primavera.
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Christian Maldini, the first born son of God, currently (Feb 2008) plays for the U14 team of Esordienti B, which is the class of '96. He is listed as a defender.
See http://www.acmilan.com/infoPage.aspx?id=51022
In the same team, there is also a kid called Christian Galliani... anyone knows if he's related to Adriano Galliani?
So far during the Torneo di Viareggio, tuttomercatoweb has been absolutely gushing about Kingsley Umunegbu. They really really like the kid.
Lunati has been loaned, btw, to San Marino til the end of the season.
From what I've seen of Umunegbu... he has great pace .. if he improves technically, he has some potential.
I want to see more defenders and mid-fielders and I want them Italian. Our mid-field is f@cked up right now.
We can always buy strikers from Brazil.
(from acmilan.com's italian page)
Il giovane difensore della Primavera rossonera Michelangelo Albertazzi, prelevato a fine gennaio dal Bologna, è stato convocato per l'importante test della Nazionale Under 17 contro la Turchia.
[The young Primavera defender Michelangelo Albertazzi, bought in January from Bologna, has been called up to the U17 Azzurrini for their game against Turkey.]
I want a truly great talent to come out from the youth teams!! It's been so long...
Why isn't Di Gennaro on that list?? He's supposedly better than Paloschi? At least more talented?
Anyone know how Di Gennaro is doing this season? Bologna is doing well.
Di Gennaro isn't getting a whole lot of playing time, but when he is put on (almost always as a sub), he seems to do well. Average player rating of 6.5. Bologna are doing very well in Serie B and have a very good chance of being promoted up to A next year.
2 Primavera players, Michelangelo Albertazzi and Filippo Perucchini, have been called up to the U17s for the upcoming Group Phase games in the Euro U17 championships.
Albertazzi is a highly-rated (left) back and Perucchini is a keeper.
Yay for the ragazzi!
Bad incident this past weekend for the Primavera.
Andrea Cosner - the original first-choice striker for the Primavera this year - was playing his first game after 7 months off due to a torn ACL. Partway through the game, he injured the same knee again and had to be stretchered off.
****! That's sad!
Oh, dear. Not the knee! It takes so much out a player, particularly a football player, trying to recover from a knee injury.
Eew!
Davide Di Gennaro is part of the Azzurini U20 team that's currently partiicpating in the Four Nations tournament (with Germany, Switzerland, and Austria).
Posting this here because he doesn't have his own thread and because, well, he's now a coach of the youth players.
MILANELLO - Ricorrenza importante oggi in casa Milan per Franco Baresi che oggi festeggia il suo compleanno. Tanti auguri ad uno dei più grandi simboli del Milan da parte di tutto l' A.C. Milan e da tutti i tifosi rossoneri.
Happy Birthday to Franco Baresi!
A Franco Baresi thread exists. http://www.milanfan.com/forums/index.php?act=Post&CODE=02&f=7&t=5800 We should shut down this place it there wasn't one!
Happy Birthday Franco!
FOUR primavera players have been called up to the U19 Azzurrini squad that will participate in the second qualifying round of the U19 European Championships.
The players are defenders Albertazzi, Bruscagin Darmian, and striker Paloschi.
Congrats to them!
Here are the call ups for the U19 qualification games to be played against Sweden, France, and Switzerland the 26th, 28th, and 31st of May:
Portieri: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Pinsoglio (Juventus);
Difensori: Albertazzi (Milan), Bruscagin (Milan), Darmian (Milan), Formiconi (Udinese), Gentili (Atalanta), Tagliani (Fiorentina);
Centrocampisti: Forestieri (Siena), Mazzarani (Cisco Roma), Palumbo (Napoli), Poli (Sampdoria), Raggio (Genoa), Romizi (Fiorentina), Viola (Reggina);
Attaccanti: Carbonaro (Palermo), Okaka (Modena), Paloschi (Milan).
The little Azzurini (U19s) won their game v. Sweden yesterday, 2-0. The first Italy goal was scored by Alberto Paloschi.
Paloschi, Darmian, and Bruscagin all played the full 90 minutes.
Looking good for our U19 stars
Radio Morte had interviewed Luca Antonini ... A player co-owned by Milan and Empoli, and he showed his desire to play for Napoli above all other teams: "If I was to choose, I would choose Napoli. But my contract is with Milan and Empoli, and they will meet up to decide my future, since there are several clubs who I am receiving attention from, but if I was to choose I would put Napoli on top of the pile."
There's a whole bunch of kids from Napoli who're coming out to be pretty good players. Antonini too, eh?
please don't mention the N***** name in front of me!!
it does look good for the under 19's would like to hope they make the grade
The little Azzurini won their second game v. Switzerland, also by a score of 2-0. Paloschi scored the first goal.
Can't find a full lineup or match report yet so I don't know who else played.
Ha! Seems like Paloschi opens the score for his teammates to play on...
For the info!
Italy's U-19 has qualified for the final stages (last eight teams) of European championship. They were winners in 2003 and this is their first appearance in the finals in four years. In the last qualifying round (Elite round) they beat Sweden, Switzerland and France - all with 2-0. Paloschi scored against Sweden and Switzerland.
Also 3 other players from our youth system have taken part in this games. Darmian and Bruscagin (both defenders, class 89) have played all 3 games, while our youngest player (is said to be one of the most talented defenders - Albertazzi - who is also Italy's U-17 captain, class 91 and is already playing for our primavera although he is 2 years younger) has played the whole game against Switzerland and the second half against France. With Milan young defenders Italy didn't concede a single goal smile.gif!
For the moment it looks like we have a bright future ahead of us - at least for our defence.
If you are interested here are the dates:
Final tournament - Group stage 14 - 20 July 2008
Semi-finals 23 July 2008
Final 26 July 2008
Thank heavens for that. We need centre backs. Nesta is going to leave in another 3 or 4 years.
But it's the complete lack of the mid-field that bugs me.
It's a day late, but a belated happy 12th birthday to future captain Christian Maldini!
Also of note: the May issue of Forza Milan (they show up here a month late) has two interviews with primavera players -- Alberto Paloschi and Matteo Bruscagin, who also figured in the little Azzurrini U19 games. They're nice interviews and they seem like good kids. If anyone's interested in details, pm me.
We will always have Maldini!
Did you see this clip from Daniel, http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXpPD3FpxIg
The next legend
Enzo Zidane unbelievable!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PIbDypWKmNw&feature=related
To me it does.
[you are not comparing Enzo to Zizou, are you? ]
His movement is too integral for his age!
What is Christian Maldini up to nowadays. He was supposedly a startlet for his age group, but i havent heard any new news from him
^^
Probably got exams?
There's not usually a whole lot of news on the 12 year olds, but their record (see first page of this thread for link to the primavera pages on acmilan.com) seems to be pretty good. I count 11 goals as having been conceded all year.
I guess we wont hear much from him if/when he gets to the Berretti or Primavera squad
Wow! Enzo has definitely the elegance of his father, but I don't think he's that impressive, Bojan when he was a kid was 100 times better and there's that Turkish kid on U tube who does wonders ... speechless!
Milan have loaned midfielder Alex Guerci to Serie C side Pergocrema.
Livorno have loaned two of our Primavera boys. One is Perticone, the other i cant remember. Perticone is a defender is memory serves correct.
Good way for them to get experience (if they play regularly that is)
Edit: Yeah Guerci was highly rated. He is/was the captain of the Primavera's
And Matteo Bruscagin is going out on loan to Serie C side Monza.
Albertazzi is still co-owned correct? One years experience in Serie A with Bologna should toughen him up
Milan owns all of Albertazzi, I believe. (we had half and then bought the other half in January when he came to the primavera)
Pierre Aubemeyang is being loaned to French 2nd division side Digione.
Hee. That's how it's spelled in Italian.
Here are the call ups for the U19 Euro Championship, to be held this July in the Czech Republic:
Portieri: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Piccolo (Torino), Pinsoglio (Juventus);
Difensori: Albertazzi (Milan), Bruscagin (Milan), Darmian (Milan), Formiconi (Udinese), Gentili (Atalanta), Marchetti (Real Montecchio), Tagliani (Fiorentina);
Centrocampisti: Bonaventura (Atalanta), Forestieri (Siena), Mazzarani (Cisco Roma), Palumbo (Napoli), Poli (Sampdoria), Raggio (Genoa), Romizi (Fiorentina), Viola (Reggina);
Attaccanti: Carbonaro (Palermo), Eusepi (Genoa), Giovio (Varese), Okaka (Modena), Paloschi (Milan), Zamblera (Newcastle United).
Congratulations to the four Milan players called up!
Our Primavera goalkeeper was Offerdi? is he good enough to be our next GK?
Offredi was the Primavera keeper, yes. He's decent enough. It's the Allievi Nazionale (class of 91) goalkeeper who's supposed to be a real talent. His name is Perrucchini. He should be the Berretti or Primavera keeper next year.
Wow, the surprise is to see only one zebra player
(or maybe they're loaned out )
Milan have bought half of the 16 year old midfielder Gianmarco Conti from Venezia. He'll join the Milan allievi nazionali (the team coached by Alberigo Evani) next season.
I'd still like us to deveop our own players a bit more. We're doing no different than Arsenal if we just take other players. Surely there must be some good kids around the Milan area!?
There are.
FOUR of the Milan primavera are in the national U19 squad. 3 of the 4 are from the Milan province.
That's better.
Haha. Another second-gen kid coming up.
Maurizio Ganz's son Simoneandrea will be playing with the Allievi Regionali team (this is the team for 15 year olds).
I remember him! Good luck to his kid.
The market for primavera age players is hopping right along. Milan have loaned (with right to buy) one Piermaria Carini, a 17 year old striker from Padova. [17 is generally the age for the Berretti, the team currently coached by Franco Baresi, unless you're REALLY good like Albertazzi, who's playing with the primavera.]
The final call up list for the U19s has been posted and all 4 Milan players made the final cut: Albertazzi, Bruscagin, Darmian and Paloschi.
Well done, ragazzi!
(full call up list in the U23 thread)
I heard we loaned Ardemagni out again, he was in the Primavera a couple of seasons ago and was amazing - scored bags of goals. Don't know how old he is, think it's Triestina he's gone to.
Ardemagni was at Pro Patria last season, I believe.
Yea Ardemagni (21) is at Pro Patria.but i think he is a complete Patria player,not a loaned player
Hi all,
I know paloschi scored today for u19 1-1 against greece. Has anybody watched the game, news on the other milan players and news on them.
thanks
Anyone knows what's happened to last year's Primavera players?
There were some promising players there Offredi, Bruscagin, Cosner, Guerci, Umunegbu,...
I only know about Darmian, Paloschi, Di Gennaro and the Aub's...
By the way, I don't want to be bitchy but I don't like it that former players are in a sub-forum... I don't think there are so many threads that a new category was needed anyway...
Bruscagin has gone on loan to (I think) a Serie C side, as has the Primavera keeper. I'll poke around and see if I can come up with a full list.
FYI the new youth team squad lists are up on acmilan.com. Alberigo Evani is now the primavera coach and Franco Baresi remains Berretti coach.
Of note is the young Wellington Feliciano De Morais CAFU, a defender in the primavera who was accompanied to Milanello this morning by his father.
Yep, his dad is our Marcus Cafu! I don't know where young Wellington will play in defense, but he IS listed as a defender.
Of note regarding other young Milan players: the one that the Italian press are buzzing about right now is Michelangelo Albertazzi, who plays as LB for the U19s. The kid is really good - if you get a chance to watch the U19 final tomorrow, you'll get to see him play. He's definitely one for the future.
Right now, they're liking most of the U19 squad, dst. There are a lot of positive vibes, at least in Gazzetta and Controcampo. Albertazzi is the little rossoneri they're talking most about. They also like Fiorillo, Okaka, Forestieri, etc. There's been some talk about young Tuia, but not a whole lot at least in the stuff I've read.
You mean Albertazzi is the most talked-about player or the most talked-about rossonero?
A little of both, dst. He's definitely the most talked-about rossonero defender (poor Darmian and Bruscagin hardly get a mention) and he's getting as much press as Paloschi. He's also being talked about a good fair bit because he's the youngest guy on the squad (a full year younger than Paloschi, for example) and has played his way into the starting lineup. The pundits seem to like him.
Nice! Thanks for all the info!!!
Now here's a thought: Albertazzi is going to be our great LB for the next 20 years and Darmian will be our great CB for the next 20 years who will also be a bit overshadowed by our new great LB...
albertazzi is the second youngest playr in the tournament behind a greek defender forgot his name that is also being linked with the likes of cheslea and arsenal . this 2 names are being mentioned the most since they both can play in the u17..
also di gennaro has been sold as part of the borriello deal.
Er. DiGennaro hasn't been entirely sold. He's on a co-ownership deal at Genoa, just like Abate is at Toro.
And I like your thought there, dst, though young Christian may turn out to be a centreback or (gasp) a RB.
Speaking of Di Gennaro, he scored the winning (and only) goal for Genoa today in a friendly v. AEK Athens.
Matteo Bruscagin, currently on loan to Monza, has been called up for the next round of U20 games.
Milanello is now an Aubameyang-free zone.
Willy has been loaned to Serie B side Avellino on a loan-with-option deal.
Well there is only one Brocchi. But there were two Aubameyangs.
Damn, so who are are the primavera strikers? Kingsley Umenugbu?
Yep, Kingsley is also on loan. He's at Salernitana.
There's a new crop of baby strkers.
Late bit of transfer news: Davide di Gennaro was at Genoa on loan but he's now gone to REGGINA on loan. Hope he gets some playing time, he's a good young player.
Our Di Gennaro? I thought we'd co-owned his @$$
We do. We just co owned his...assets...from Genoa to Reggina. He's at Reggina on loan.
So genoa has sold their half to Reggina??
Reggina brought in Di Gennaro and Djordje Rakic a 22-year-old promising Serbian striker. I'd take a bet and say he'll be even better then Viola's Jovetic this season..
Looks like Genoa and Milan both agreed to a loan. There's no ownership or co ownership involved in Di Gennaro's playing for Reggina this year.
Now I'm totally confused. So Di Gennaro was never co-owned to Genoa in exchange for Borriello. He was only loaned?? If so, then this makes sense. Good, I want to see this lad Di Gennaro play. I'd rather he develop to be good enough to replace Seedorf in 2-3 year's time.
Hee. Nono, Jack. Milan and Genoa co-own Di Gennaro. That was part of the Borriello deal. The co-ownership didn't change; both teams just agreed to loan him to Reggina for a year. I think it's a good move for him - he'll get playing time for Reggina because with the late additions Genoa made, he wasn't likely to play much.
Oh...I see. Thnx.
Yay for some of our kids!
Here's the call up list for the next round of U20 games:
Portieri: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Rossini (Ivrea);
Difensori: Albertazzi (Milan), Darmian (Milan), Gentili (Pergocrema), Masi (Fiorentina), Regini (Cesena), Santon (Inter);
Centrocampisti: Bonaventura (Atalanta), Di Tacchio (Ascoli), Eramo (Piacenza), Martinez (Ternana), Poli (Sassuolo), Rossi Fausto (Juventus);
Attaccanti: Marconi (Atalanta), Okaka (Roma), Paloschi (Parma), Pasquato (Empoli).
One late bit of youth team transfer news. Milan have bought young Alexander Merkel from Stuttgart. He's a midfielder who's played for the Germany U16 and U17 sides and has been put into the Primavera squad. He's a full year younger than most other players (two years younger than most).
hehe im guessing leonardo is finally having an affect on our club.
PRIMAVERA: VICENZA-MILAN 0-3
13/09/2008
MILANO - I giovani della Primavera di Evani hanno battuto il Vicenza 3-0 nella gara di andata del primo turno di Coppa Italia. Buona prestazione dei rossoneri che sono passati in vantaggio al 20' del primo tempo dopo il rigore trasformato da Furlan che ha lasciato il Vicenza in inferiorità numerica. Nella ripresa rete del raddoppio del Milan al 35' con Gianola e ancora Angelilli che al 40' ha chiuso le marcature.
[The Primavera beat Vicenza 3-0 in the first round of the Primavera Coppa Italia. A good game by the young rossoneri who went up in the 20th after Furlan converted a penalty that saw Vicenza go down to 10 men. Gianola scored the second goal and Angelilli the third.]
Yay for the kids!
3-0 is always a comprehensive win! Well done to the kiddos.
Glad to see that one Milan is doing good, even if it is the kiddies team
ahh i wanted to ask that recently we have had gud young defender like darmain stiker like paloschi even some midfielders david de gennaro but is there anyone who can be considered as milan keeper in coming years we need to get a keeper from the youth team bcoz on the market world class keepers are not for sale or either too expnsive while getting second graded keeper is no use so do we have a keeper in the youth team who can be considered the future like darmain or paloschi
Um, we have signed up a 20-year-old keeper from Brazil earlier this transfer season. He'll be staying on loan at his previous club to gain more experience, and will be unveiled next year. From what I hear, he's decently talented too.
Milan sign nine-year-old
Thursday 25 September, 2008
Milan have signed a nine-year-old Mexican boy, who has already been compared to Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Diego Maradona.
In a piece of forward planning, the Rossoneri have pounced to secure the services of Edgardo Obregon.
The tiny trequartista had been learning the ropes at Guadalajara outfit Chivas where he has been nicknamed 'The Cat.'
Obregon impressed at the recent Milan Friendly youth tournament and was reportedly also approached by Barcelona.
“He's the heir to Messi, Aguero and Maradona,” Spanish newspaper Marca claimed.
Many of Europe's top clubs are recruiting players at a young age as the race to find the superstars of tomorrow becomes ever more competitive.
although he is really young but still it is gud we going for young players but yea this one is very young
Maybe once he'll play with Cristian Maldini)))
Baby Maldini update: young Christian's team (the Giovanissimi Regionali C) are so far undefeated in their games this season; they've only conceded one goal so far.
Well duhh...this kid was good enough to take the ball of Seedorf remember? One of the most technically accomplished players on the planet.
Actually, that was kid brother Daniel who dispossessed Seedorf with a classic Maldini slide tackle. Daniel's 7 now, I think. Next year he can start with the youngest of the Milan youth teams.
Oh.. shoot! Well I'm sure Daniel learnt from big brother.
Well, at least Darmian's not being allowed to totally rust away. He's playing with the Primavera today in the primavera equivalent of the Coppa. Milan lead Chievo 1-0 at halftime.
EDIT:
FT result: 1-0. Yay for the primavera. (Albertazzi also played this one).
Davide di Gennaro is playing for Reggina in their (grownup) Coppa game v. Udinese right now. It's scoreless in the 72nd.
Di Gennaro was called up by Casiraghi for the U21 game next week against Germany.
And Darmian was called up for the U20s.
So...there are two Milan-owned players in the U21 side - Paloschi and Di Gennaro. Hope to see them both do well. (The other 2 strikers called up are Palermo's Lanzafame and the cugini's Balotelli).
Hmm....thanks 10.
So, lots of folks have been wondering just how many kids are out on loan or how many former kids are out there playing. Here's a brief roundup of some of the former Primavera and how they did at the weekend:
Ignazio Abate - midfielder - (Torino): Voto 6
Davide Di Gennaro - midfielder - (Reggina): Voto 5.5
Luca Antonelli - midfielder - (Parma): Voto 6.5 (serie B.)
Alberto Paloschi - striker - (Parma): Voto 6 (serie B.)
Willy Aubameyang - striker - (Avellino): Voto 5.5 (Serie B.)
Daniel Offredi - goalkeeper - (Pro Sesto): Voto 7 (Serie C1 - rumors that Grosseto of Serie B is interested in him)
Romano Perticone - defender - (Livorno): Voto 6 (serie B.)
Simone Malacarne - midfielder - (Pizzighettone): Voto 6 (Serie C2)
Riccardo Caraglia - midfielder - (Pizzighettone): Voto 6 (Serie C2)
i always thought luca anotnelli was CB and i hope we get one of youth team GK for our main team
The Giovanissimi C are doing rather well so far this season. They're undefeated (10 wins), have scored 29 goals and have conceded ONE. Yesterday they won the Citta d'Imperia tournament, again without conceding a goal. In the first of 3 games in the tournament, one of the 12 goals Milan scored was by a young defender named Christian Maldini.
I would just like to say that since it is extremely unlikely we will be able to tempt a world class defender away from their club we must make every attempt to try and groom our own youth players to become world class players. Whenever i see Juve's youth squad i am almost always jealous, especially in the way they intergrate them into the squad. While we will never be able to get Chiellini or the next big defending star (Santacroce/Criscito) we need to develop our players. It would be a shame to neglect Darmian or Albertazzi because i believe that at least one of them can go all the way
Here's this weekend's report card for the ragazzi out on loan:
Ignazio Abate - midfielder - (Torino):Voto 6
Davide Di Gennaro - midfielder - (Reggina): Voto 6
Matteo Ardemagni - striker - (Triestina): Voto 5.5 (Serie B.)
Alberto Paloschi - striker - (Parma):Voto 6 (Serie B.)
Romano Perticone - defender - (Livorno): Voto 6.5 (Serie B.)
Daniel Offredi - keeper - (Pro Sesto): Voto 6.5 (Serie C.)
Alex Guerci - midfielder - (Pergocrema): Fornisce sostanza al centrocampo. Voto 6 (Serie C.)
Abate is one of the very few Toro players getting consistently good marks this year. The press at least really like the kid.
Offredi has been getting consistently high marks -- 6.5 on the Italian scale is pretty high for a goalie and 7 is...REALLY good. Sure, it's for a Serie C team, but he's apparently really doing quite well.
whoearthepatriots can probably offer some elaboration on how young Alberto is doing at Parma since he's the resident expert.
Speaking of young Alberto, he's gone in in the 29th min of Parma's game v. Citadella. The game's still scoreless (in the 35th).
EDIT: +1 cookie to Paloschi for the gorgeous goal he scored in the 74th (so far the only one of the game).
Parma won the game, 1-0. They're temporarily in first place in Serie B (the majority of B games are played on Saturday).
That's my next favorite player, right than and there! Forza Paloschi!
This is the first goal Paloschi has scored in a while for the Crociati
Note: Parma played the entire second half and the last few minutes of the first on 10 men. They had a guy sent off right after Paloschi came on. Talked to someone who watched the game and they said young Alberto's goal was really quite good and that he played well throughout.
heres Channel 4's take on the Parma game Paloschi late goal hero....hes learning from the king Super Pippo !!
Parma 1-0 Cittadella
Paloschi’s late strike gave 10-man Parma a precious victory over giant-killers Cittadella to end 2008 on a high. The Gialloblu’s 13-match unbeaten run was ended last week and it looked to be another stumble when the minnows had the better of the first half with Bonvissuto going close, Reginaldo picking up an injury and Falcone’s dismissal for a reaction foul on Meggiorini. Parma survived Volpe’s header thanks to a stunning Pavarini save and moments later Paloschi ended his goal drought by nodding in Antonelli’s cross at the back post.
Scorers: Paloschi 74 (P)
Sent off: Falcone 38 (P)
Parma: Pavarini; Troest, Falcone, A Lucarelli; Castellini, Morrone, Mariga, Kutuzov (M Rossi 46), Antonelli; Reginaldo (Paloschi 29), C Lucarelli
Cittadella: Pierobon; Turato, Pesoli, Cherubin, Teoldi; Volpe (De Gasperi 86), Castiglia, Iori, Carteri (Oliveira 80); Bonvissuto (P Rossi 70), Meggiorini
Ref: Pinzani
Attendance: 9,353
(picture from Mediaset)
Young Alberto today.
The Parma-dress collar looks...like...I don't know, like it's from "Alien".
Oh yes, now that you've said it I see. Well,...it's not looking good IMO, but it's irrelevant if he scores more goals.
Here's a somewhat belated report on how the former Primavera players did last week:
Alberto Paloschi (Parma): Voto 6.5 (Serie B.)
Luca Antonelli (Parma): Voto 6 (Serie B.)
Matteo Ardemagni (Triestina): Voto 6 (Serie B.)
Romano Perticone (Livorno): Voto 6.5 (Serie B.)
Ignazio Abate (Torino): Voto 6.5
Daniel Offredi (Pro Sesto): Voto 6 (Serie C)
Alex Guerci (Pergocrema): Voto 6.5 (Serie C)
Emanuele Orlandi (Carpenedolo): Voto 6 (Serie C)
Simone Malacarne (Pizzighettone): Voto 6.5 (Serie C)
Also of note: Former Primavera centerback Andrea Cosner is currently at Seire C side Reggiana on a co-ownership deal, but Serie B side Ascoli apparently want him in January.
The kid's grown up!
Wow, look! He really has! Thanks for posting, zd! (AND WHY DID ZAMBROTTA SHAVE HIS HEAD!?!?!?!?!)
I hold hope out that we'll see more of him in the new year. Maybe I'm nuts (or still drunk from New Years) but....
Perticone did really well for Livorno at the weekend (vote of 6) and Offredi continues to do well for Pro Sesto (vote of 6.5).
The primavera play Atalanta today. There's a note on acmilan.com stating that 'first team players Darmian and Cardacio will be playing with the primavera' in the game.
The primavera beat Mantova's primavera today 2-0. Goals scored by Scapuzzi (a striker, 2nd youngest player on the squad at 17; there's 1 16 year old defender) and Ruggeri on a penalty. Found that last a bit interesting as Ruggeri is a defender and they're not normally designated takers of penalties. I think he's the primavera captain this year though. Maybe that's why. Both boys are local, from Milan and the Como area respectively.
EDIT: I just checked and the Giovanissimi C are still unbeaten in first place in their age group and still have conceded only one goal. This is the team on which a young Christian Maldini plays.
Here's how some of the former Primavera players did over the weekend:
Alberto Paloschi (Parma): Voto 6.5 (Serie B.)
Ignazio Abate (Torino): Voto 6.5
Romano Perticone (Livorno): Voto 6.5 (Serie B.)
Willy Aubameyang (Avellino): Voto 6 (Serie B.)
Daniel Offredi (Pro Sesto): Voto 6.5 (Serie C. note: they gave him this rating even though he conceded 4 goals. must have been a really bad defense for him not to be blamed for that.)
Simone Malacarne (Pizzighettone) : Voto 6 (Serie C)
Offredi needs to be dragged out, into Serie B or something. He's been doing well enough. Paloschi, seems to be having a series of average-good performances. I don't see him benching Pippo at this rate. The same for Abate. Damn...there doesn't look to be anyone who's gonna crack the first team.
Hah. Indeed not. He really does imitate Pippo to perfection in goal celebrations.
Young Alberto really did well Saturday for Parma, scoring one of their goals and getting a rating of 7 for the match.
Ignazio Abate also did well on Sunday against the cugini - got a 7 for that mach.
Davide di Gennaro played well too, for Reggina in their game. Got a 6.5.
Good to hear this. Me want more Paloschi goals!
It is. I must say, I've expected him to do better then he did so far, but I guess it is a bit too much for now.
Here's how some of the kids on loan did:
Davide Di Gennaro (Reggina): Voto 7
Ignazio Abate (Torino): Voto 7
Luca Antonelli (Parma): Voto 5.5
Alberto Paloschi (Parma): Voto 6
Daniel Offredi (Pro Sesto): Voto 6.5
EDIT: The Giovanissimi C (the team Christian Maldini plays on) finally conceded a goal Saturday. But they won 5-1 anyway and are in first place in their division.
Albertazzi and Darmian were called up to play for the U20s in the 4 nations tournament (this is a tournament that takes place each year) against Austria.
Thanks Tennie
I wish Serie A would introduce the EPL rule of not allowing players out on loan to play against their parent club. It gets very annoying when players you own score against yo and cost you points!
I agree Kurt...it hurt to see Di Gennaro score his goal.
We should be happy for Di Gennaro, maybe someone higher up isnt a complete imbecile and noticed his good display. He just may be given a chance now
We always knew, Di Gennaro was outrageously talented. I think his coach (Galli?) said he was the most talented of all the primavera. Much much more than Paloschi. But his work rate wasn't so good supposedly.
As hurt as I was, I was very happy for Di Gennaro and his goal. He proved that our babies (youth team) can score even if it seems the management doesn't realize that.
The Primavera are participating in the Viareggio Cup tournament, a big tournament of youth teams with clubs from around the world.
They're playing the primavera from UNAM Pumas (from Mexico) today. At the half, Milan lead 1-0, with the goal by Angelilli.
@Ro: I wouldn't let this perturb me too much. We've had Pozzi score against us as well. Doesn't mean he's Milan quality.
In fact another reason, why I'm not all too keen about this is that Di Gennaro has only made it to the first team coz Reggina's dealing with a lot of injuries. I believe it is the same with Paloschi and the whole Lucarelli mess. So I'm still undecided and I'm guessing they'd be better off where they are for now.
I don't think Paloschi is the Pippo equivalent of Pato - a teen prodigy. Nor do I think Di Gennaro has it in him yet to replace any of our treqqies.
Meh.
FT: Milan 1 - 1 Pumas. Romagnoli conceded a penalty in the 89th minute.
^^
That I'll agree with. I don't even know why Sheva was brought back. I think even Kuffkuff played more than him when he was with us.
Italy's U20s beat Austria today, 2-1. Both Darmian and Albertazzi played - Darmian for the full 90 and Albertazzi a big chunk of the game -- though he did come off injured. Darmian will go to the Primavera camp for the Viareggio tournament and Albertazz may join him, depending on the extent of his injury.
what was the injury like? foot, thigh etc?
His scrotum was punctured.
*Runs to the hills*
Dunno, CMF. I checked and body parts aren't mentioned, just that it's a 'muscular problem' (presumably somewhere in a leg).
I'm tellin ya..it is what it is...
Gosh, Darmian is busy these days. Played yesterday for the U20s (he's captain) and playing today in the Viareggio tournament for the Primavera.
It's a pity he's not being given a chance with the first team.
The few times that I've seen him play for the first team he seems pretty good. I would like to see more of him, hopefully we will and he won't be loaned out until he's 27 like Antonini.
Much as I wish things were different, Ro, I don't think either of us should hold our breath to see Darmian or any other Primavera being given a chance. Seems more fashionable to buy kids the same age from Brazil (Mattioni, for what it's worth, plays the same position as Darmian - though dst and I quibble over whether Darmian's better as a cb or a rb).
The primavera lost the second match in Torneo di Viareggio (or Coppa Canevale) against Vicenza. The Primavera took the lead in the 18th minute by a shot from Strasser but Vicenza equalaized and took the lead in the second half.
Milan - Vicenza 1 - 2
Perucchini;
Darmian, Romagnoli, Colombo, Ruggeri;
Strasser, De Vito, Novinic;
Osuji, Doukara, Furlan.
Subs: IN- Angelilli, Gianola and Scapuzzi OUT- Furlan, Doukara och De Vito.
The Primavera share the last place in the group with Pumas. They both got 1 point while Vicenza and Cesena got 4 points. Milan will play Cesena on saturday.
Here's how some of the kids on loan did at the weekend.
Ignazio Abate (Torino): (Voto 7)
Davide Di Gennaro (Reggina): (Voto 6)
Alberto Paloschi (Parma): (Voto 6)
Daniel Offredi (Pro Sesto): (Voto 6)
Kingsley Umunegbu (Portosummaga): (Voto 6.5)
Emanuele Orlandi (Carpenedolo): (Voto 6)
week in week out abate is doing really well i think it would be really bad move if we dont call him back we need a verstile player like him
I wouldnt really call him versatile (right sided player and Trequartista) but i do agree that he deserves a shot with us. You cant be a star for the Azzurini by being average. However, Carlo will never play him, so staying at Toro for another year may not be bad (for him)
I still haven't found out how good his defending is.. is he like Janku, good in attack, rather average in defense? can he be play as a RB?
Don't think he's as good as Janku in defence. He's a winger.
Janku is a fairly bad defender and Abate does not seem much better, at least he did not whenever I watched him play. I don't think he can play at RB.
Serginho was bad defensively too and I remember crying about his incompetence at the back but his runs upfront more than made up for this. Janku is nowhere near him offensively.
Carlos was much better than Serginho in my view.
The Primavera beat Atalanta's primavera 2-0 (goals by Ikande and Pasini) to qualify for the primavera coppa italia semifinals.
Also of note, the Giovanissimi C (where Christian Maldini plays) continues to win and not concede goals. They're still in first place in their division.
Too bad we can't get any specifics of the players...is it truly a new golden generation?
No real idea, Jack. All I can ever find about the Giovanissimi is the results and (I think next month maybe) the odd article in Forza Milan.
Can they really be that good? It does not mean that they will evolve into great players but still, it's amazing what those kids do.
So the Giovanissimi C won the Torneo di Gallipoli (traditional tournament held this time of year for the age group). They beat the baby cugini 4-3 on penalties and a Milan player (Matteo Gargantini, a midfielder) won the fair play award for the tournament. (they went through the tournament without conceding in regular time and only let in the penalties).
Yay for the baby rossoneri!
Our youth squads seem to bring in good results lately. Let's hope some of those kids are going to play successfully for the senior squad too.
Not all of 'em, dst. The primavera are suffering this year. The Berretti seem to be doing well though. The big stars, however, are the Giovanissimi C (the team young Maldini plays on).
I still dont understand why we sold half of abate! But in regards to mattioni vs darmian, maybe mattioni is better who knows. We haven't seen them really play for the first team so we can't judge. All i know is mattioni is fast as hell.
Pana said he wasn't all that cool in the friendly..so I dunno. But yup, he had no match fitness so..
I think he (mattioni) played the role of Cafu very good during the friendly...he was fast going up and coming back.
So then we can agree Pana is a jackass?
The Giovanissimi C are keeping their clean sheet record - they've just won the first round of the derby, beating the baby cugini 1-0.
Congrats to them
what age group are the Giovanissimi C. Under 16's?
The Giovanissimi C have conceded ONE goal all season. They're the group that Christian Maldini plays in. They're in the 12-13 age range.
The coach of the Giovanissimi C is a former coach from the Atalanta primavera system. Could help explain why they're doing so well.
Personally i think Atalanta's youth system is the best in Italy, so its no surprise that the Giovanissimi C are doing so well under an ex Atalanta coach
Exactly, Atalanta's school is top. We once had a good basis there as well. Hope we can rebuild that realtionship.
Good to hear that the Giovanissimi C are in good hands. Maybe Galliani should do the same and hire a good coach for the primavera also, they have not been doing so well these past years.
The Giovanissimi C kept a clean sheet again this past weekend, beating Pro Sesto 3-0.
They've only conceded two goals all season. They won both games they conceded in too. By my count, it's 14 games undefeated.
and i think the Primavera lost to inter 2-0
They did. The Primavera is not doing well at all this year.
outside of a mortician is their a more depressing job in the world then playing with the Milan primavera :S
Of course i'm joking but we can't say we have parma/atalanta and maybe even juve youth development and some of it has to fall on the coach, some on the management.
In the new forza milan magazine they have the Giovanissimi C team with their pics and everything...I'll scan it and post it here if you guys want.
Christian Maldini has changed so much since the last time I've seen him.
(he needs a haircut. too long in this one). The interview with their coach in that issue is nice too. Glad you got the mag, Ro!
Now get to work Tennie. The interview...chop chop!
The Primavera (finally) won! They beat Brescia 3-2 today.
The Giovanissimi C play Atalanta tomorrow.
I'm happy they finally won!
Gosh. Every Milan youth team won this weekend. That's ten different teams by age group.
And yes, the Giovanissimi C kept their clean sheet record, defeating their counterparts from Atalanta 1-0.
Viudez scored for Primavera in 1-1 draw against Cagliari
I can't imagine what he's feeling...going from playing with the first team at one team to being thrown in with the primavera.
congratulations none the less.
I actually reckon it's a smart move. In case UEFA passes any funny rules, Viudez would count as a primavera product right?
No idea...but I guess
Personnel update on the Giovanissimi C: folks knew/know that Christian Maldini plays on that team. so too do the twin sons of former Milan goalkeeper Valerio Fiori. One is a striker and one is a defender. There's a Galliani on that squad too but I don't know if he's any relation to Zio Fester.
Fishdoll oooo, Didafan is flirting. Take that, Pirate!
Here are the call ups for the Italy U21 game (scheduled for Wed. Mar 25) against Austria:
Questa la lista dei giocatori convocati da Casiraghi:
Portieri: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Seculin (Fiorentina);
Difensori: Ariaudo (Juventus), Bellusci (Ascoli), Crescenzi (Roma), Darmian (Milan), Malomo (Roma), Ranocchia (Bari), Renzetti (Albinoleffe);
Centrocampisti: Barillà (Reggina), Bolzoni (Inter), Castiglia (Cittadella), Cia (Triestina), Di Gennaro (Reggina), Pasquato (Empoli), Poli (Sassuolo);
Attaccanti: Immobile (Juventus), Mendicino (Lazio), Paloschi (Parma)
3 Milan (or Milan-owned) players in the group.
This is the 'new' U21, as there are a bunch of guys who've rolled off due to age. I'm a little surprised not to see Santon on the list.
Wow that's weird...why would he not put Santon on the list?
Could it be that Lippi is going to call him up? He said he would...but didn't say when.
LMAO at a striker named Immobile. I guess that would be worse than being Berbatov.
Immobile that's really funny!
The Primavera won again! They beat Cagliari 2-1. By the way, even though they're well into midtable in the primavera league, they're in the semis for the primavera cup.
I'm very sad to report that the Giovanissimi C conceded two goals this weekend. They did, however, beat Brescia 4-2.
Stupid Brescia for ruining the clean sheet.
Yay for the Primavera though!
What? 2 goals!?!? The kids should be fined and their coach must be fired! Damn you Seedorf!
What? Zee? What did he do?
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