QUOTE (han2503 @ Jul 21 2009, 07:50 AM)

When are Pirlo, Rino etc going to join the team? Or are they already in the US?
Fishdoll notes that a quick look at acmilan.com (whichever language), particularly the picture section, shows multiple shots of Pirlo and Rino training on Venice Beach in California. There were also shots of Rino on the bench during the game. He thinks they're all probably there unless someone's particularly good at photochopping.
Fishdoll notes further that Onyewu's official introduction/press conference thingy will be in...about half an hour from now, before the evening training in Atlanta.
As regards the game v LA, it wasn't all that bad given what it was. Fishdoll thought Di Gennaro did reasonably well - and that his free kick was a thing of beauty (when he was a primavera, he was said to be by far the most talented kid on the squad; it's more a matter of putting things into practice. He was fielded as a winger but his natural position is that of trequartista). None of the other kids really got a lot of time but Abate made a couple of runs and can clearly cross more accurately than Oddo who, in Fishdoll's opinion, sucks (not Locke's) donkey balls. None of the young kids made any big impacts but none made any huge errors. Fishdoll thought that of the lot (Albertazzi, Zigomi, Strasser), Strasser did the best.