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?

i dont think so... i think dst is rite he wasnt that good atleast in that friendly

I did not watch the match in slow motion so you must have watched in fast forward... Mattioni made Seedorf look like Serginho!


What does that have to do with anything?

Nothing..I was just going off-topic that's all. Yeesh!

It just felt out of place because me being a jackass was not connected this time.

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.

It sounds very funny

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.

Do you know how many games they kept a clean sheet Tennie?

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.

They are amazing.

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!

(Yes, he does) I haven't had time to sit down and read it yet ...I was lucky that I got it, the lady's like oh we have one left...I'm like put it on the side I'm on my way

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.

That's cool

Didafan wants to pinch a fin because Fishdoll beat her to this news.

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?

In what, Tootsie Rolls?