Brocchi and Barca model A Spring unparalleled – La Gazzetta dello Sport

​​April 12, 2016 – Milan

Brocchi with Fabio Grosso, last month, the Viareggio Tournament. LaPresse

‘heir Filippo Inzaghi has had a rapid career (almost) as that of its predecessor: Cristian Brocchi stopped playing in 2013, after five seasons at Lazio, he returned to Milan, who had grown up in the youth and resumed 25 years old, and he was entrusted immediately the best vintage of the Rossoneri’s nursery, the class 1998. He held it for a year, students in Regional / Pro League, then in the summer of 2014 he was given the Spring, promotion chain, after the one with the big Superpippo: a championship without a trophy, the second stop him to go to coach great.

as playing – the budget of the technicians who train the industry youth weighs the revolutionary project launched a few years ago by Filippo Galli: the teams must follow the Barcelona model, play ball on the ground, defenders that set, close exchanges, and woe to those who dare to sweep up or revive long. An ambitious project and discussed, the kind that Berlusconi can not not like it, but the field is very difficult to apply: the youth of Milan all have technical skills above the average, but among the opponents is the voice spread, marked midfielders , pressed up, and sooner or later the defenders who can not kick down eventually get a lovely pass to intercept and take goals.

numbers – the Spring of Brocchi, between the nursery teams , is the one that ends up more often in the spotlight, and the ball game on the ground has made an absolute creed: they come out of the funny numbers, the best attack in the group for posting and the best goal difference, and a more than reviewable defense, the fifth of the group, 26 goals conceded in 23 games. The performance was a rollercoaster: in February had not equalized, a forward mediocre group, 6 losses in 13 games, an exciting return 28 points out of 30 available. In the last round, 10 days ago, he has taken the top spot in Group B, Inter concluding a long chase, but referred the easy race against Salernitana, penultimate, otherwise probably would still ahead. And even in the challenging second half of AC Milan Primavera is a fall season that makes noise: eighths of Viareggio against Juventus, the final 4-0. In defense of the technician, the lack of four holders involved with the Under-19, De Santis, Locatelli, Felicioli and Vido. Another interesting clue: his Milan is very Italian, the only foreign owner is the Bolivian Gamarra, the Ivorian Agnero and other games are played clips. Pure form is what appeals to Berlusconi: Brocchi has started with a 4-3-3, with a lot of quality in midfield in recent months has given up three points by entering the beloved (by the President) playmaker. And the team has benefited.

merits – In the two and a half years in the youth sector Brocchi did what was not enough Mihajlovic to hold the post, did play good ones, regardless of age. And the proof is the same player: he did feel the decision to launch holder Mihajlovic in Serie A on 16 year old Gianluigi Donnarumma, but if you could do this is by merit of Brocchi. Because the boys of ’99 Spring will arrive there next September, the new coach of AC Milan, had appreciated the talent of Donnarumma summoning the Regional Allievi, and in 2014 it launched two years ahead of schedule, consecrating him as the best goalkeeper of the youth scene Italian. And this year he repeated verbatim the operation, before making his debut and then confirming that the holder between the posts Spring Plizzari 15 year old, a 2000 who has played the most minutes of the three ’96 who started the season with him, and divide among grandstand bench: counting that one of the three is called Maldini, it takes the liver.

Francesco Oddi

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