16 YOUNGSTERS IN FIRST TEAM SINCE 1999
Saturday, 28 May 2005 14:54:34
MILAN - Over the past six seasons (from 1999/00 to 2004/05) no less than sixteen young Nerazzurri have made the jump from youth academy to first team.
In 1999/00 Nello Russo made his first-team debut, followed by Nicola Beati and Carlo Trezzi the following season. Salvatore Ferraro made his debut in 2001/02, when Inter Primavera won the Carnival Cup and National Championship, but his teammates didn't have long to wait as Obafemi Martins, Giovanni Pasquale, Mario Rebecchi, Alessandro Potenza, Nicola Napolitano, Alessandro Franchini and Wellinton Pinto Fraga all had their first taste of action with the big boys in 2002/03.
Last year it was the turn of Alex Cordaz and Isah Eliakwu, while this season Dino Marino, Paolo Hernan Dellafiore and Riccardo Meggiorini have all played for Mancini's Inter.
And tomorrow it could be the turn of Marco Andreolli, Tijani Belaid, Fabrizio Biava, Simone Fautario and Matteo Momentè, all called up to Roberto Mancini's squad for the Serie A Week 38 match at home to Reggina.
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BURDISSO: "THANKS INTER"
Saturday, 28 May 2005 15:01:48
MILAN - Nerazzurri defender Nicolas Burdisso has sent a letter to Inter to thank the club for its support during a particularly difficult time which saw him forced to return to Argentina to sort out a serious personal problem.
Burdisso writes: "Through this letter I want to thank the club, the boss and my teammates for their support in this difficult time for me and my family. I returned to Argentina four months ago because of a serious personal problem. When this situation is over I hope to rejoin the team and return to my normal life. Thanks again. Nicolas Burdisso".
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unfortunate that he couldn't play more with the team.
INTER V REGGINA: 18 PLAYERS CALLED UP
Saturday, 28 May 2005 13:28:34
APPIANO GENTILE - Roberto Mancini has called up the following eighteen players for Sunday afternoon's Serie A Week 38 match at home to Reggina:
Goalkeepers: 1 Francesco Toldo, 15 Fabian Carini
Defenders: 11 Sinisa Mihajlovic, 13 Zé Maria , 16 Giuseppe Favalli, 23 Marco Materazzi, 24 Carlos Gamarra, 39 Simone Fautario, 49 Marco Andreolli
Midfielders: 5 Emre Belozoglu, 21 Giorgos Karagounis, 47 Dino Marino, 51 Fabrizio Biava, 58 Tijani Belaid
Strikers: 9 Julio Ricardo Cruz, 30 Obafemi Martins, 32 Christian Vieri, 50 Matteo Momentè
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lots of youth in the game tomorrow
should be fun to watch
Forza Inter!