2005, A FINE VINTAGE

The first few months of the season have been full of good signs for the Rossoneri's youth teams as, in 2021/22, we are starting to see a gradual return to normality after two seasons that were heavily altered and affected by the pandemic. Before this backdrop, there are two teams - both from the same age group - that are performing incredibly well.

Both the men's and women's Under-17 sides are flying high in the league, putting up some great numbers. Coach Lantignotti's boys are in second with 25 points from eleven games after reaching the national finals last season; coach De Martino's girls, meanwhile, are also second - with 24 points from nine games - and have scored over ten goals in a single game in seven of those matches.  

Testimony of the great work done by the boys is the fact that three of the squad members have been called up to the Primavera this season: central defender Francesco Fontana (on the bench against Como in the Coppa Italia), full-back Alessio Piantedosi - who made his debut yesterday against Liverpool in the Youth League after making the squad in the Coppa Italia - and midfielder Victor Eletu, who has already made three appearances in the Youth League and two in domestic football between the league and the cup. 

More regular, meanwhile, is the presence of the 2005 cohort in Coach Corti's new Women's Primavera. You just need to think, for example, about their first goal of the season - a free-kick against Juventus - that was scored by 16-year-old Monica Renzotti. These young players are developing nicely, which is fruit of the great care and attention paid by AC Milan's youth coaches.

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