Milan - Panathinaikos (06/08/10 in Detroit, USA)

Ok, now lets go back to the topic.

Start 4 youngsters tonight. period

Best case scenario: mgm will only get one midfielder,which means we will still have 1-2 player shortage. In this case let`s promte 2 players from primavera.(i don`t mean take them when u have shortage of players due to injury).take them to train with the first team, put them in the bench and throw them in fire, thats how you get them to mature.

in this regard i think Verdi should be the first one being promoted, he was our best player last season and he is the profile of a player that we miss the most since Serginho(LW).

De Vito should be the other one due to lack of good FB. but I don`t seem him around this pre-season, mayube he is injured?

Odumandi and Merkel are the other ones, with merkel being the one that suits the Allegri system more.

Thats why I feel it is of vital importance that these guys starting from tonights game play more for the first team, actually in every game until 2 of them stand above the other and deserve the call up.

Take Pedro from Barca. Both Dos Santos and Krkic are way more talented and skillful than him. But who got to play in the WC final it was Pedro. you know why?
Pedro is a very lucky SOB. he got 3-4 times to play for the first team and the guy was really lucky to actually score 3-4 times. Those 3-4 lucky goals gave him so much confidence that made him grow into the player he is today.

We had that luck with Pato and Kaka, not with Yoan. Who has ever played professional football understands perfectly the importance of self confidence in football.

maybe we`ll get lucky with one of young start...but sure we won`t if we don`t use them at all.