Federico Macheda

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I didn't know we signed this guy. I remember the rumors, but I thought they came to nothing.

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={061AD8F0-B618-4CC3-838C-A9AEA6B5217A}&section=playerProfile&teamid=437&bioid=92888

Edit; the link doesn't work, but his profile is on manutd.com under academy players.
 
Formerly a member of Lazio's youth system, Federico Macheda joined United in September 2007.

The 16-year-old forward was born in Italy's capital Rome and was regarded as a promising prospect in his homeland.

Having recently relocated to England, Federico has joined up with his new team-mates in United's Under-18s and begins a three-year Academy scholarship.
 
now that is interesting. completed very much on the hush-hush it seems.
 
Decotron said:
Uh oh Im having sexy thoughts....she was in the movie Outback??? Nice.......
Ok back to the footy, New Rossi maybe?
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The movie was Walkabout, but it was set in the Outback.

Nice!
 
Really impressed with the lad, barely 16 and yet he has so much poise and composure on the ball...he's taller and tougher than Rossi too which should help. Also, he can play both as a main striker and as playing just in behind too.

Though he's only a youngster right now and who knows if he'll ever amount to anywhere near the player that his potential may suggest.
 
I've read that he's very rated in Italy, a very good striker who has brilliant technique. Member of the "Class '91", as they already call the kids in the U-16 set up.

Scored on his debut for United aswell. Must be some talent
 
Scored a nice goal to bring United back to 2-2 in the Academy game against B'Burn. Does look a good prospect.
 
Did you watch the full game, Charley? Who played, who scored and who stood out? :angel:
 
He's got a fantastic name. Bound to make it. ;)

I had no idea we actually got this kid. I heard rumours but i was of the impression that nothing really came of it.
 
Elliott said:
Did you watch the full game, Charley? Who played, who scored and who stood out? :angel:
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I only saw the 10 minute period around when United got things back to 2-2. They had been 2-0 down. I think final score was 2-2..

The little I saw was that Wellbeck and Macheda were up front, Eikrem, Drinkwater , Evans in midfield.

Whenever I see Wellbeck I can see that he good touch for his size, but he always seems a little too "gangly" to me.
 
Elliott said:
Did you watch the full game, Charley? Who played, who scored and who stood out? :angel:
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Amos
McCormack, Chester, Strickland, Cleverley
Derbyshire, Eikrem, Evans, Bryan (Ajose)
Welbeck, Macheda
Not used: Woods, Brandao.
McCormack was at fault for giving away a en and then missed a pen in the first half when the score was 2-0 for Blackburn.
Derbyshire gave us a lifline, even though we didn´t deserve that, before half time.
Macheda got us to 2-2 and Evans scored the winner. We could have scored more and were better in the second half.
 
Cheers for the reports, lads. Brandao - who did so brilliantly in the Milk Cup - isn't getting much playingtime these days, is he? Shame, he's a class act.
 
Elliott said:
Cheers for the reports, lads. Brandao - who did so brilliantly in the Milk Cup - isn't getting much playingtime these days, is he? Shame, he's a class act.
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think Machedas actually the better player by quite a bit....Brandao hasnt really shown that much so far that ive seen?
 
Finally, a Federico Macheda video has surfaced on YouTube so that everyone can see the youngster's ability ;)

Here's his goal for the Academy a few weeks ago against Everton to make is 2-3 in a match that finished 3-3 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbJi1qV5NA

A really good goal, one of his best. He's been very promising so far but is only 16 so it will be at least a few years until we see if he can realise his potential.
 
Virtuoso said:
Finally, a Federico Macheda video has surfaced on YouTube so that everyone can see the youngster's ability ;)

Here's his goal for the Academy a few weeks ago against Everton to make is 2-3 in a match that finished 3-3 -



A really good goal, one of his best. He's been very promising so far but is only 16 so it will be at least a few years until we see if he can realise his potential.
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here
 
Great goal, obviously a talented lad. He's quite big for a 16 year old, isn't he. Italian yes, but made for English football :smirk:
 
Chapster said:
here
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Cheers for that Chapster, how do you get it so that you can watch it directly from the post rather than having to click on the link? Sorry if this is obvious, guess I'm a bit slow as I tried the YouTube button thing and it still didn't work hah.
 
Virtuoso said:
Cheers for that Chapster, how do you get it so that you can watch it directly from the post rather than having to click on the link? Sorry if this is obvious, guess I'm a bit slow as I tried the YouTube button thing and it still didn't work hah.
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You have to use the Youtube brackets and insert the code that starts after the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="

So your link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[B]azbJi1qV5NA[/B]

Which ends up like this:
[YOUTUBE]azbJi1qV5NA[/YOUTUBE]
 
Top said:
You have to use the Youtube brackets and insert the code that starts after the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="

So your link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[B]azbJi1qV5NA[/B]

Which ends up like this:
[YOUTUBE]azbJi1qV5NA[/YOUTUBE]
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Cheers mate ;)

Elliott said:
Great goal, obviously a talented lad. He's quite big for a 16 year old, isn't he. Italian yes, but made for English football :smirk:
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Yeah he's got good height for his age, must be around 6ft already but needs to bulk up a bit...only very young so that's no problem just yet. His physical presence could potentially be the factor that helps his first team chances more so than Rossi whose height and lack of strength was definitely a reason for his departure. He does look more suited to the English game, but saying all that...he's got some real quality on the ball and offers our academy side a lot of different attributes.
 
From the reports, very well indeed. A bigger stronger version of Rossi. I hope he makes it. He looks like he has all the attributes. To me he also looks a better prospect than Welbeck. Its been ages that a player has broken through really.
 
weso26 said:
From the reports, very well indeed. A bigger stronger version of Rossi. I hope he makes it. He looks like he has all the attributes. To me he also looks a better prospect than Welbeck. Its been ages that a player has broken through really.
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thats down to abramovich and co really. I've heard him being compared to del-piero but I tend to take these comparisons with a pinch of salt (everyone's the new ronaldinho or ronaldo nowadays anyway)
 
He's nothing like Rossi. I believe the coaching staff made comparisons with Berbatov instead.
 
Ekeke said:
He's nothing like Rossi. I believe the coaching staff made comparisons with Berbatov instead.
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I just hope he doesn't get berbatov's personality aswell....throwing a hissy fit when things don't go his way and looking disinterested at times (event though that may just be to lul the opposition into a false sense of security).
 
Seems to do very well in the reserves now after he got promoted. Very good prospect, he one of the lads finally makes the breakthrough to the first team, him and Welbeck would be great
 
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