I know people from Pashtoon Origin (Northern Areas of Pakistan) that are fully grown at the age of 14-15. It is pretty normal there even in many areas of rural Punjab, boys become very strong in early teenage.
Gianluigi Donnarumma
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I see, still pretty difficult to dislodge Gigio now he is on a run. Udinese had a couple of very well reputed young goalies in the recent past, Scuffet and Meret. The former even rejected a move to Atletico Madrid in order to finish high school, is now 20 and back as the reserve at Udinese. Meret is 19 and on loan at Spal in serie b
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Not sure if Gigio will stay for a long term with the Milan of AC. It just a matter of time before he signs for turin of Juventus.
why is that? he doesn't like juve.
Milan are rubbish and the best Italians rarely move overseas.
Why do you think he doesn't like Juve? Moving from big club to big club never seems to be an issue in Italy.
Isn't the current best Italian, well born after 1990, essentially since Seria A's been demoted to below the Bundesliga and merely on par with the French League pretty much.....playing outside of Italy?
4 of the current Italy squad (of 28) play outside Italy and only 1 of that 4 is any good.
It happens but it's rare (which is why I said "rarely" and not "never").
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- 2 Coppa Italia: 1978–79, 1982–83
- 1 UEFA Cup: 1976–77
- European Cup (Runners-up): 1972–73, 1982–83
- Intercontinental Cup (Runners-up): 1973
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- 1 FIFA World Cup: 1982
- 1 UEFA European Football Championship: 1968
- November 2003: Italy's Golden Player – the best Italian player of the last 50 years, selected by the Italian Football Federation.[35]
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #5[36]
- Ballon d'Or: 1973 (Runner-up)[37]
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1984[38]
- FIFA 100[39]
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1968,[40] 1980[41]
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1982[42]
- FIFA World Cup Best Goalkeeper: 1982[42]
- Golden Foot "Football Legends" Award: 2004[43]
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2012[44]
- Italy's Sports Walk of Fame: 2015.[45][46]
- World Soccer Magazine's 100 Greatest Players of the Twentieth Century: 1999[8]
- IFFHS Legends[47]
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Karlsruher SC II
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- Verbandsliga Nordbaden: 1988–89
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- Bundesliga (8): 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
- DFB-Pokal (6): 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
- DFB-Ligapokal (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
- UEFA Cup: 1995–96
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001
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- UEFA European Championship: 1996
- FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005
- FIFA World Cup Second Place: 2002
- FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006
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- Best Bundesliga Keeper: 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 1999, 2001, 2002[99]
- Best European Goalkeeper: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- UEFA Club Football Awards – Best Goalkeeper: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- ESM Team of the Year: 1999–2000, 2000–01
- UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2001
- German Footballer of the Year: 2000, 2001
- Ballon d'Or – Third place: 2001, 2002
- UEFA Fair-Play Award: 2001
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2002
- FIFA World Cup Yashin Award: 2002
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2002
- FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver award: 2002[100]
- FIFA 100
What about Barthez?
Victor Valdes too I'm guessing.
That one?
Looks like yet another mutant teenager; 6'2" at 16 years old and the goal looks a bit small with him in it.
But still, my point is correct. In fact their two best post-2006 players are playing abroad right now, ok ones in retirement home. But Verrati being at PSG could start pushing the next generation away from the league as he's flourishing while the league itself isn't going anywhere. But theres a clear gap between him and anyone else 25 and under right now as far as I'm aware, but when the talent pool does open up again, obviously them staying in Italy would be best for the league itself.
Milan are going through a bad patch, but they're not rubbish historically speaking (7 CL and 18 titles), and with Chinese investors the tide may be changing.
He has made disparaging comments about Juve before - and I think Milan will resist selling their crown jewel to Juve.
Milan's currently underachieving and lack of player with "big names", didn't think that they can compete for a title.
I like how they initially updated the scorebar to put Milan ahead.
It can happen to the best. Paletta's back pass was too quick though.
Stupid way to try and control that kind of ball but the blame lays with Paletta there. Bloody ridiculous pass.
Happens. No-one is perfect, move on.
And there goes another one. What is he? 17? Shame it had to go this way.
That's a normal back pass, not the best one but nothing that should get the keeper in big trouble.
Another one? Has he messed up more lately?
I believe he's joking.
Probably nervous now that Redcafe started a thread on him and are watching his moves.
They should loan him out and sign a 16 year old
Oh. Well, feck me.
Not normal back pass. Very stupid one. However very slow reaction from Luigi. Should have realized the pace of the ball and tried to block it than controlling it
Never happened to Big D
Idiotic backpass. First rule of backpasses: NEVER pass it towards the goal, always towards corner kick(outside the posts). Mistakes like that can and do happen to just about everyone, you have to take that into account. It was also far too fast, and high
Wasn't the best pass but the blame is mainly on the goalie here, can't understand how it's not.
Goalie's mistake is forgivable. Just a mistake. The very idea to make that pass like that was wrong. It's football abc...
Doesn't change the fact that he fecked up though. It was directly at him, it wasn't incredible fast and it was only a bit above the ground. He should have been able to control that. Sure, the back pass was not perfect, but it was under pressure. It's not about conceding the goal, it's about failing to control the ball. If the back pass wasn't targeted at the goal and he hadn't been able to control it, his mistake would still have been a mistake. Of course it can happen to everyone, but mistakes happen to everyone.
It is quite a lofty backpass, to be fair. I'd delegate blame equally.
Nobody's not blaming him. He's at fault. Paletta's mistake is just worse
Not saying the pass was good but it was a difficult situation. If he'd directed it more towards the corner or made it slower, it could've been intercepted.
I think his contract runs out summer 2018 (or did he sign an extension)
If it does run out 2018 then I imagine there will be a lot of interest in him over the summer.
If it does run out 2018 then I imagine there will be a lot of interest in him over the summer.
He made a few mistakes when he first came and never let the ball through his hands yesterday, luckily it hit the bar.
feck Gigi, let's get Plizzari instead 
Cant wait for the Suns Dunna Runna headlines
He was born on the exact same day as me.
Great young player.
Great young player.