There’s a big satisfaction in Massimo Brambilla’s words after the 2-1 win over Sampdoria in the 2020-2021 Primavera 1 TIM “Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti” semi-final: “After a long, difficult and complicated season, the boys have been growing and improving along the way, we’ve built up a strong group: this final is the right reward for the lads’ hard work”.

“In the last two months – the coach highlights – we always had to win, as we were behind and had to chase. Now we’re taking advantage of this winning mentality, because in these Final Stage matches we could only win, since we ended the regular season behind the other sides. We were ready to struggle but also to play, because we demonstrated a good level of football. Then, semi-finals are settled by episodes as well, and we did well to spin them in our favour”.