Mancini’s former deputy, an institution when it comes to youth national teams, talks about the match between Milan and Inter: “They are always special matches. I remember one against Balotelli and Destro…”
Chicco Evani moves by taking old images out of the drawer. One of these is Alessio Benedetti who decided a Milan derby of the Allievi almost twenty years ago, in 2007. “In attack I had Alberto Paloschi, who gave me the championship with a hat-trick, but on the other side there was a trident with Balotelli, Destro and Tremolada”. Now Kamate and Camarda, Stankovic junior and Malaspina, Sarr and Diego Sia are playing. “Two excellent teams, really. The derby is always the derby.” Word of Evani, an institution when it comes to youth. After having coached the Allievi and the Rossoneri Primavera, he began to lead the Azzurrini, only to then join Roberto Mancini at the helm of the national team. On Saturday he will watch the Vismara derby with passionate eyes.