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HERE'S THE MOU OF YOUNGSTERS

The new coach has made his name with results and his style of play.

No rigid schemes with open minds.  Now he will need an exception.

Sunday afternoon, shortly after the triumph in NextGen, he was very cryptic: "Am I ready for the promotion? I will do whatever Moratti and Paolillo want me to do."  The coach who at youth level has turned to gold everything he touched.  In London, he did not hide his ambitions but he stated that "my first team is the Primavera."  And yesterday, at lunch time, in the studios of Sky Sport 24, he continued to maintain his position: "If Moratti called, I always respond in general.  He is my president, I always answer his calls."  The call arrived yesterday at only 36 years old age.  On the bench will still be Beppe Baresi as Stramaccioni's assistant coach.

Like Mou Andrea Stramaccioni to Inter Primavera is Jose Mourinho to the treble winning Inter team.  He has a devastating impact on his team, in the most positive sense of the word.  He understands the club at all levels as well as his players.  Those that perhaps may not see the field often do not complain.  The same thing with Mou.  Ajax dominated and disintegrated Barca as well as Liverpool but the first edition of NextGen Series was won by Inter (6-4 after PKs).  The final was not dominated by the Dutch is because of Stramaccioni, the strategist.  One that did not play at the highest level of football due to a career ending injury.  Stramaccioni was a central defender with a sure future.  Raised in Romulea, ended at Bologna.  He was so good that he went from Giovanissimi to Primavera.  The knee injury which saw three major operations was not able to hold on for more competitive activity.  So history was changed as the boy decided to take his talent to the bench.

Roma escape Nine titles in a decade, the last being the NextGen Series.  The provincial Allievi title with Az Sport in 2001-2002, then two regional titles and a Giovanissimi Scudetto with Romulea.  The move to Roma, his favorite team, was natural.  And in the red and yellow colors, Stramaccioni started to get noticed: a Scudetto and Nike Premier Cup Italy with the Giovanissimi team in 2006-2007, then another Scudetto and Città di Arco with the Allievi in 2009-2010.  But why did Roma let him go? To explain this, we must rely on the gossip from Trigoria.  Bruno Conti, who until the arrival of the Americans guided the youth sector, wanted Stramaccioni in Primavera in the position of Alberto De Rossi who was offered the role as a supervisor.  De Rossi, however, refused.  And then how could the club go against the father of Daniele, a symbolic player along with Totti, who was out of contract?

Style of play Stramaccioni does not have a fixed formation as a security blanket but he does have a few preferences: 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-2-1, it does not matter.  A director in front of the defense would be enough, even better with the past as a trequartista (like Viviani in Roma).  Another one of his characteristics is the changing of players' roles.  The latest case was Pecorini, born midfielder and ended up as a right back.  Not to mention that he is doing very well at it.  Stramaccioni's spirit is offensive.  His teams always look to build the action.  And if he is tactically required, he will retouch especially on the wingers.  In NextGen against Marseille, the move that decided the game was moving Longo wide and Livaja as a "fake" striker.  Massimo Moratti has been watching Stramaccioni and seen Mourinho.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport