<p><strong>MILAN</strong> – There’s another title to add to the trophy cabinet at the Suning Youth Development Centre: the Scudetto won by Andrea Zanchetta’s side was the 55th trophy won by the Nerazzurri’s Elite Academy in its glorious history – with both the Club’s men’s and women’s sides being included in this total.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Wh_VbTHLQ&t=6s">3-1 win against Roma</a>, a victory which saw an <strong>Inter Under-17s</strong> side claim the league title for the eighth time, had something particularly special about it. And this isn’t just because it was the <strong>eleventh final</strong> Inter had reached in the<strong> last three years</strong> in Italy’s youth leagues (the Nerazzurri have emerged victorious in <strong>seven</strong> of those), but mainly because of the stars involved in this triumph.</p> <p>To start with, there’s captain<strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9NS1bQXr0&t=">Filip Stankovic</a></strong>, Dejan’s son. He’s come through all of Inter’s youth ranks starting from the Giovanissimi Regionali B in the 2014/15 season. Christian <a href="http://w0pp.inter.it/en/squadra/G0955/federico-dimarco" title="Federico Dimarco, Difensore: His career, technical characteristics, statistics and number of appearances. The official page of Federico Dimarco on inter.it">Dimarco</a> has followed the same path. His brother Federico is another product of the Elite Academy. Finally, there’s <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xug76wZF1sI&t=">Sebastiano Esposito</a></strong>, who was the hat-trick hero and star man in the final. He’s a striker who has enjoyed an extraordinary season, netting 29 times in 37 games. Furthermore, he scored a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UZcHl8vYE4&t=30s">brace in the Primavera semi-final</a> and was a key player for Italy in the Under-17 European Championship.</p> <p>This was a tournament where other Nerazzurri youngsters entered the limelight, namely <a href="https://www.inter.it/en/news/67747" target="_blank"><strong>Lorenzo Moretti</strong>, <strong>Lorenzo Pirola</strong>, <strong>Nicholas Bonfanti</strong> and <strong>Niccolò Squizzato</strong></a>, with the latter being one of the veterans of the Suning Youth Development Centre having joined back in 2011/12.</p> <p>This is a magnificent group that has been splendidly coached by <strong>Andrea Zanchetta</strong>, who has now won his second Scudetto in three years with Inter’s Under-17s. The Coach also came through the Nerazzurri’s youth ranks: he played for Inter Primavera for three years before making his debut for the first team.</p>
