MILAN - The Final Eight draw is as follows: Roma-Varese and Lazio-Torino on June 2; Inter-Palermo and Juventus-Milan June 3.The semi-final will be Roma-Varese against the winner of Lazio-Torino; winner of Juventus-Milan face the winner of Inter-Palermo.

MILAN - Milan will play Juventus in the final phase of Youth TIM Championship on Sunday, June 3rd in Gubbio at 21.00.

(IN THE PHOTO: San Siro, April 2010, the youth team celebrate winning the the Italian Cup)MILAN - Yesterday, Milan played its part in Torino winning promotion to Serie A, with Milan youth players Nnamdi Oduamadi who scored the opening goal and Simone Verdi in the side. Pescara also won promotion and in their side was another Rossoneri youth star Simone Romagnoli.All three won Youth TIM Cup with Milan in April 2010 which crowned a new era for the academy inaugurated by Adriano Galliani and Filippo Galli of July 1st, 2009. In the youth team then were Merkel and Strasser who have both graduated to the first team.Since the 2009-2010 season, the youth side have always qualified for the Final Eight . From that season the youngest youth teams, the Berretti and Giovanissimi Nazionali in 2010, and Allievi Nazionali in 2011 would also taste success. At this time the situation in 2011-2012 is as follows: - The Youth team awaits the today's draw for the Final Eight in Gubbio - The Allievi Nazionali have won their group and will play the Final Eight at Chianciano Terme - The Giovanissimi Nazionali qualified in their tournament with a 2-1 win over Genoa and will now face Vicenza for a place in the last eight.

MILAN - The Italy squad for the UEFA European Championships 2012 will meet at the national training centre at Coveriano.Milan players Ignazio Abate, Antonio Cassano, Antonio Nocerino and Riccardo Montolivo will join the rest of the squad for the first training session at 17.00.

MILAN - The "Are you in?" T-shirt auction continues on MOnday, May 21, with the proceeds going to Milan Foundation. The new T-shirt has been signed by Ambrosini, Robinho, Maxi Lopez, El Shaarawy, Boateng, Allegri, Van Bommel, Pato2, Gattuso2, Flamini, Abbiati, Ibrahimovic2, Antonini, Valoti. Click here for more information and click here for the auction.

MILAN – Words from Roberto Bertuzzo, Giovanissimi Nazionali coach after the win over Genoa which puts the team through to the final 16: “It was a difficult win but we deserved it. I’m happy with how my players played but we could have scored more and not wasted so many chances. Now it’ll be tough against Vicenza.”

Milan got the win in the last minute of an intense match played udner the rain.Vido set up Miti on 28 and the young man should have done better. Miti then shot high on 31 and Casiraghi came close before the break. Milan took the lead through Vido after 5’ in the second half but the visitors equalized on the counter attack on 22 through Chiacchiarelli. Milan’s reaction was immediate. Vido had a shot pushed out for a corner on 27’ and just when it seemed that the match was headed for extra time, Miti managed to score after a shot from Vidi was only parried.Milan are not through to the final 16 where they’ll meet Vicenza who beat Sassuolo 1-0.
Bertuzzo: "The players did well to react after the equalizer. Genoa are a tough side and so it’s a important win. Now we’ll start thinking about Vicenza.”

MILAN - Bertuzzo's players are through to the final 16 after beating Genoa 2-1 (1-1, first leg) with the winning goal coming from Miti at the end of the game. Milan will face the winner of Sassoulo-Vincenza.

MILAN - After last Sunday's 1-1 draw in Genoa, the return leg has just kicked off at the Vismara sports centre in Milan.

MILAN - Chelsea, coached by Roberto Di Matteo, were crownded Champions of Europe yesterday after beating Bayern Munich in a penalty shootout with the score fixed at 1-1 after extra time.

MILAN – CONI President Giovanni Petrucci has called for a minute’s silence ahead of all sporting events in Italy this weekend in memory of the victims of the bomb attack on the Morvillo Falcone professional institute in Brindisi

European Cup/Champions League final
results since the competition began in 1955-56:
Date Venue Winners Runners-up
1956 Paris Real Madrid 4 Stade Reims 3
1957 Madrid Real Madrid 2 Fiorentina 0
1958 Brussels Real Madrid 3 AC Milan 2

MILAN – The Italian Under 19 side (including Piscitelli, Rodrigo Ely and Valoti) will prepare for the European Championships with a friendly match against Siena’s Primavera side tomorrow at 11.00.Following the match, the 18 player squad list will be announced.