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GC-Contini is happy about the new youngster

by admin January 29, 2023

January 29, 2023 0 comment

Debutant De Carvalho convinces

GC-Contini is happy about the new youngster

In the GC draw on Saturday evening in Lugano (1:1), at least one hopper can be satisfied: homegrown Filipe de Carvalho (19).

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Right in the middle of the Cornaredo: Filipe de Carvalho gets 82 minutes of exercise.

On the right wing Hungarian international Bolla, on the left wing youngster Filipe de Carvalho – and it’s more on the Carvalho side. The 19-year-old from the GC juniors will be in the starting XI for the first time in the away game in Lugano (1-1) and will be in the limelight. He dribbles the Luganesi dizzily several times. He gets exercise for 82 minutes.

“It was a very positive debut for him,” said coach Giorgio Contini to Blick after the game. Last week against YB (1-2) De Carvalho scored his first league goal as a substitute, before that he was substituted on ten times.

Twice within three days against FCB

Did Contini need courage to throw the 19-year-old in at the deep end? “It doesn’t take courage to bring up young, you have to have a conviction.” After the goal against YB, he thought that De Carvalho could take the momentum with him.

The timing was also right because Contini switched from a three-man defense to a four-man defense. As a left winger in this formation, De Carvalho knows the automatisms. “And Dominik Schmid behind him helped him.”

De Carvalho came to GC as a 12-year-old, is a Swiss youth international and has a contract with the super league team until the summer of 2025.

Is the good impression for Contini enough to allow the new GC youngster to play in the Letzigrund next week? There are two chances: on Wednesday in the round of 16 in the cup and on Saturday in the league – both times against FCB.