Mancini’s teenies are top of the class

Posted Friday, October 28, 2011 by The Sun

Mancini’s teenies are top of the class
THE FUTURE'S BRIGHT ... Roberto Mancini

WE'VE had the Busby Babes and Fergie's Fleglings — now get ready for Mancini's Teenies.

Roberto Mancini's Carling Cup kids are being tipped to take the world by storm after starring in Manchester City's demolition of Wolves on Wednesday.

City's rivals were given a terrifying glimpse of what the future holds for them as highly-rated rookies Luca Scapuzzi, Abdul Razak, Stefan Savic, Karim Rekik and Denis Suarez helped the Premier League leaders book a quarter-final place with an emphatic 5-2 win at Molineux.

And midfielder Nigel de Jong believes the youngsters could ensure the blue half of Manchester remains at the top of English and European football for years to come.

The Dutch World Cup finalist said: "You have to give credit to the young guys who came on the pitch at Wolves.

"We've got a lot of young talent at the club. It is not only about buying players, it is also about mixing with the youth we saw at Wolves.

"These players can be really good. Obviously if you train amongst such a high level of players every day, you can keep improving and become better and better by the day.

"But they are still young and will progress as long as the gaffer gives them a couple of chances."

Mancini's Teenies' terrific display at Molineux highlighted the strength in depth the City manager has at his disposal.

The Italian named a completely different team to the one that smashed Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday — but his rookies and reserves still came up trumps.

Montenegran defender Savic, 20, was strong at the back.

Ivorian Razak, 18, showed good feet in the middle of the park. And Italian striker Scapuzzi, 20, linked up well with Edin Dzeko in attack before being replaced by 16-year-old Dutch kid Rekik late on.

Fellow sub Suarez, 17, also lived up to his surname after coming on for Samir Nasri.

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