amanfromvancouver Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 On 4/5/2016 at 3:46 PM, Vince193 said: Canada here he comes! I doubt he will give up on his Italy dreams at least for a few more years... maybe the next World Cup cycle we can have him take the Scott Arfield route if he still isn't getting selected.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 A new low at Palermo for Cristante; he has gone from a "stuck on the bench" player to a "stuck on the couch" player; he wasn't called to travel with the team to Rome (to face Lazio). No mention of injury. http://palermocalcio.it/it/1516/news/scheda.php?id=32749 http://www.forzapalermo.it/news/cristante-e-djurdjevic-restano-a-casa.html EDIT: April 17th. Cristante not even on the bench as Palermo travelled (& lost) to Juventus http://palermocalcio.it/it/1516/news/scheda.php?id=32776 EDIT 2: April 20th. Palermo was playing at home so Cristante made it back to the bench! http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2015-16/UNICO/UNI/34/PALATA EDIT 3: April 24th. Travelled with the team because he made the bench away to Frosinone http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2015-16/UNICO/UNI/35/FROPAL EDIT 4: May 1st 2016 On the bench again http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2015-16/UNICO/UNI/36/PALSAM EDIT 5: May 8th 2016. On the bench again http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2015-16/UNICO/UNI/37/FIOPAL EDIT 6: May 15th 2016. On the bench for the last game of the season: http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2015-16/UNICO/UNI/38/PALVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1775 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: A new low at Palermo for Cristante; he has gone from a "stuck on the bench" player to a "stuck on the couch" player; he wasn't called to travel with the team to Rome (to face Lazio). No mention of injury. http://palermocalcio.it/it/1516/news/scheda.php?id=32749 http://www.forzapalermo.it/news/cristante-e-djurdjevic-restano-a-casa.html Welcome to Canada Bryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: A new low at Palermo for Cristante; he has gone from a "stuck on the bench" player to a "stuck on the couch" player; he wasn't called to travel with the team to Rome (to face Lazio). No mention of injury. That's the best news I've heard all day. #cristante4canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs9 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Is it bad every time I log on I go to this page and hope for bad news (other then injury).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngravs9 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I know he's in bad form and is still young but at least he's not one of the 7. http://dlvr.it/LKXjhM " Conte calls up seven uncapped players for Italy camp" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 13 minutes ago, Ngravs9 said: I know he's in bad form and is still young but at least he's not one of the 7. http://dlvr.it/LKXjhM " Conte calls up seven uncapped players for Italy camp" With no club minutes since February 7th for a club that finished only 1 point above relegation in Serie A, there was NO CHANCE they were even maybe thinking about him. This is not the news we were waiting for. What we are waiting for is the Italy U21 squad announcement. Italy U21 is playing a friendly vs France U21 in Venice on Thursday June 2nd in memory of Valeria Solesin who was killed at the Bataclan theatre in Paris. Since she was from Venice; they are holding the match there: http://www.football-italia.net/79020/u21-italy-host-france-friendly They have posted info about tickets but there is no squad announced yet: http://www.figc.it/it/204/2532377/2016/05/News.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Acid-Tone Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 On 1/3/2016 at 11:50 PM, Acid-Tone said: He's a CM/DM. There's been talk that he's not thrilled with being buried down in the depth chart. And he may be wanting to leave Benfica to get some playing time. In particular, the emergence of 18 yr. old Renato Sanches this season is bad news for him as he's younger, more athletic and just an overall better player. That Renato Sanches kid turned out to be OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 On 5/16/2016 at 4:42 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: What we are waiting for is the Italy U21 squad announcement. Italy U21 is playing a friendly vs France U21 in Venice on Thursday June 2nd... He did NOT make the Italy U21 squad once again for the June 2nd friendly. http://www.figc.it/it/204/2532643/2016/05/News.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Come Bryan.. come home.. come to your second home... Can't see him seriously thinking about us for another few years.. unless we made it past the Hex and qualified for the WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Maybe Brian should try his Luck in MLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 On vacation now. Told to report to Benfica for preseason training on June 28th. http://www.abola.pt/clubes/ver.aspx?t=3&id=615654 Rumours about him joining 3 different Serie A teams: Pescara (just promoted from Serie B), Empoli & Bologna. http://www.tuttopescaracalcio.com/news/cristante-primo-obiettivo-per-la-serie-a-3311http://www.empolichannel.it/prende-corpo-lipotesi-bryan-cristante-dirigenti-azzurri-a-cena-col-procuratore/http://www.milannews.it/gli-ex/bologna-per-sostituire-diawara-si-punta-su-cristante-213838 Obviously, Bologna is the most interesting rumour; If he's still not "Serie A starting 11 level" material and needs minutes to develop, we all know where he could be re-loaned to make more of an "Impact". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: On vacation now. Told to report to Benfica for preseason training on June 28th. http://www.abola.pt/clubes/ver.aspx?t=3&id=615654 Rumours about him joining 3 different Serie A teams: Pescara (just promoted from Serie B), Empoli & Bologna. http://www.tuttopescaracalcio.com/news/cristante-primo-obiettivo-per-la-serie-a-3311http://www.empolichannel.it/prende-corpo-lipotesi-bryan-cristante-dirigenti-azzurri-a-cena-col-procuratore/http://www.milannews.it/gli-ex/bologna-per-sostituire-diawara-si-punta-su-cristante-213838 Obviously, Bologna is the most interesting rumour; If he's still not "Serie A starting 11 level" and needs minutes to develop, we all know where he could be re-loaned to make more of an "Impact". Saputo could always threaten to drop a pallet of cheese wheels on his femur if he doesn't consider his roots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 More rumours of more clubs interested in Cristante. Sassulo (who were interested back in December/January) seem to still want him: http://www.sassuolocalcionews.it/mercato/il-sassuolo-ha-messo-nel-mirino-cristante/ Belgian heavyweights Anderlecht: http://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2016-06-21/rsc-anderlecht-onderhandelt-met-bryan-cristante-voormalig-toptalent-van-ac-milan but at the same time, rumours already that Pescara has won the bidding war: http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2016/06/22-12743856/calciomercato_pescara_trovato_l_accordo_per_cristante/ http://www.pianetamilan.it/ultimissime/cristante-resta-in-serie-a-ecco-dove-giochera/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Tone Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 11:48 AM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: but at the same time, rumours already that Pescara has won the bidding war: http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2016/06/22-12743856/calciomercato_pescara_trovato_l_accordo_per_cristante/ http://www.pianetamilan.it/ultimissime/cristante-resta-in-serie-a-ecco-dove-giochera/ Pescara it is! Today, he signed on a one year loan, with an option to buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 5 minutes ago, Acid-Tone said: Pescara it is! Today, he signed on a one year loan, with an option to buy! Posted on Pescara's website: http://www.pescaracalcio.com/2016/06/27/bryan-cristante-biancazzurro/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Serie A has not yet started but the first round of the Coppa Italia for Pescara was back on Saturday the 13th. They beat Frosinone 2-0.Cristante played a full game and got himself a yellow at the 76th. I have no idea how good he was.http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/italian-cup/resultshttp://www.iamnaples.it/altre-squadre/coppa-italia-il-pescara-di-oddo-supera-il-frosinone-decisivo-verre/http://ilcentro.gelocal.it/sport/2016/08/13/news/pescara-frosinone-coppa-italia-1.13958772 On the Italy front, once again he was not called into the U-21 setup for the friendly against Albania last week on Wednesday August 10th.http://www.figc.it/it/204/2533544/2016/08/News.shtmlhttp://www.figc.it/it/204/2533566/2016/08/News.shtmlhttp://www.figc.it/it/204/2533572/2016/08/News.shtmlhttp://www.figc.it/it/204/2533580/2016/08/News.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Cristante started and played all 90 minutes in the first match of the Serie A season, a surprising 2-2 home draw for newly promoted Pescara against last season's second place team, Napoli. He played on the right side of a midfield three. I did not find him overly impressive. A simple, quick passer of the ball. Did not seem to be very athletic. In the two games I have watched him play (1 for Palermo last season and this one for Pescara), I can see why he has not been able to stay with a big club. The sample size is small though, so I will keep an eye on him this season. Hopefully he will continue to see minutes, as Pescara are rumored to be after former Italian international Alberto Aquilani currently at Sporting Lisbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 41 minutes ago, masster said: . I did not find him overly impressive. A simple, quick passer of the ball. Did not seem to be very athletic. Great news for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Next cycle's Arfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 7 hours ago, masster said: A simple, quick passer of the ball. Did not seem to be very athletic. Sums up what we already knew I guess: On 3/2/2016 at 11:42 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: February 18th: Walter De Vecchi, a fomer coach of his at Milan gave him a backhanded compliment by saying that he had good tactical awareness and played well - but was not the quickest of players. http://www.mediagol.it/palermo/de-vecchi-conosco-bene-cristante-legge-bene-il-gioco-ma-ha-un-difetto/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 If he doesn't make the team for the U21 Euro we need to call him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, Big_M said: If he doesn't make the team for the U21 Euro we need to call him up. Worth a shot but I doubt he'd be ready to jump ship yet. He's still a 21 year old getting Serie A minutes, he will still believe in his ability to improve and catch the eye of the national program. Maybe next cycle he may be in a different point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Cristante has not been called up to the latest U-21 games. http://www.figc.it/it/204/2533694/2016/08/News.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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