Young Locatelli on cloud nine after sinking Juventus

Milan: AC Milan midfielder Manuel Locatelli (pic) admitted his disbelief after beating Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon with a secondhalf stunner to secure a 10 win over the Serie A champions and leaders.

“I still can’t believe it, I’m sure I’ll shed a few tears when I see my family and friends,” a visibly moved Locatelli said after Saturday’s game.

A talented but still unfinished 18yearold midfielder, who has been pushed into the Rossoneri first team by coach Vincenzo Montella this season, Locatelli added some welcome emotion to Serie A a fortnight ago.

He was practically inconsolable while he shed tears of joy at fulltime of a 43 home win over Sassuolo when he struck an incredible secondhalf leveller.

At a packed San Siro, Juventus dominated throughout but the majority of the 75,829 fans enjoyed another slice of Locatelli magic that should become a candidate for goal of the season.

Set up by diminutive Milan forward Suso, Locatelli took a few steps before unleashing a right foot rocket that flew past Buffon to ping off the underside of the crossbar at his far corner in the 65th minute.

“I really don’t know how I did it, but I scored against the greatest goalkeeper in the world,” added Locatelli.

“I saw the ball, I shot and when I saw it go in and everyone starting to celebrate I ran to my family.”

The celebrations were just as wild this time, and although he kept most of the tears to himself, Locatelli admitted: “I’m not someone to hide their emotions.

“The way I react is the way I react, and for me that’s fine. But, I suppose I should keep my feet on the ground.” A month after suffering their first defeat of the season, a 21 reverse to Inter Milan, Juventus suffered another San Siro setback to see their gap cut to two points on Milan, who move one place up to second ahead of AS Roma.