Mattia De Sciglio has admitted that facing AC Milan reminds him of where he ‘home’ his, after his Empoli side were beaten 2-0 last night.
De Sciglio was born in Milan and joined the youth system when he was 10 years of age in 2002, eventually making the jump to the first team in the 2011-12 season under the then-coach Max Allegri.
He made his senior debut that season and would go on to make over 100 appearances for the club across seven seasons, eventually leaving for Juventus in 2017.
The full-back has been with Juve ever since barring a loan spell with Lyon in 2020-21 and then this season he was sent to Empoli for the year.
De Sciglio spoke at a press conference after the Azzurri’s defeat against the Rossoneri which came after goals from Rafael Leao and Santiago Gimenez, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.
What was it like to face Milan?
“AC Milan is the home where I grew up since I was a child, the team that made me become a player. I spent 16 years of my life in AC Milan and every time I see the AC Milan crest it is a huge emotion.”
How do you feel the game went?
“We can’t complain about anything in terms of performance and attitude on the pitch. We put the Rossoneri in difficulty, then it’s clear that teams like Mister Conceicao’s have players who can change a match with just one play.”
What are the aims for the rest of the season?
“We must continue to work and maintain the same attitude, trying to limit carelessness, concessions and errors as much as possible. These small episodes are what lead us to not collect what we deserve on the pitch.”
Empoli have a young average age…
“We have to manage the fact that we are a young team in the second part of the season. At the moment we are struggling to get points, but we have to keep our morale high and continue to work with positivity.”
Bruh, if I remember correctly you WANTED to leave Milan for Juventus. How did that go?
Lol now he’s a forgotten player. Someone whose career slumped almost immediately after leaving.
Bruh it was 2017, no body wanted to play for Milan at that time.
He wanted to. Wasn’t pleased with his game time and was always injured. So Milan were happy to let him go. But I get what you mean – banter era was so painful.
To my recollection he actually forced a move away from the club as he and a couple of others players was confronted by some angry Milan fans and when Juventus/Allegri came asking for his services he jumped at the opportunity to reunite with the coach who had initially given him his debut.
He’s lost his charm with us and the club wasn’t disappointed in losing him anyway. Your explanation seem to be accurate.. I remember the angry fans incident.
Yeah I think he got a bit of rough comments from the fans as they was disappointed by his and some of the other players performances. There was some hopes for him and his talent but it basically just fizzled out.
Yeah sure, but he never said these when he was at Juve
Even Kalulu had 2 months on his twitter tag saying:
“Milan player loaned out to Juve”
He couldn’t wait to dump Milan when Juve came knocking…he left during a time when things were falling apart. That’s not how you leave your beloved ‘home’…anyway its water under the bridge…Goodluck to him.
Judas
all Milan fans remember is how you left us for Juve, I don’t care how many titles they won you’re not a true Milanista this is not your home
Well… He was never good enough for Milan anyway. Not even in the banter era.
Before arogantly asked the club to let him go to Juve, now suddenly say milan is home.. hypocrite