AC Milan had to win yesterday in Genoa and did so in front of Gerry Cardinale, who wanted to be close to the team and the management.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) report, it was a quick visit for Cardinale who landed in Genoa in the morning from London and left immediately after the match. His presence is a very significant signal, confirming his desire to be present in the most important moment.
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Decisions to make
The owner was in the dressing room both before the match to motivate the Milan team, with the general gist of his message being “I’m by your side and I believe in you”. After the game he went into the changing room too, congratulations Massimiliano Allegri and urging the team to keep going.
The fact that he returned to London immediately means that he will not have any meetings at Casa Milan on Monday. The time to make big decisions will come after Milan-Cagliari, a game that must be won to ensure participation in next year’s Champions League.
CEO Giorgio Furlani was not present, and after a difficult few weeks, he too will be put on trial at the end of the season, unless he decides to leave the club and return to other business. The absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic ‘due to other commitments’ was notable amid talk of a fall-out with Allegri.
It’s should be to hard: furlani should be thrown out or reduced to handling strictly! economic (financial) duties and issues, ibrahimovic out without a doubt, tare under evaluation, allegri one more chance but he must be provided with much better players now.
Translation: potentially missing out on extra 70-80mil, and Gerry shows up right on cue to hooray his team on … So predictable. Curious what kept him away last season? Couldn’t participate because the loan hadn’t been refinanced yet?
It’s been 3 years – if he still doesn’t see what Furlani and Zlatan are doing with his investments, he is either mentally challenged or is part of a some scheme. Let’s hope it isn’t the latter, because we all know what it would mean for the club in the long run.