AC Milan may have been given a huge boost in their ambitions recently, after some words from Massimiliano Allegri’s mentor.
There have certainly been a few interesting statements from Giovanni Galeone in the past few months. In March, he stated that Allegri had told him that Milan had a great squad, only to say ‘he won’t go’ less than 26 hours later.
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As time passed, the statements continued to get a little speculative, as he did a complete 180 turn on things a few days later, asking ‘what club’ the Rossoneri had become. Then, he said that Allegri had waited for Inter.
An interesting run of comments. Either way, here we are, with Allegri at the helm of the Rossoneri, very much proving that he wouldn’t go.
Allegri’s past, present and future
Today, he has provided some comments to La Repubblica (via Calciomercato.com) about the Diavolo’s upcoming clash with Bologna, as well as a few remarks on Allegri’s career and future.
“Allegri and Italiano are coaches with opposing ideas. I have a lot of respect for Italiano, and I absolutely love Bologna’s play in the final 30 meters. He implements what was my obsession: pushing hard into the attacking zone and creating a pinball machine in the attacking midfield, unleashing the creativity of talented players and making them take risks.
“Gasperini also told me this when he had Ilicic and Papu there: let them run free and sooner or later the defender will fall for it. Italiano pushes a lot with the full-backs and builds from the defence; Allegri has almost never attacked with the full-backs, and woe betide anyone who does so with the centre-backs; he prefers the insertions of the central midfielders, and that’s why Milan signed Rabiot.
“He learned it in Pescara. I demanded a lot of goals from the midfielders, and with me, Max scored 12.”
Allegri’s past and future…
“I expected them to sign him at Milan after Fonseca; it would be a big mistake not to. In this Milan, which is well-built from midfield upwards, it’s precisely the defence that doesn’t convince me, both as a unit and as individuals: there, Max needs time and perhaps manpower.
“I told him, take Xhaka, and he replied, ‘He’s going too slowly.’ I’ve never forgiven Max for turning down Arsenal; it was a great project. He even turned down PSG; he confided in me that winning in France was too easy for him; he saw it as a championship for bachelors and married men.
“Petrucci had already been talking to me about it when he was at CONI, but before the national team, Max had one thing on his mind: the Champions League.”
Really. Here’s why right now an Italian team will not win the CL. Depth. Italian teams can not afford to have at least two quality players at each position. Your best bet to try and win it would be just trying to finish in the top 4 in Serie A and not caring about the cups. Last year Inter burned themselves out trying to win it all. CL games just get more and more intense as the tournament progress.
italian teams can win and inter should of proved it . 2023 i mean when they faced the best man city side , lukaku was the reason why they fell .they went head to head even if some times they were just surviving still outperforming in shots. you never said anything wrong but depth isnt the answer , i can recall they had decent strikers but not great strikers on lautaro . i can also recall their wing backs were bad at the time and werent champions league quality. now they are good . also their defence was questionable . their midfield however was great . and overall it just worked .
It’s how many players you have standing at the end of the season. An Italian Serie A first team can compete with a top EPL or La Liga team first 11, but not their second team players. You’re talking about would of, could of, and should of.