Santiago Gimenez revealed the emotions he felt after scoring his first goal as an AC Milan player, and previewed his return to Feyenoord in midweek.
Milan were made to battle hard for the three points against Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani, but they did eventually emerge 2-0 winners tonight after what was a dramatic second half.
The first bit of controversy came when Fikayo Tomori was sent off for a second yellow card when the man he fouled looked to be offside, then Marianucci was given a straight red not long after for lashing out at Santiago Gimenez.
Rafael Leao was one of three substitutes at half-time along with Christian Pulisic and Gimenez, and the American set him up for a header to open the scoring. Then, the same assister helped the Mexican striker get off the mark in Italy with a brilliant curling shot.
Gimenez spoke to DAZN after the full-time whistle to analyse what was a very positive evening for him personally and for the team, with MilanNews relaying his comments.
You got your first Serie A goal…
“I am really grateful to the team. In Serie A it is always difficult, right? We entered well and we managed to make an impact.”
Now on Wednesday you return to Feyenoord…
“So many emotions. Feyenoord has given me so much, it’s like a family.”
I hope Santi is prepared to do to Feyenoord what Tammy did to Roma.
😂😂❤️🖤
Milan now has another new fan base in Mexico.
Vamos! Forza Milan 🙂
Just need to sign a Canadian and RedBird will have a monopoly on North America …
Yeah lol ahead of fifa WC 2026 the marketing alone might make J. David’s wage demands somewhat affordable. If he and Gimenez are our striker options (even with Tammy’s brace in the Coppa, let’s be honest he’s not quite got the quality) we would have powerful and varied attacking options
Gerry wants to be king of CONCACAF.
More like a fanbase in Southern California, which has a huge support base of El Tri fans from the Mexican Americans there. They have a lot more money to spend on buying Milan jerseys than the real Mexicans in Mexico.
It is never ending process : to sell all those who can’t perform and bring more quality one or perspective or just strong player.
Please, we need consistency.
Nice to have a striker who can finish his chances…
If only we had competent management we would have signed him in summer instead of going the cheap route with Morata – we wouldn’t be 20 points off first place
It was logical we didn;t buy him in summer. he was terrible in the first half of 2024.
Work in progress
We got the wrong coach and silly IBRA trying to do 433. We have lazy players like leao who plays in patches.
Thankfully new coach is gearing towards 442
Hopefully he will our mexican sheva