“For a while I have been watching my funeral live… that said, I know the club supports me, then we’ll see.” Vincenzo Montella tries to relax the environment. His Milan continues to not win and not score, but he is confident. “There is work to be done, yes,” he says, smiling at Sky Sport in the post-match press conference – but today we have fought, the team is in the right direction I am…
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Coach Vincenzo Montella addresses several important topics after the disappointing result in Athens against AEK. On Andre Silva: “He will score in the next game…“ On AEK: “I think they can pass the group stage, we still have to secure qualification for the next stage, the Greeks are solid and fast, fantastic atmosphere, with a wonderful audience.” On the delicate match with Sassuolo: “It’s going to be our seventh game and we have only one day…
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Immediately after the match, captain Leo Bonucci acknowledges the difficult moment the team is going through but insists that the players are the biggest part of the problem. Another goalless draw against the Greek side in Athens. The rossoneri take a single point displaying an ugly and boring performance. It is useless to hide that AC Milan are going through a difficult moment, a real crisis of results. The defense endures, the midfield fails to…
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One thing is sure: Berlusconi regrets selling Milan to Yonghong Li. The former president returns to talk about the rossoneri and his disappointment with the Chinese. Today’s edition of La Repubblica reports some troubling statements by Silvio Berlusconi, former president of the rossoneri for nearly 30 years, who in an interview with Maurizio Costanzo, to be aired tonight on Canale 5, explicitly questioned the last April transaction with the Chinese consortium: “For now I do…
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He came as a savior and left as one of the many unwanted players this summer. Carlos Bacca is enjoying his time in Spain but he could return again at Milan at the end of the season. Scoring goals is in his blood and in Spain they know him well. Carlos Bacca made a name for himself in La Liga from 2013 to 2015 with the shirt of Sevilla, with which he scored a lot and…
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AC Milan in great need of a talented central midfielder that can challenge Lucas Biglia and Kessie for a starter place in the rossoneri formation. At this Serie A start of the season, several interesting young players are making a name for themselves. Among these is the talented Nicolo Barella, central midfielder of Cagliari. A 20 years old midfielder of high quality and quantity. Against Torino he scored his second goal in the league this year…
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AC Milan search the first victory in Greece with the previous two fixture ending in a draw. Anything but a win would mean sure sacking for Montella. After a hugely disappointing October, closed with another defeat, this time against Juventus, the Rossoneri want and have to restart. First goal: to secure Europa League qualification for the knockout stage. Today at 19.00 CET, AC Milan will return in Athens, home of the last Champions League final…
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Waiting to decide his future, after saying goodbye to Orlando City and MLS, former AC Milan legend Ricardo Kaka has chosen the 5 games that have changed his life: three have seen him star with the rossoneri while two with Brazil. No place for Real Madrid. Kaka, as an unparalleled professional he has always been, knows that certain victories also pass from atrocious and disappointing defeats. That’s why he also wanted to remember two lost…
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By now it seems that Montella’s days as AC Milan coach are number and he could leave at any moment. Gattuso remains alert but is he really a good choice? Observing from outside Milanello these days appears a be a battleground. Negative results, coaches hanging in balance and dissatisfied executives are all there, given David Han Li’s presence as a spokesperson of the Chinese ownership. Marco Fassone’s words are indeed a sort of ultimatum for Vincenzo Montella….
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After two games suspension, against Chievo Verona and Juventus, now Leonardo Bonucci is ready to return on the pitch. Vincenzo Montella will surely relaunch him as a starter already Thursday against AEK Athens in Europa League. Strengthened by his long experience at Juventus, an element like him represents an added value in an insidious away game like the one in Greece. Obviously Milan can not be afraid of Manolo Jimenez’s team, but in front of…
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