Sportitalia journalist’s statements just hours before the kickoff of Milan’s match against Feyenoord in the Champions League
Letizia: “Ibra alla Maldini. Furlani l’anima rossonera” (LaPresse) – MilanLive.it
Before the kickoff of Feyenoord-Milan, a Champions League playoff match, Francesco Letizia spoke to the microphones of Zona Rossonera, Calciomercato.it’s program on YouTube: “It would seem like the perfect match,” the journalist immediately stated, “with the coach changed, so many absences and the center forward moved to Milan. Precisely because the match seems so much simple it can become a trap. A trap like Zagreb was, but Milan must learn from their mistakes. I am convinced that Conceicao as he said it to us journalists yesterday, he said it to his players. We have to take the field with the right attitude.”
Il Milan riparte da Ibra e Furlani
Il Milan riparte da Ibra e Furlani (LaPresse) – MilanLive.it
With the well-known Sportitalia journalist in Rotterdam today, we then talk about Milan’s turnaround. An AC Milan that has strengthened the team thanks to the work of its management. Thanks to Furlani: “Today it is easy to speak well of Furlani. I have always said it, when it was more difficult: I still think that Furlani represents the Rossoneri soul of the Milan club. Furlani was born as a Milan fan, he is an excellent professional on the financial side. He doesn’t have to pick players, and he never has, but you have to ask him to get those famous accounts going. That is his job, to figure out what can be afforded. Once it is mandated, try to tighten negotiations. By bringing home Gimenez for 28 million euros plus bonuses, Furlani has done an outstanding, wonderful job. In my opinion, the Milanese must start giving credit again to Furlani’s work as well as that of Ibrahimovic and Moncada.”
There also comes a joke about Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was liked on a communicative level during the last press conference: “Pass me a comparison that Milan fans don’t like, but they will in the coming months and it is a Maldini-style Ibra. Because everything that Milan had lost with Maldini, now Ibra has understood and wants to start giving it. It is clear that Ibra is not Maldini either as a character or as a career. He is, however, an authoritative voice. I really like him, I see him growing. Also attending the Uefa lunch: it happened in Zagreb and also in Rotterdam. Furlani used to go. Today the Swede, Kirovski and Moncada were present: in my opinion Ibra’s path is one to follow. Between now and the end of the year he can increase his experience even more and thus he can rehabilitate himself.”
The article Letizia: “Ibra a la Maldini. Furlani the Rossoneri soul” was written and published in its original version on Milanlive.it.
