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Director Xavier Jacobelli at Maracana, broadcast by TMW Radio, spoke about the topics of the day.
A thought on Milan, which after 9 years finds the round of 16 of the Champions League:
“The last time Milan played an eighth was in 2014, when they were defeated 4-1 by Atletico. A lot has happened in recent years. The last three have given a turning point. It was an important qualification, daughter of that exclusion from EL three years ago. The result obtained is not the result of chance. There have been three club changes, but all this would not have been possible if there had not been a perfect team game, which involves the managers, Maldini and Massara but also Pioli with the team. Pioli has earned his trust and reconfirms it “.
“Milan have earned the qualification on the pitch, with full merit. Where the others can go we will see. In recent years I have heard praise of Spanish football, but 3 or 4 have been thrown out of the Champions League this year. I believe that Milan deserves the utmost respect, it is the result of work over time. 4 years ago this company was struggling with budget problems and was in an identity crisis on the field. The great merit of Gazidis, Maldini, Massara and Pioli is to having set up a reconstruction strategy that did not focus on veterans worn out in the physical but that focused on the search for Italian and foreign talents who would be valued by the technician. And with the Donnarumma and Calhanoglu cases he also launched the world of prosecutors “.
