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AC Milan - Milanfan.com _ Past Players _ Zvonimir Boban
Posted by: Tennie Aug 28 2008, 04:50 PM
Just noticed that he doesn't have a thread. I think he deserves one.
Posted by: I_Rossoneri Aug 28 2008, 06:15 PM
Not only was he an outstanding football player(and a Brad Pitt lookalike - lucky so and so 
), but he speaks the truth. I would like to think we have a place for him somewhere in our management setup.
Posted by: misha Aug 28 2008, 06:19 PM
I loved to watch him in the 90s. Was a great player 
Posted by: Rossoneri7 Aug 28 2008, 06:29 PM
Great times
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Aug 28 2008, 09:44 PM
Boban On Sheva: I Don’t Like Soup Re-Heated
Former Milan star Zvonimir Boban has criticised the club for bringing back Andriy Shevchenko, and says that he “does not like soups re-heated.”
Shevchenko rejoined Milan last weekend following a miserable two years at Chelsea, and the wisdom of his signing has split critics.
The Ukrainian striker was among the most exciting players in the world when he arrived in London for an English-record fee of £30million. However, he then slipped into obscurity, managing just nine goals and 47 Premier League appearances.
Many have questioned whether the 31-year-old can recapture the form that saw him named European Footballer of the Year in 2004, with some suggesting he will never recover from his Chelsea ordeal.
"I think Sheva will feel good at Milan,” Boban is quoted as saying by SKY.
“He has always done well at San Siro.
“However, I do not agree with Milan’s purchase. I don’t like soups re-heated."
Boban is well respected at San Siro, following a superb nine years spent there from 1992 to 2001, when he won four Scudetti, a Champions League, a European Supercup, and three Supercoppa Italiana’s. The Croatian played with Shevchenko during the latter stages of his career.
Posted by: acid911 Aug 28 2008, 11:40 PM
God, I love this guy. 
Cool name too, Boban. Now, what he says is probably right, Sheva will most certainly do well in San Siro. It's his personal opinion whether the Ukrainian should have been brought back. I can't really think of mine now. But he's back alright, so I can't wait to see him play for us again.
How the 2nd coming pans out, remains for all to see. We'll know soon enough. For now, best of luck to Sheva! 
Posted by: Jack Sparrow Aug 29 2008, 06:01 AM
Isn't it him, who owns the restaurant. Any idea what Savicevic is upto nowadays...?
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Aug 29 2008, 11:20 AM
Oh, yes, it's one of my favorite restaurant's in Zagreb,..
Savičević? Hmhm, he turend out NOT to be the Il Genio of coaching so he made himself a political career in Montenegro and was involved in the PRO-independence movement..
Posted by: Jack Sparrow Aug 29 2008, 12:10 PM
Politics? Heh heh...So he's gonna be the Galliani replacement?
Posted by: dst Aug 29 2008, 12:19 PM
This is the absolute best quote about Sheva!
Thank you Paolo for the privileges you've given to this man!
Posted by: Jack Sparrow Aug 29 2008, 12:27 PM
Talking about soups. He's obviously heavy into the restaurant business. I mean he could have come with a hundred different analogies...
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Sep 13 2012, 11:03 PM
Just found this picture. Great one 
Posted by: X-Offender Sep 13 2012, 11:21 PM
I don't recognize the Brazilian and Norwegian ones. Who're they?
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Sep 13 2012, 11:24 PM
Leonardo, Andre Cruz and Steinar Nilsen
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Sep 13 2012, 11:25 PM
Anyone figures who's missing?
Posted by: X-Offender Nov 25 2013, 09:20 PM
Boban: "Balotelli? Enough talking about this Balotelli. He hasn't done anything in his whole career than warming the bench everywhere. He'll always be smaller than Milan and Milan will always be bigger than him. His laid-back attitude shows that he simply cannot use his brain to understand a few things, he doesn't understand what it means to wear this jersey. He should learn from Kaká, someone who's won Champions League, World Cup and Ballon d'Or. He runs and commits himself like a young boy. Balotelli in my Milan would be holding the bags for the various Van Basten, Weah and Shevchenko. Twice late in training in a row? In my Milan he would have gotten bitchslapped by people like Maldini, Costacurta, Desailly, Seba Rossi, Baresi..."
Apparently Boban made these comments on a Croatian TV. Maybe Fillipo can confirm?
Posted by: kurtsimonw Nov 25 2013, 09:50 PM
I wonder if he really feels this way or if he's just trying to light a fire under Balo to get him to perform (if these comments are true).
Posted by: han2503 Nov 25 2013, 09:52 PM
Either is plausible I think people are very justified in feeling this way about Balo. Yes, he's struggling with form atm, but his attitude stinks to high heaven
Posted by: Jack Bauer Nov 25 2013, 10:03 PM
Boban I completely agree with him but this team has absolutely nothing in common with his Milan besides colours and name. We don't have those kinda leaders anymore.
Posted by: dst Nov 25 2013, 10:18 PM
Well, what he says is true either way.
Posted by: han2503 Nov 25 2013, 10:24 PM
I completely agree with him but this team has absolutely nothing in common with his Milan besides colours and name. We don't have those kinda leaders anymore.Yeah, we have no leadership qualities in this side aside from Kaka, and one man, an equal in the team to other players can't do it all
And it should not be their responsibility to control the team, but the coach's and if necessary, upper management like Galliani
Posted by: X-Offender Nov 25 2013, 10:33 PM
I think Boban is a big Milan fan, and having worn that jersey for so many years makes him have a sense of belonging to the red and black colours. And now seeing how this great club has been reduced to players who think they can do whatever they want makes him upset, upset and mad. I think we can all identify ourselves in those comments. And it's not just about Balotelli, but many other players as well.
Posted by: han2503 Nov 25 2013, 10:38 PM
Since we're talking about this here now, this is what Allegri had to say regarding the late to training reports
Either he's lying which he shouldn't be doing if they are in fact going late to training, or the media is spinning stories to create drama
Posted by: dst Nov 25 2013, 10:49 PM
Yes he should!! If it's true, he HAS TO deny everything otherwise the media circus will just go on for weeks.
But I'm not sure he knows if anyone's late, considering his substitutions I don't think he has a sense of time.
Posted by: X-Offender Nov 25 2013, 10:51 PM
Either he's lying which he shouldn't be doing if they are in fact going late to training, or the media is spinning stories to create drama
He denied it about five players coming late, but he confirmed the thing regarding Balotelli. He did come late.
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Nov 25 2013, 11:47 PM
Apparently Boban made these comments on a Croatian TV. Maybe Fillipo can confirm?
Boban has been criticizing Balotelli for quite some time. As for the particular quote, he apparently said it on Sky.
Yes, Boban loves Milan and it hurts him to see what has become of his club. I remember him being one of the first Allegri-critics, citing that his system is bound to fail.
Posted by: acid911 Nov 26 2013, 03:14 AM
Obviously not Baresi, because he retired the previous year?
Sebastiano Rossi?
Posted by: acid911 Nov 26 2013, 03:16 AM
Posted by: Jack Sparrow Nov 26 2013, 07:35 AM
Yes, Boban loves Milan and it hurts him to see what has become of his club. I remember him being one of the first Allegri-critics, citing that his system is bound to fail.
I'm curious. I don't remember this interview. What did Boban say exactly?
Posted by: William405 Nov 26 2013, 10:37 AM
But I'm not sure he knows if anyone's late, considering his substitutions I don't think he has a sense of time.
Posted by: X-Offender Nov 26 2013, 06:24 PM
Apparently Boban never said any of that stuff about Balotelli. The comments were drawn from a fake Facebook account.
http://www.milannews.it/primo-piano/frasi-su-balotelli-la-precisazione-di-zvonimir-boban-129391
Disappointing. 
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Nov 27 2013, 08:29 AM
Sebastiano Rossi?Good God, too much time passed in the meantime. I forgot...but no, it's not Seba Rossi.
I'll try to find the interview, but it was on television, before a Inter clash.
Posted by: Fillipo Simone Nov 27 2013, 08:30 AM
http://www.milannews.it/primo-piano/frasi-su-balotelli-la-precisazione-di-zvonimir-boban-129391
Disappointing.
Hmh, strange.
Posted by: acid911 Dec 8 2013, 11:42 AM
Not Seba Rosei, then.
The only two other remaining Milan players that I can think of that went to World Cup 1998 André Cruz and Christian Ziege. Unless I am missing someone big.
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