[Jack Sparrow]

*sigh* me again. Same ID.

[acid911]

Done, captain! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/96.gif) Check your email, right about now.

[acid911]

By the way, the translation is pretty neat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Occasional grammatical errors, but overall very nice job by the Milan (and surely Ibra) fan. There is also an official IPad app, but I don't like Ibra enough to buy that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Frankly, books by celebrities are always an excellent read, I make sure I go the extra mile to get them.

[William405]

Paolo Maldini has criticised Milan Coach Massimiliano Allegri for focusing on the ‘phantom goal’ against Juventus. “It’s in the past now.”

Allegri went back on the Sulley Muntari goal that was not awarded in their 1-1 draw, as he feels with only one point separating the teams, the Scudetto could be decided by that incident.

“It was an important incident, but it is in the past now,” said former Rossoneri legend Maldini.

“In order to relax and focus on your work, you have to forget. It would be better for both sides to avoid further controversy.

“In 20 days Milan have lost two of their three objectives for the season, going out of the Champions League and Coppa Italia, but the Serie A title race is still open.

“Both Milan and Juve have a 50 per cent chance of winning the Scudetto, because slip-ups are very common this season.”

Maldini was also asked to comment on Andrea Pirlo’s rebirth as a free transfer at Juventus and the possibility Alessandro Nesta could follow.

“I never doubted Pirlo could still give a great deal, as he is a unique player,” the ex-defender told the Gazzetta dello Sport.

“Nesta with the Bianconeri? I don’t know, he had a lot of physical problems and I think he takes it day by day.”

[Jack Bauer]

http://youtu.be/pE0N-xC-wsI?t=17s

[X-Offender]

http://youtu.be/pE0N-xC-wsI?t=17s

Legend. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

[Jack Bauer]

Stars ------ Superstars ------ Legends ------ Maldini.

[acid911]

Stars ------ Superstars ------ Legends ------ Maldini.

Ain't that the truth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

[TriniKing_CE]

Stars ------ Superstars ------ WorldClass ------ Legends ------ Maldini.

Fixed...

You forgot another level which he is also above. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) FORZA PAOLO!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

[kurtsimonw]

So where does Brocchi fit?

[X-Offender]

So where does Brocchi fit?

In the "won 2 CL titles" section.

[kurtsimonw]

In the "won 2 CL titles" section.

Like a boss.

[TriniKing_CE]

Like a boss.

Well not exactly...

We didn't bother listing players below a certain rank, if you look some way below the 'stars' you'd find your Brocchis and what have you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[KillerMax]

Maldini: 'Milan lost the magic'

“I have done many things in football and was in this world for 31 years starting from the youth academy. There is a ‘risk’ I’ll be left out of the football world now, but I had such a strong bond with Milan that it is difficult to imagine myself with another club, even a European one,” he told La Repubblica newspaper.

“I have never considered being a Coach, because I saw the nomadic lifestyle my father Cesare had to go through in order to work. Plus I don’t see myself anywhere except Milan, so my chances of finding another coaching job in Italy would be close to zero.

“I don’t want to be a director because I don’t like politics. If I were to remain working in football, it would be in bringing my football knowledge. There are few who are 100 per cent competent, know about tactics, players and sports psychology. I am not interested in a role just for the prestige of it.”

“I was fortunate enough to be with Milan for 25 splendid years. When I arrived, I found a great foundation to build a great club. President Silvio Berlusconi arrived and taught us to think big, also of course with his investments. Arrigo Sacchi came and we had the mentality that we’d become the symbol of a style of football.

“It was something magical. Slowly, the magic was lost and Milan transformed into an absolutely normal club. That’s because Milan stopped transmitting that message and those who had written the history of the club stopped teaching their knowledge to the next generation. There is nobody in the current Milan set-up who wrote history, other than those in marginal roles,”

“Look at Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, who had directors like Beckenbauer, Hoeness, Rummenigge, Butragueno, Gallego and Valdano. This magic can be carried on and taught by those who experienced and even created it. Milan had the magic for 25 years, but then lost it.

“It is difficult to evaluate the planning of this Milan side, as over the summer they released 12 players of great character and still didn’t expect a difficult start to the season. In all honesty, I can’t see what their plans are. Choosing certain players, even if they are on free transfers, look a world away from a specific plan.

“I’ll reveal to you that Leonardo wanted me at Milanello, even if I was just to stand there and show my presence. I told him there was no point in my turning up without a role. Galliani told me and Leo that a director of sport was no longer necessary in football, but I think there is a real need for one.

“Last year, Max Allegri called me and said he needed someone to keep an eye on him, to say whether he’d done something wrong tactically or in dealing with the locker room. He needed someone with the character to talk to the more important players in an authoritative manner. He thought that I, with my past, could do that.

“Anyway, I’d like to destroy this myth that I am ‘one of the family’ at Milan. They don’t particularly want me there. I feel bitter, but not just for me – also for everything we created together that has fallen apart. It’s the same sensation many of my ex-teammates have. I just want to give the magic back to Milan.

“I won more than anyone with this club and played more games than anyone, but I feel Milan have given me even more. I feel a debt of gratitude to Milan.”

“Juventus wanted me, while Gianluca Vialli called me to Chelsea in 1996, but I preferred to stay with Milan to recover from a disastrous year. It was the right choice. Arsenal made an economic offer and there was also a request from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

“The truth is that most of these offers coincided with terrible seasons for Milan. It probably would’ve been easier to accept, but those of us in the foundations of the team took our responsibility and preferred to stay so we could turn the situation around.”

FI

[Fillipo Simone]

Interesting stuff. Here's just a few remarks/comments:

1) “Anyway, I’d like to destroy this myth that I am ‘one of the family’ at Milan. They don’t particularly want me there. I feel bitter, but not just for me – also for everything we created together that has fallen apart. It’s the same sensation many of my ex-teammates have. I just want to give the magic back to Milan.

This quote is particularly painful for me to hear. And surely for every fan. But I'm interested as to how this happened? There sure must be another side we're not hearing all the time.

2) “It was something magical. Slowly, the magic was lost and Milan transformed into an absolutely normal club. That’s because Milan stopped transmitting that message and those who had written the history of the club stopped teaching their knowledge to the next generation. There is nobody in the current Milan set-up who wrote history, other than those in marginal roles,”

This part is very disrespectful if you ask me. I do understand his message, but he should have picked his words more carefully. This is extremely unjust to the likes of Inzaghi, Ambrosini, Tassotti and a few others who actually made Milan history.

3) In the end, even if I'm not completely with what Maldini says, my conclusion is that Milan should be sold to a new (preferably Italian) owner who would have the political and strategical chance to "reinvent" people like Maldini, Billy, Nesta and many others. It's time for B&G to go.