Super Berlusconi + Galliani Thread

[Az.]

Galliani's blaming the referee for the loss: "I won't go on about those two obvious penalties, but I think we deserve an apology and an explanation from the referee before we can close this chapter.

I'm starting to get really annoyed with these ridiculous, living-in-denial, excuses. Why are there no protests from fans in Italy? Do they buy this crap? The worst thing that can happen to a club is when it's fans stop caring. Burn some seats or newspapers at San Siro at the very least.

 

[Clarence]

you mean like a more then half empty stadium every single game?

zio incompetent blaming refs is good since it clearly works. worked when jube cried and robbed that derby and it worked not with those entitled viola losers crying about missing the CL and ''rigore per il milan''......

fester has to say something otherwise milan wont get a single decision in favor. just look at how the penalties (the ones that actually are) stopped getting called after della valle and montella wept

Blaming the referee and how all of a sudden Honda is being announced in a post-match interview is classic bread and butter strategy. They want to shift people's attention. Is it enough by boycotting Milan's games?

 

[Miss Stardust]

He's got no excuse for our poor games instead blames the referee. How lame.

 

[SpartanMilan]

absolutely pathetic. We get beat by a mid table team and he cries about the refs.

Its a disgrace

 

[Congo Powers]

He's right

 

[SpartanMilan]

I think Balotelli was treated unfairly by the ref as well, there was definite contact , a push from behind but he never gets those free kicks.
Not sure why everybody sees Balotelli's fault.

Balotelli is rapidly turning into a little bitch.


he is a classic case of the boy who cried wolf. He dives so often that he isnt going to get many legit penalties anymore...

this season if there has been a slight breeze when he is in the box he fits the turf like he got shot by a sniper.

His game is regressing to trying to win PKs and scoring them

 

[vB9]

Fatih Terim doesn’t know it, but the reason that he was replaced at A. C. Milan was primarily culinary in nature. His downfall had a lot to do with the delicious Italian cold cut culatello. It was November 2001, just a few days after the Day of the Dead: in memoriam for the Imparator, relieved of his post and replaced by me. Galliani started laughing after he chose me as his new coach: “My dear Ancelotti, I’m happy.”

“Thank you. Your expression of esteem fills me with joy.”

“I was saying I’m happy because at last, with you, we can change the menu at Milanello.”

In other words, Galliani had picked me because, with that other coach, the food was so bad. Maybe he’d found me in the Michelin guide: Trattoria Da Carletto, reservations suggested. Perhaps he decided to call ahead. “Pronto, this is Adriano. Could you add one guest to the party? We’ll probably be ordering culatello and Felino salami for the whole table.”

Maybe the most important consideration was that he could start guzzling wine again. Whenever Galliani orders a meal, there’s plenty of wine.

Terim, in contrast, maintained a steady diet of thin broth and tap water, an intolerable affront to Galliani’s senses. There was another thing: Terim was a ^ Big Brother addict, so he’d often leave Galliani to finish lunch alone and run back to the privacy of his room, alone in front of the television set. He wanted to see if the people in the House were having sex. They did, as it happened—then Milan screwed him. To avoid any risk, when I signed the contract, I raised my right hand and put my left hand on my heart: “I swear that I’ll always put A. C. Milan ahead of any and all cast members of Big Brother. Cross my heart.”

In a not-too-distant past, for that matter, I had sworn an oath that one day I’d coach the rossineri. I had just started coaching Reggiana, and I was a guest at Sebastiano Rossi’s wedding. In the church, I went over to Galliani and started whispering sweet blandishments in his ear: “Adriano, everything I do in the years to come will be nothing but an apprenticeship. One day, I’m going to coach A. C. Milan, and you’re going to hire me.”

“Well, I certainly hope so, Carletto. But now get your lips off my ear, please. It looks like we’re the ones getting married.”

It was like that time in Rome, at the Palazzo al Velabro, the first time we met. I was starting to develop a taste for this. Rossi was at the altar, exchanging vows; Galliani and I were just beginning our courtship.

I kept the promise I’d made. I went back to Milanello, and there was a bench waiting for me. Also waiting for me was the manager of the Milanello sports center, Antore Peloso: “Welcome back home, Carletto.” Galliani was still there, such a permanent fixture that the answer to that persistent question is shrouded in the mists of time: Did Berlusconi build Adriano Galliani before he built Milanello? Which came first: his egg-shaped head or the hen that laid golden eggs? Over the years, I’ve gotten to know Galliani. He has red-and-black blood flowing through his veins. His mood and his very existence depend exclusively on the score at the end of the match. If A. C. Milan wins, then everything’s fine. If they lose, then good luck to everyone. He’s a manager with a desk; he’s a soccer fan with a stadium—two souls compressed into a single body. Someone planned him out the way he is, without a wig. When A. C. Milan scores a goal, he is transfigured, he celebrates as if he were in a movie: Poltergeist. He’s a first-class executive, extremely competent, unrivaled in his mastery of the art of administration. For the things that he has accomplished, the people of the Milan tribe should be eternally grateful. He is Berlusconi’s right-hand and left-hand man: if the chairman is absent, Galliani is all too present.

Galliani and I have always enjoyed an excellent relationship; we’ve never exchanged harsh words, we’ve never been on terms of anything less than complete respect, even if over the years there have been arguments at times, always over the use of this player or that. There was one argument in particular, in Madrid, during my second season as coach. We were playing in the Champions League, and we’d already progressed into the second round. We were scheduled to play against Real Madrid. During training, I was trying out a formation filled with reserve players. Galliani watched without saying a word. Then we went back to the hotel and ate dinner. After the meal, he took me aside: “You aren’t seriously planning to field that formation are you?”

“Well, actually, yes, I am.”

“Then you’ve lost your mind.”

“We’ve already passed that point, we need to think ahead to the championship season …”

“We are A. C. Milan, and don’t you ever forget it. Now, let me explain a thing or two.”

He gave me a lesson in geography: “We’re in Madrid.”

A lesson in history: “Whoever wins here will be remembered for all time.”

A lesson in religion: “The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is a temple, a shrine.”

And a lesson in philosophy: “Power consists of conviction, and I am deeply convinced that you are getting everything backward.”

Last of all, he gave me a warning: “And remember, I’m not an idiot.”

I’ll keep that in mind. But, in the meantime, I’m sticking to my guns because, as I have mentioned once or twice before, I decide on the formation—me and nobody else. We lost, 3–1, and Galliani came charging back. With the usual warning, slightly modified from the pregame version: “And please remember, I am not an idiot”—even though the fans might have begged to differ, more than once, especially after the renewal of certain contracts for players who were certainly ready for retirement.

In reality, Galliani understood perfectly that the secret to making A. C. Milan a great team is the sense of loyalty and identification on the part of the players—a sense that required training, like everything else. The more time they spend together, the better. Pride goeth before a high ranking. Even old age can serve a valid purpose, within reason. The air that you breathe at Milanello is special, a mixture of oxygen and pixie dust; in your lungs you can feel the gratitude toward those who have given so much to this team. Galliani is always there, he never wavers, 24/7 he is at the service of A. C. Milan. That’s passion, not work. Adriano Emergency Rescue Service: by day, by night, anytime.

Altho, he can be a royal dick... truth is I do love G.

 

[vB9]

After every training session, Galliani and I would talk on the phone. I’d tell him everything that was going on, the things that had happened, and he would give me his thoughts and impressions. It was an uninterrupted daily relationship. That day, I called him: “Signore Galliani, I have some news for you.”

“Good news or bad?”

“Good news. Excellent news.”

“Carletto, are you quitting?”

Lol.. guy is proper funny.

 

[Christian]

Lol.. guy is proper funny.

lol brilliant

thanks for that

edit:

and wtf is up with Terim being a Big Brother addict

I love the paragraph where he praises he praises Galliani which came first'... really nice, and really 'Carlo'-like. I gotta read that book

 

[Miss Stardust]

AC Milan boss Max Allegri may be living on borrowed time as La Gazzetta dello Sport insists club President Silvio Berlusconi is weighing up options to replace him.
The Rossoneri have performed fairly well in the Champions League but their league form has been poor and last weekend's 3-2 defeat at Parma has left them rooted in mid-table and trailing Serie A leaders Roma by a massive 16 points.
AC Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani staunchly defended Allegri in the press after the Parma game, pointing the finger
instead at referee Paolo Valeri and emphasising the fact that Marco Parolo took the winning free-kick from eight yards closer than the foul was committed.
But La Gazzetta dello Sport believes that Berlusconi has been less forgiving of the under-fire
tactician and wasn't happy with the way he managed the team during the game.
The Italian newspaper doesn't suggest that Allegri will be fired immediately but says that games against Lazio, Fiorentina and Barcelona will prove crucial.

The main names that have been circulated in recent weeks as possible replacements for Allegri
are both former AC Milan players: Pippo Inzaghi and Clarence Seedorf.

Berlu is finally realising it! Please do something immediately!

 

[Sod-Lod]

 

[Sod-Lod]

AC Milan News ‏@Milanello

GdS reports that Berlusconi is angry at Allegri and that he wants to see improvements in the matches vs. Lazio and Fiorentina this week.

 

[sucful]

berl just pretends as usual

 

[ladro]

Blaming the referee and how all of a sudden Honda is being announced in a post-match interview is classic bread and butter strategy. They want to shift people's attention.

oh i absolutely agree its also a perfect way to brainwash fans. Thing is fiorentinas moaning clearly worked. Refs decisions went our way way to much in the past thoe now its reversed. Milan barely get a good call. The refereeing in parma was horrid. Refs were all under pressure not to call easy pens for milan anymore and now they will get pressure not to fuck up the ones that actually are.

Him putting pressure is probably the only way refs will stop completely ignoring the penalties that exist. Viola cunts are trying their best to make it look like penalties are completely illegal lmao. funny considering last year they had what 1 less? hypocrites

 

[sanzen]

dont even care anymore. i dont want balotelli looking for penalties - which he seems to always do. just score

 

[Sod-Lod]

AC Milan News ‏@Milanello

Allegri: "I spoke with president Berlusconi before the Parma match. I will speak with him today or tomorrow morning."

Allegri: "We will soon have all our players ready, and we will be higher placed in the league by Christmas."

 

[Polotelli]

AC Milan News ‏@Milanello

GdS reports that Berlusconi is angry at Allegri and that he wants to see improvements in the matches vs. Lazio and Fiorentina this week.

Lazio andd Fiorentina??????

why does he gets so many chances
even if he gets 6 points, he deserved to be fired a long time ago

 

[Sod-Lod]

 

[acm55]

Galliani: "Milan is not for sale because we are currently breaking even."

 

[Sorriso Sempre]

Galliani: "Milan is not for sale because we are currently breaking even."

 

[Sod-Lod]

AC Milan News ‏@Milanello

Galliani: "If we will sell any of the shares to the sheikhs? We haven't been in contact with the sheikhs regarding a sale."

Galliani: "I spoke with Montolivo about Parolo's free-kick. He's the captain and he should have prevented Parma from moving it forward."

Galliani: "It's primarily the referee's fault, but the captain should control these things during a match."

Galliani: "Allegri will stay for the rest of the season, and then we will talk about how the season went, as we always do."

Galliani: "Balotelli will continue to be our star. He will stay with us for a long time."

Galliani: "I wasn't swearing at Birsa against Parma. I was swearing at the ball. Birsa also told me that he swore at himself."

Galliani: "Birsa has a fantastic left foot, and he always scores when practising free-kicks the day before a match."

Galliani: "Milan is not for sale because we are currently breaking even."

 

[Goodfella]

Galliani: "Milan is not for sale because we are currently breaking even."

..but will make a loss of 40-50m next year when there won't be any CL money saving us.

 

[joyrider]

Interviewed at the press conference earlier, Adriano Galliani had this to say about Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri:

“Allegri will continue as coach and at the end of the season we will analyse the situation as we always do. We are still in three competitions and all three of them can qualify you for Europe.”


didn't he say the same about kaka' before selling him

 

[Sorriso Sempre]

sell sell sell

 

[iraqi]

galliani !! r u happy now !
you jubentino fuck

 

[nuttela]

Interviewed at the press conference earlier, Adriano Galliani had this to say about Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri:

“Allegri will continue as coach and at the end of the season we will analyse the situation as we always do. We are still in three competitions and all three of them can qualify you for Europe.”


didn't he say the same about kaka' before selling him

coppa italia takes us to europa league right?

CL or gtfo

 

[iraqi]

Sell !

 

[Nestafan]

Allegri, please fire Berlusconi.

 

[iraqi]

berlisconi wake the fuck up !!!!!!!
i can't sleep

 

[Jivara]

I wanna throw up

I am so sad

I wanna live in a forest far away from news about anything