In his second year as a coach, the former Rossoneri full-back is first in the Youth League group and is valuing youngsters whom Pioli evaluates for the future. Here’s how he does it
The Gattuso method made it stronger. Twenty years ago Ignazio Abate appeared for the first time in Milan of the big names as a shy kid. He would cross the champions in the locker room and ask for permission, he used the lei, he stood on the sidelines, before ending up under the protective wing of the good-natured Rino. “When Ignatius was a boy, I baptized him with alarm clocks”. Slaps.