Milan, protests and banner outside the 125th anniversary party venue

Fans with a banner in front of the venue where the Rossoneri club will soon officially celebrate its 125th birthday

Journalist

December 16, 2024 (change at 11.24pm) – MILAN

About 2-300 people and two eloquent banners. The Curva Sud protest, gathered in front of the venue where Milan will soon officially celebrate its 125th birthday, starts like this. The club is in the spotlight (“Incompetent managers, a club without ambition, you are not up to the level of our history”), as already happened yesterday at San Siro after the goalless draw with Genoa, but not only that. “Players without desire and dignity, you are the mirror of this property”, the second banner clearly displayed. Not all the footballers, however: “Let’s wait to see who arrives and decide whether to whistle, insult or applaud”, the words of the protest organizers into the megaphone.

the old glories

Upon the arrival of the first guests, including former glories such as Frank Rijkaard (honoured by several choirs), applause from the curve, which in the meantime had swelled in numbers. Then the first choruses of protest: “This company doesn’t deserve us.” Pietro Paolo Virdis was highly acclaimed, who in a post on Instagram criticized the organization of yesterday’s party at San Siro. “You parade the champions with the trophies of our history and you don’t say their names. Why?”, Virdis quoted. Then another chorus starts: “Cardinal, you have to sell, go away”.

Choirs for Franco Baresi, Roberto Donadoni, Mauro Tassotti. Then the arrival of the first current AC Milan player, Francesco Camarda. The curve applauds and sings his name loudly: “We want 11 Camarda”. No choir to Loftus-Cheek, Sportiello and Morata. Then Davide Calabria appears and shouts loudly: “Bring out ic….”

Total silence upon the arrival of Paulo Fonseca (very elegant). The Rossoneri coach was spared from the protest, which then turned against the owners: “We are not Americans”. Christian Pulisic is the first player to receive enthusiastic applause from the fans.

The CEO Giorgio Furlani, the DT Geoffrey Moncada and the senior advisor of RedBird, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, would have entered from a secondary entrance to avoid the dispute. President Paolo Scaroni also enters from a secondary entrance.



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