Sportitalia journalist Francesco Letizia, emotionally close to the Rossoneri events, invoked the arrival of Antonio Conte at Milan in an editorial which recalls in the title the famous chorus of Juventus fans: “Without you we won’t go far…”.
“The season is over, let’s go in peace. Congratulations to Inter who deserved the Scudetto and to Roma who deserved to move forward in the Europa League – writes Letizia on Sportitalia.com -. But crying over spilled milk or brooding over the situation of today it is of no use: Milan must look to tomorrow. Because a scudetto vanishes quickly when you win it, see last year’s disappointment, but fortunately also when others win it: from July 1st we all start again at zero. but from where? We will still have a few weeks to say goodbye and thank Mister Pioli, who will remain the man of the 19th scudetto, but unfortunately also the one of the 6 derbies lost in a row. Di Pioli will remain with us, but also with the feeling of having lost the team for some time and never having been able to rediscover it mentally because beyond the tactical questions, on which a nice parenthesis would have to be opened, but now useless, what remains quite evident is that this Milan team makes mistakes in all the important matches. in terms of motivation, character, determination and attention. As a great fan of football aesthetics, I believe that playing well is the best possible way to win. Yet the worrying vortex in which this group, and consequently the entire environment, has ended up in the last 24 months forces me to make different reflections. And so, more than saints of spectacular football, more than waving the flag of the “young coach”, the new Milan must start from something much more solid: this ownership is called upon to make the first truly important choice and cannot make a mistake under any circumstances world. The words of Furlani and Cardinale continue to be in line with expectations: they talk about winning, about a great team. Well. But now the time has come to move from words to deeds, from chatter to strong decisions. Even just reading the name of Lopetegui linked to Milan is an insult to the history of a club that has won 7 European Cups, as well as a mockery of an entire population. And the same can be said of another half-dozen possible press candidates. There remain 4/5 in the middle ground, the capable, promising ones, but about which it is legitimate to doubt: from De Zerbi to Rose, passing through Amorim, Motta and Hoeness, each would make sense, but would still not be in line with that obsession flaunted towards the victory by Gerry Cardinale, as well as by Ibra throughout his life.
If you want to win, dear Gerry Cardinale, there is only one person for you. That person who alone, from the announcement, would send even those who have just won the championship into total alarm. That person who would give his life in the next derby, just to not lose it. That person who has a crazy desire to get back on track at high levels with a new challenge.”
