Agnelli at Milan-Verona and lunch with Allegri: behind the scenes

Journalist

December 29 – 11.20am – MILANO

Get two great friends around the table. At lunch, after a welcome visit. If it weren’t for the fact that one is the former president of Juventus and the other the coach who led their success for a good part of their mandate, everything would have gone unnoticed. But, being Andrea Agnelli and Massimiliano Allegri, a still image and a confidence were enough to spark the curiosity of many. Especially the Juventus fans, who were certainly not indifferent to seeing Agnelli in the stands at San Siro for the lunch match between Milan and Verona. Above all because he has never shown himself at the Allianz Stadium in recent years, despite continuing to live his Juventus faith with the same involvement.

happy lamb lunch

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Informal meetings between Agnelli and Allegri are actually usual, based on a pure friendship that has strengthened over the years spent in Turin: the coach has chosen the city of Mole to live there beyond his professional commitments related to football, the former manager – who has lived in Holland since he left Juve – always willingly returns there to reunite with his closest loved ones. The Christmas holidays brought Agnelli back to Italy, hence the visit to his old friend Max: the coach, in the post Milan-Verona, then revealed about the lunch that the two would have had shortly thereafter. Not for a work discussion, as happened in the years spent in black and white, but a simple convivial moment between friends who can discuss anything that binds them, including advice and confidences.

backstory

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“I was very pleased that the president came to watch the match – said Allegri in the mixed zone -. In addition to the professional aspect we have a relationship that goes beyond a human level, now he’s waiting for me to go to lunch. What will we talk about? We’ll mess around as it should be. Above all I’m happy because if I had conceded a goal he would have annoyed me, he’s one of those who doesn’t like conceding goals”. It is no secret that the Juve of Agnelli’s years with Allegri on the bench won thanks to the great attackers but above all to the champions of the defense, being able to count on the glorious BBC with Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini to protect Buffon.