«At Milan in the locker room I fought with Seedorf»- Corriere.it

It wasn’t all as idyllic as it seemed. Even in the big teams that have won everything, there were disagreements. Alessandro Nesta, who among other things won the Scudetto in 2004 and the Champions League in 2003 and 2007 at Milan, reveals those he had with a
his former teammate, Clarence Seedorf
in a long interview with «Basement Cafè», Lavazza’s talk show.

«In football the tension is always very high and you happen to argue even with your teammates. I did it with Seedorf, with whom we got up several times to fight and were separated by our teammates. We argued about everything, if I said A, he said B. If the coach said one thing, he said another and it annoyed me. He was tough and muscular, but now we’re like brothers and I’m fine with him» underlines Nesta. Indeed, today the two former Rossoneri, who together have indeed won so much at the court of Charles Ancelottithey are both pundits on tv ad “Amazon Prime” and are often seen on the sidelines commenting on Wednesday night’s Champions League matches.

In addition to the disagreements with Seedorf, Nesta spoke of the unfortunate woman Istanbul final against Liverpool, the one lost on penalties after Milan found themselves leading by three goals, 3-0, at the end of the first half. Many things have been said about that match in Turkey on 25 May 2005. Now he has spoken Nesta: «We had destroyed them, but at half-time we fought for this very reason. There was tension, no one was celebrating and we knew it wasn’t over. When they scored the first goal we understood that they believed it. He flipped it Gerrard alone: ​​it was everywhere in the middle of the field. It was a lesson that allowed us to come back in 2007 and win the cup, even if we played 100 times worse».