«Farewell to Maldini lack of culture and respect»- Corriere.it

Carlo Ancelotti takes the field to defend Paolo Maldini, his former teammate and former player when he coached Milan. The former Rossoneri flag was fired by the club in via Aldo Rossi and Ancelotti didn’t like this: «I learned in Madrid that the history of a club must always be respected. Here Di Stefano, Amancio, Gento, Puskas are still exclusive values ​​towards which reverence is nourished. To preserve history at the highest levels, the memory of the past must be protected, what happened with Maldini demonstrates a lack of historical culture, of respect for the Milanist tradition. If it’s true that you don’t win with history, it’s also true that history teaches you how to win,” said the current Real Madrid coach in an interview with “Il Giornale”.

And again: «Football clubs that think they do business above the sporting spirit are doomed to fail. Patronage no longer has the meaning of before but profiteering is negative». A sentence, in short, that of Ancelotti. That he shared everything with Maldini: feats, victories, defeats, defeats. At Milan together they won league titles and the Champions League, as well as experience in the national team. And Ancelotti isn’t the only one who was perplexed by Maldini’s farewell to Milan. It’s a football that is changing fast. There are new destinations, such as Saudi Arabia which has made another hit: Benzema. «The Arabs have understood that football attracts interest in the population, there is a growing passion, they want to bring their championship to the level of European tournaments. They could do it. The same project failed in the United States? In America the competition from other disciplines, baseball, basketball, football was and is very strong».

And on his future, Ancelotti concluded: «Brazil? I’m good in Madrid, I have a splendid relationship with Florentino Perez, life here is magical. Should the teams stop at the first racist insult? It could be a solution but as long as there are no penalties, the rules change first, there is a judge on the field who can and must intervene. Here in Spain something is moving after the Vinicius case but I was denounced by a Valencian group for accusing the entire Mestalla audience. I apologized but the case is open.