Serie A - Berlusconi: Milan didn't listen to me
Eurosport - Thu, 04 Jun 11:25:00 2009
Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has blamed the club's disappointing season on the failure of the coaching staff to follow his tactical advice.
"This season Milan didn't play with the tactics I suggested," the Italian prime minister said in a television interview on his own Canale 5 channel.
"They only did so in the last game which allowed us to qualify for the Champions League. Games were lost because in the last minutes the team failed to play the way I advised."
Milan finished trophy-less and third in Serie A last season, only clinching a direct Champions League spot after a victory at Fiorentina in their final game.
Berlusconi also slammed the team selection of former coach Carlo Ancelotti, who left the Rossoneri at the end of the season to become the new manager of Chelsea.
"We have champions like Ronaldinho who was only used in the last 20 minutes of games and this led to him losing morale," said Berlusconi.
"People buy their ticket to see Ronaldinho on the pitch for the whole match."
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wat have u done......u distroyed a wonderful football club by giving stupid idea's...
now the coach left...kaka going to....wat more.....
I surely am not gonna listen to him about how to manager my marriage.
Silvio is a greedy owner and politician and not a manager, what the hell is he giving players tactics for anyway?? No wonder Ancellotti left and had disappointing league finishes for the past few seasons with that tyrant breathing down his neck. Not only that but Silvio is a pervert and a liar! He knows how to play the media coz he owns most of it. All he cares about is revenue and his own reputation and image, he is a plastic football fan with little moral fibre
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