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Milan booed by fans as austerity bites hard
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September 20, 2012, Thursday
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AC Milan gave supporters a cruel reminder of what they were missing when the San Siro's giant screen showed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva scoring for Paris St-Germain during their Champions League ties.
Offloaded to help Milan try to balance the books, the pair helped their new club to cruise to a 4-1 win over Dynamo Kiev while their former teammates were laboring to a dismal goalless draw at home to Anderlecht.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who also lost forward Antonio Cassano when Milan swapped him with Inter's Giampaolo Pazzini, appeared to be clutching at straws as he tried to put a brave face on a shocking performance.
"In the first half we made a lot of mistakes technically and in the second half we had four goal scoring chances," he told reporters. "Of course you need goals to win games but we took a small step forward and I'm happy with what the players did."
Allegri has tried to remain upbeat while seeing his squad disbanded throughout the summer.
Chief executive Adriano Galliani has said that Milan had no option other than to sell Ibrahimovic and Silva as the club could no longer afford their wages. He said that Ibrahimovic had wanted to stay at Milan and the Swede was no longer speaking to him.
"At the end of last season he came to me with his agent Mino Raiola and I assured him that he would stay. But the board had some discussions and he was sold," said Galliani.
"Since he went to Paris, he hasn't spoken to me anymore. He is right though as I didn't keep my word."
Offloaded to help Milan try to balance the books, the pair helped their new club to cruise to a 4-1 win over Dynamo Kiev while their former teammates were laboring to a dismal goalless draw at home to Anderlecht.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who also lost forward Antonio Cassano when Milan swapped him with Inter's Giampaolo Pazzini, appeared to be clutching at straws as he tried to put a brave face on a shocking performance.
"In the first half we made a lot of mistakes technically and in the second half we had four goal scoring chances," he told reporters. "Of course you need goals to win games but we took a small step forward and I'm happy with what the players did."
Allegri has tried to remain upbeat while seeing his squad disbanded throughout the summer.
Chief executive Adriano Galliani has said that Milan had no option other than to sell Ibrahimovic and Silva as the club could no longer afford their wages. He said that Ibrahimovic had wanted to stay at Milan and the Swede was no longer speaking to him.
"At the end of last season he came to me with his agent Mino Raiola and I assured him that he would stay. But the board had some discussions and he was sold," said Galliani.
"Since he went to Paris, he hasn't spoken to me anymore. He is right though as I didn't keep my word."
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