Journalist
December 15, 2024 (changed at 11.59pm) – MILANO
The curve sings, and it doesn’t sing what you think. “You pissed us off…”. “We are not Americans.” “Are you leaving or not?” “Cardinal you have to sell”. It’s over, and it’s over badly. The story between the Curva Sud and this club is over. The rest of the stadium is less decisive in its demonstrations but, we understand from social media, thinks the same thing. The Milan fan is ambitious by definition and, on the evening in which the greats of the past returned to San Siro, he decided that he had lost patience. He lost patience with Cardinale, far away on the day of the celebration, with Ibrahimovic, booed in the pre-match as soon as he appeared on the big screen, with Furlani, with everyone.
THE BANNERS
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After the 0-0 draw with Genoa, two banners appeared outside the San Siro, evidently not let in before the match. The first: “Milan club: we have waited for you and supported you to the bitter end, we have had enough of your mediocrity”. The other: “Incapable managers, companies without ambition, you are not up to our history.” Very clear. Milan, after all, are eighth…
THE REASONS
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Mediocrity is the word that sums it all up. For its fans, RedBird’s Milan is the club that never spends more than 20 million on a player, does not buy a champion who has been established for (many) years, says no to Conte who proposes to choose Fonseca, appreciated by the fans but still the coach of Lille. The company that takes care of the balance sheets – twice in the black – more than the desire to win. A photo of a scarf dedicated to Paolo Maldini was circulating on social media at 11pm. The fans, two and a half years after the last championship, 13 and a half years after the penultimate one, no longer believe it.
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THE EVENING
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How strange, the atmosphere of San Siro. The evening began with the celebrations for the 125th anniversary, in a San Siro that was two-thirds full. Then the stadium filled up, Van Basten and Pippo Inzaghi warmed up the people a little and the crowd cheered as always during the match. Just a few whistles here and there, isolated, at the end of the first half and during the second. The curve sang for everyone, even for Liberali (!) but at the final whistle it was unleashed. In those moments the team sadly walked in midfield, greeting the South from afar. Cardinale was thousands of kilometers away, Furlani and Ibrahimovic were silent, as always.
