IT’S ALL ABOUT DESTINY...

After beating Urawa Red Diamonds, there is just one thought now: the final of the Club World Cup. The group, made up of 60 people, is satisfied, but the hard work starts now.

After the semi-final played and won against Urawa Red Diamonds, the tones are those of those who know that they have done something important, but that the decisive step is still unfinished. Adriano Galliani and Carlo Ancelotti commented this way the first 90 minutes of the Club World Cup.

GALLIANI:
"I always said that I fear more the semi-final than the final, due to the environment, our opponents did their best. They closed themselves well and tried to put us in difficulty. However, we did well. Once again we saw the best player in the world: Kaka. He was stoic, because he played for long stretches of the game with a broken nail with blood coming out. He was in pain, but his hand was bandaged in one way and he held till the end. Clarence, just after the end of the game, told me that he could have scored 3-4 goals…but the important thing is that he put it in once. Now we play the third final in this season, which is extraordinary and wonderful in my opinion. What can I say about destiny? After reserving the revenge against Liverpool, now it puts against Boca again. It would be fantastic to take back home the third trophy of the year." After the analysis of the game, the General Manager faced the argument of the individuals: "Maldini and Seedorf, before the kick-off, did a great thing, they spoke to each other. But I must say that all of them have been concentrated for the past week. The team feels the commitment and importance of the trophy. There are 60 people here, including the players, practically all of Milanello came here 10,000 kilometres away to do everything well." Even President Berlusconi is happy, as Galliani spoke to him soon after the end of the game: “I called him every day and I spoke to him also after the game. He’s happy, because of all of his commitments he wasn't able to be here, but it's like he is." Before ending, a comment on the many Japanese present at the stadium with the Rossoneri’s shirt: “We have many fans in Japan. They confirmed to me yet again the extraordinary sales of these past days of shirts and gadgets. I think that also on Sunday there will be many fans at the stadium and that they will be on our side and will wear the shirts of Pirlo, Inzaghi and Kaka. We shall arrive to the final with one less day of rest? It doesn’t matter, after all one of the two teams had to play before the other. We don’t complain.”

ANCELOTTI:
“The objective of everyone was the final. With the game of tonight we have reached it and now we must do everything to obtain the most. Now let’s think to prepare it in the best possible way and win it. We have prepared today’s game well, in a particular way. We shall be a bit tired, but we shall bring out the necessary energies. It wasn’t easy to play and win it, because they tried to bring out their qualities. I expected that they could play like this, with drive, solid and trying to take advantage of the counter attack. We tired them out, we waited for them to decrease their rhythm, then in the second half Kaka found the right space. I got a bit angry for the yellow card to Nesta, because it was a hurried decision, but then everything went well." In the head of the Rossoneri’s coach, there’s just Boca Juniors: "It’s a very young team, but capable of great qualities, which have been masked in the first game, playing at low rhythms and without great accelerations."