NOW TWELVE FINALS

The day after the elimination from the Champions League, Adriano Galliani felt the need to reach Milanello to express some concepts to the entire team – THE DECLARATIONS OF ADRIANO GALLIANI -

MILANELLO- These are this morning’s declarations of general manager Adriano Galliani to ‘Milan Channel’ at the Rossoneri’s sports centre of Milanello:

“Tonight I wasn’t able to sleep, just like many other Milan fans I think, and this morning I feel the need to come here to Milanello to express some concepts. First of all I wanted to thank the players, coach, doctor, trainer, physiotherapist all one by one for the marvelous six years of Champions League.

“I wanted to remind that to arrive in the final of the Champions League we need twelve games and that’s exactly the number of games which await us from now until the end of the season. In these games we will have to win again a place in the Champions League 2008/09. Winning two consecutive Champions League is almost impossible. I also reminded them tha in the last three editions of the Champions League, it happened also to Barcelona to exit in the round of 16 and the year before to Liverpool. Nothing happened to these last three Champions League winners, because Barcelona continues to be Barcelona, Liverpool continues to be Liverpool and Milan is always Milan.

“Now twelve games await us which we must play at our best, fundamental as much as twelve finals and we hope to find ourselves with the usual Champions League music. Already on Sunday we shall to go on the pitch determined, with a lot of will to do well and with a positive attitude.”