Massimiliano Allegri was keen to point out during his press conference, the target is a Champions League place. Tonight is very much last chance saloon if a comeback is to be even a remote possibility. The Scudetto train has probably departed without Milan, but bragging rights in the city are at stake.
Pride at hosting the Winter Olympics sits alongside quieter anxieties about rising costs, tightened security and geopolitical tension. Milan is no stranger to spectacle. Fashion Week routinely transforms the city into a runway for the world. The Salone del Mobile design fair floods hotels each spring. Hosting the Games is meant to be a natural extension of that international identity proof the city can blend culture, commerce and sport on the grandest stage.
As the cameras panned around the stands of San Siro, an interesting attendee was spotted: Andrea Agnelli, the former chairman of Juventus. As Tuttosport report, Angelli - who was a central figure in a winning era for Juventus - was spotted in the stands watching Milan-Verona alongside Hugh Grant, and in the same section with Scaroni, Baresi, Enrico Letta, Tare, Furlani and new signing Fullkrug.
