A.C Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri looking forward to the Italian Super Cup clash: Serie A news
A.C Milan manager, Massimiliano Allegri, believes that the winner of the Italian Super Cup will receive a huge boost in terms of the title race next season.
A.C Milan will take on bitter rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan, in a one off game in Beijing on Saturday, August 6th, 2011. The SuperCoppa Italiana game takes place every year, as the winner of the league takes on the domestic cup
winners.
Allegri believes that the match holds immense importance as the winner will take huge confidence going into the next season. The tactician believes that a win for either side will ease the nerves before the season. The 43-year-old
added that his team is well prepared for the upcoming campaign and the players have worked really hard in the pre-season camps.
Talking to the reporters Allegri said, "We've worked hard these last two weeks even though the team isn't in tip-top shape physically. It's an important game and we must be focused. We know we're playing Inter and on top of that
we're playing for a trophy.”
"It's also a derby so our approach will be crucial. We must be motivated. For the moment ourselves and Inter are the favourites despite how the others have strengthened. Starting off with a victory in Beijing wouldn't be a bad
thing."
The 43-year-old is predicting a tough fight for the top spot in the upcoming Serie A season and believes that competition for places will be much stronger than the previous years. Allegri is predicting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 to come out as major title challengers but believes that his team and Inter will start as favourites.
The Rossoneri won the Serie title in the previous campaign and ended a seven year Scudetto drought. Allegri will be looking to improve on his team’s UEFA Champions League record of the recent past and is looking forward to winning
the competition.
Milan have made several reinforcements to the squad and have brought in several new players in the summer transfer window.
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