Milan and Inter forced to evaluate other areas for new stadium

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Feb 27, 2022, 1:26:48 PM2/27/22
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AC Milan and Inter have been working to get their stadium project on the road for many years now and despite some optimism in recent months, the project is still struggling to take off.

The Milan-based clubs have made it very clear that a new stadium is a necessity for their future, as it would guarantee a lot more revenue than the current situation. That is, of course, because the Guiseppe Meazza is owned by the city and not the clubs.

It has proved very difficult to get the stadium project up and running, though, as we have also seen in other parts of Italy. Therefore, according to Corriere Della Sera (via MilanNews), Milan and Inter are also looking at other areas than San Siro.

The clubs have been looking at Sesto San Giovanni, San Donato and Segrate, which are all easily reached with the underground metro. San Siro is still plan A but the idea of building it somewhere else has become increasingly concrete given the struggles with the city council.

AC Milan only got one point from their game against Udinese on Friday evening and although they didn’t play well, the away side’s equaliser shouldn’t have stood. Of course, this annoyed the Rossoneri a lot.

After the game, technical director Paolo Maldini even took part in an interview to share his thoughts on the refereeing performance. For those who don’t know, this is highly unusual and goes against Milan’s policy.

“VAR, used like this, hurts as it isn’t the first time [for us]. The handball is an obvious mistake. One more thing, we cannot always have a rookie referee at San Siro. It’s not easy to referee here,” he stated.

Maldini hasn’t received any criticism for his words as he said them with elegance and respect, simply highlighting the obvious mistakes that have been made. However, as per Gazzetta Dello Sport (via MilanNews), Serie A’s referee designator is ‘annoyed’ by the comments.

The man in question is Gianluca Rocchi, who recently retired after many years as a high-quality referee. He feels that the generational change is necessary, per the newspaper, and while he doesn’t want to force the young referees into the game, he feels they need the experience.

That is also why Matteo Marchetti, who refereed Milan-Udinese and is considered very promising, will not be stopped. In fairness, the blame should be put on Marco Guida, who was in charge of VAR and missed the handball.

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