{"id":126974,"date":"2025-08-07T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/126974\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:14:10","slug":"costacurta-explains-milan-harshness-and-message-to-baresi-because-i-love-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/126974\/","title":{"rendered":"Costacurta explains Milan harshness and message to Baresi: “Because I love them”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon, Billy Costacurta has spoken to the media about several things, including why he seems to be so harsh on AC Milan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Costacurta is one of the most recognisable faces in the Italian media for Milan fans, why? Because the Italian was a core part of the Rossoneri in the past and still continues to be. Of course, his role has now changed. Yet, he remains a key figure.<\/p>\n

As someone that has seen the highs of the past, it is understandable why he holds the club to such high <\/a><\/strong>standards<\/strong><\/a>. Ultimately, he knows what makes the Diavolo special and with work, it is still there to be achieved.<\/p>\n

Costacurta\u2019s words<\/p>\n

In many ways, he speaks for the fans as a fan in a public setting, but this is not always a good thing, as he revealed to La Repubblica (via V Sport<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, if you\u2019re divisive, it seems like you have to take sides: game-oriented, results-oriented, and so on. I always try to be balanced. They attack me because I criticize Milan, but\u00a0I do it because I love them. Some Milan fans think I do it out of prejudice, but that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I give an opinion, I do it to provoke a reaction. If I say something negative about Leao, it\u2019s not because he plays for AC Milan. With Rafa, it\u2019s like when I talk to my son Achille\u00a0, and sometimes even to my wife Martina: I explain my point of view to provoke change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Costacurta<\/p>\n

Coaching\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI tried [to be a coach], but I was missing something to do that job at the highest level. And I didn\u2019t want to become a coach who changes city and club every two years. I chose a different path.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my Milan, I thought some had a greater predisposition, Rino was one of them; he always wanted to improve. I was pleasantly surprised by Nesta and Pippo Inzaghi, who are having excellent careers: I had made the wrong predictions about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Costacurta also gave a message to Franco Baresi, who has recently undergone a successful surgery<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it hard to talk about it.\u00a0Franco was my big brother, my mentor. It\u2019s a difficult time for him, which I understand he\u2019s getting over. We\u2019re similar, and if I were going through his situation, I\u2019d prefer there wasn\u2019t much fuss about me. I learned that from him too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This afternoon, Billy Costacurta has spoken to the media about several things, including why he seems to be…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":126975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-126974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114988847512413057","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}