After a 4-0 thrashing in the heart of Napoli, AC Milan showed why they are (still) Italian champions. Rossoneri dismantled the soon to be Serie A champions and put the fear in their hearts ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal game. Future Portuguese star Rafael Leao was in the mood, which resulted with two goals and after both, we saw an extensive celebration. And apparently, that was one of the reasons for the half-time quarrel between coach Luciano Spaletti and Milan’s director Paolo Maldini. La discussione tra Spalletti e Maldini nel tunnel prima di tornare.A occhio e croce sembra che Spalletti sia andato a rimbrottare Leao per l’esultanza provocatoria, e Maldini si sia rivolto a Spalletti duramente#NapoliMilan pic.twitter.com/5fSqJk6xV8— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) April 2, 2023 One story goes that Spalletti was saying something to Leao on the way to the dressing room, when Milan’s legend came in and decided to protect his player.“Mister, you are irritable, but you’ve already won the league… what the **** do you want?” said Maldini.Osimhen-less Napoli humiliated at home by AC MilanAccording to Napoli coach, Milan’s sporting director misunderstood the situation.”Have I discussed with Leao? With Maldini it happened that I was talking to the referee to explain Lobotka’s booking. Maldini walked by waving his arms and talking at me, pretending to say something I don’t know in a disrespectful way. He had to let me finish talking. I didn’t argue with Leao. It was disrespectful towards me. But if anyone was protesting, it was them, Pioli was even called back by the referee. The referee never called me back. I didn’t like the fact that Maldini spoke over me when I was having discussions with the referee. I told him, and of course, he reacted a bit. From my side, everything is fine, I’m even sorry about it. He is Paolo Maldini, but I’ve been in Serie A as a player. Not at his, level but I’ve been there. These are slightly unpleasant things” said Napoli coach.##NAJAVA_MECA_7142676##
