{"id":2575,"date":"2025-10-14T09:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:12:03","slug":"mike-maignan-slams-decision-to-play-milan-v-como-game-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=2575","title":{"rendered":"Mike Maignan slams decision to play Milan v Como game in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">1<\/i><\/p>\n<p>AC Milan keeper Mike Maignan has responded sharply to the decision to play the Milan vs Como Serie A fixture in Australia, insinuating that financial considerations have overtaken sporting logic. Speaking in a press conference, Maignan aligned himself with Adrien Rabiot\u2019s earlier criticism, saying: <em>\u201cI absolutely agree with Rabiot. I don\u2019t understand why we\u2019re playing abroad \u2026 today many things are forgotten, people only think about the financial side.\u201d<\/em> (via Corriere dello Sport)<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p>He lamented that what should have been a home match is effectively stripped of home advantage. <em>\u201cThis is an Italian league match, we should have played at home \u2014 we \u2018lose\u2019 a home game,\u201d<\/em> he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While critical in tone, Maignan stopped short of refusing the decision \u2014 he framed his words more as protest than rebellion. His comments underscore growing disquiet among players over league decisions that depart from tradition and fan expectations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper\u2019s words may put pressure on Milan\u2019s management and Serie A to justify the move before a wider backlash takes hold \u2014 especially from fans and stakeholders for whom legitimacy matters beyond the bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_mid_content - mid_content --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_mid_content - mid_content --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsitaly.com\/2025\/mike-maignan-slams-decision-to-play-milan-v-como-game-in-australia\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 AC Milan keeper Mike Maignan has responded sharply to the decision to play the Milan vs Como Serie A fixture in Australia, insinuating that financial considerations have overtaken sporting logic. Speaking in a press conference, Maignan aligned himself with Adrien Rabiot\u2019s earlier criticism, saying: \u201cI absolutely agree with Rabiot. I don\u2019t understand why we\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-giocatori-italiani-allestero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}