Scaroni frustrated by Milan and Inter 6 years of stadium delays | OneFootball

Milan President Paolo Scaroni confirms this season has been ‘a disappointment, although not entirely negative’ and wonders why they and Inter had to wait six years for no stadium progress.

The game with Como kicks off at San Siro at 17.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games on the Liveblog.

The Rossoneri managed to stem the disastrous run of results by fighting back from 2-0 down to beat Lecce 3-2 last week.

Rafael Leao returns to the starting XI after he was benched, while Mike Maignan and Strahinja Pavlovic have completed their bans.

Meanwhile, the club remains in flux, seeking a new director of sport to fill a role that doesn’t entirely exist right now. Is it a revolution at Milanello?

“It has been a difficult season, there is no doubt, which has disappointed both our fans and us,” Scaroni told DAZN.

“When you have such a difficult campaign, we have to ask ourselves questions about the future and how to make it better than what we have now. I don’t know whether to call that a revolution, but it seems more like a natural process that all clubs go through and we are no different.”

Despite that comeback in Lecce, Milan remain in ninth place and with a desperate need to climb back up the table towards the Champions League spots.

They are also in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, where they will face rivals Inter. Would it be better for Milan to just miss out on Europe altogether rather than play the Conference League next season?

“I like to remind people we did win a trophy this season, the Supercoppa Italiana, so it was not only a negative campaign. Having said that, we do not consider the season to be over. The Champions League places are a long way away, but we will keep fighting and if we do qualify for another tournament that isn’t the Champions League, we will challenge for it with the same European spirit.”

Although the stadium is sold out, including 5,000 Como supporters making the very short trip to San Siro, the Curva Sud will again be empty for the opening 15 minutes as the Milan ultras protest against the club.

Milan and Inter back to square one on stadium plan

MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 23: General view outside the stadium prior to the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on November 23, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

This week, Milan and Inter put forward their joint proposal to build a new stadium in the San Siro area.

“I have been dealing with the stadium issue since 2019, so I cannot help but say that after a series of twists and turns, we went back to the same project that we had originally proposed in 2019. That was for Inter and Milan to build together a modern stadium, one of the best in the world, in the area of San Siro,” noted Scaroni.

“It is with great regret that we were forced to seek different solutions because of protests and vetoes that are unfortunately very common in our country.”

Both clubs were told they could not knock down, nor revamp the existing structure of the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, so had sought individual projects in towns outside the city centre, only to be drawn back in.

“We presented an offer to buy the stadium and the area around the structure, so we can start our project. The ball is now in the Council’s court, they must respond to our document.

“I feel optimistic, because I see in Mayor Beppe Sala a great desire to give Milano the marvellous infrastructure that the city deserves.

“We all love the Stadio Meazza, so we will leave an important element of it to remember the stadium where we achieved great results. However, the new stadium will be open to everyone, including families and people with mobility issues, who unfortunately now have enormous problems coming to the stadium,” concluded Scaroni.