Allegri shares funny exchange with journalist over formation and ‘Catenaccio’ – video

By: Oliver Fisher

Massimiliano Allegri exchanged some funny moments with journalists during his first press conference back as AC Milan coach.

As Calciomercato.com report, during the press conference, a reporter pointed out to the Rossoneri coach that he was trying to avoid answering questions about the transfer mercato, a ‘Catenaccio’ strategy. In Italian football, that refers to being ultra-defensive.

Allegri’s response was sharp: “Catenaccio on the questions? No, otherwise they’ll say I do it, here we play offensively.”

The journalist then asked: “Are we going with 4-3-3?”. Max responded, with a smile on his face: “Where? (laughs, ed.) In the meantime, first let’s hope we can get 10 players on the pitch then we’ll see how to line them up.”

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The rest of Allegri’s press conference was wide-ranging and covered topics from his reasons for returning to the aims for 2025-26 and beyond.

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