Buffon explains to Cassano why Allegri is the perfect fit for Milan: “There’s no better coach”

Gianluigi Buffon believes that AC Milan could not have hired anyone more perfect for the head coach role than Massimiliano Allegri.

Allegri’s stellar work at Milan continues, as his side now sit one point behind the league-leaders Napoli. After a 1-0 victory against Roma on Sunday night, the Rossoneri have gone 10 games unbeaten across all competitions.

The Diavolo have faced Napoli, Juventus, Atalanta and Roma already this season, taking eight points from those four games (two wins, two draws). That becomes 11 points from five games when including the win over fifth-placed Bologna.

The difference from last season is striking: Milan have seven more points compared to the same stage in 2024-25. While everyone is keeping their feet on the ground, there have been suggestions that a title charge could be realistic.

Buffon praises Allegri’s work

Buffon was a guest on the show Viva El Futbol and spoke, among other things, about Milan and Allegri, his former coach at Juventus. His comments were relayed by MilanPress, and he started with a response to Antonio Cassano’s criticism of Max.

“I know you [Cassano] have limited respect for Allegri, but I can tell you that right now there’s no better coach than Max for Milan. Since he arrived, Milan seem like a well-organised club. Interviews with players and managers aren’t coming out in a certain way anymore.

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“Everything moves in a direction that can lead to results. This already deserves credit to Allegri, who has brought a way of thinking and being in the group to be successful, or try to be, which perhaps he has implemented over the years with his experience.

“Whether you like it or not, he manages to give the team an identity, you can see it. They’re always a tidy team that concedes few goals. Milan conceded a ton of goals last year. When he arrived, he kept five clean sheets in ten games.

“His teams are always balanced. You can’t help but admit that since he arrived, Milan seem like a candidate to win the Scudetto, not only because of what happens on the pitch, but also because of what doesn’t happen off it.

“Then I watched the match, and tell me how many coaches have the honesty to acknowledge Roma’s superiority in the first 35 minutes like he did. You never hear a coach say that. For 35 minutes, I saw a ‘Gasperin-esque’ Roma for the first time. I have to admit, though, that from the 35th to the 60th minute, it could have been 4-0.”