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BUFFON SHARES INSIGHT WITH CASSANO: ALLEGRI BEST CHOICE FOR MILAN

Gianluigi Buffon declares Massimiliano Allegri the "best coach" for AC Milan, praising his immediate impact. Under Allegri, Milan is on a 10-game winning streak and sits just one point off the top of Serie A.

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Buffon praises Allegri to Cassano - COURTESY/PHOTO

Massimiliano Allegri is the best candidate AC Milan could have recruited for the head coach position, according to Gianluigi Buffon.

Due to Allegri's outstanding efforts, Milan is just one point behind league leaders Napoli. The Rossoneri defeated Roma 1-0 on Sunday night, their tenth consecutive win in all competitions.

This season, the Diavolo have already played Napoli, Juventus, Atalanta, and Roma, earning eight points from their four encounters (two victories, two draws). When you factor in the victory over fifth-place Bologna, that comes to 11 points from five games.

Milan has seven more points than they did at the same point in 2024–25, which is a noticeable shift from the previous season. There have been hints that a title charge would be feasible, but everyone is keeping their feet on the ground.

Buffon gives Allegri's work high marks.


During his appearance as a guest on the program Viva El Futbol, Buffon discussed a variety of topics, including Milan and Allegri, his former Juventus coach. MilanPress carried his remarks, and he began by addressing Antonio Cassano's criticism of Max.

"I am aware that you [Cassano] do not think much of Allegri, but I can assure you that Max is Milan's best coach at the moment. Milan appears to be a well-run club now that he has been there. Managerial and player interviews are no longer conducted in a certain manner.

"Everything proceeds in a way that may yield outcomes. Allegri already merits recognition for this, since he has contributed a way of thinking and acting in the group to succeed—or at least strive to—which he may have put into practice over the years with his expertise.

You can see that he is able to give the team a sense of identity, whether you like it or not. They consistently play well and let up a few goals. Last year, Milan gave up a lot of goals. He had five clean sheets in ten games when he got there.

His teams are consistently well-balanced. You have to acknowledge that Milan has looked like a contender to win the Scudetto ever since he arrived, both because of what occurs on the field and because of what doesn't.

After that, I watched the game. Tell me, how many coaches are as honest as he was to admit Roma's supremacy in the opening thirty-five minutes? A coach would never say that. I witnessed a "Gasperin-esque" Roma for the first time for thirty-five minutes. However, I must acknowledge that it could have been 4-0 from the 35th to the 60th minute.

JUVE’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DREAMS FALTER AFTER FRUSTRATING NIGHT

Dusan Vlahovic's first-half goal earned Juventus a 1-1 draw with Sporting CP in the Champions League. The result leaves Juve with just 3 points from 4 games, hovering above the elimination places.

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Juve’s Champions League Charge Runs Out of Steam - Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images

By putting home Khephren Thuram's low cross in the 34th minute and negating Maximiliano Araujo's early goal for the Portuguese champions, Dusan Vlahovic gave Juventus a point in Turin.

With just three points from four games in Europe's top club competition, Juventus is just above the elimination spots in the league table.

With seven points at the midway stage of the league season, Sporting is comfortably nestled in the play-off spots.

Goal differential is the only thing separating Rui Borges' club from the direct last-16 qualifying spots, but that will alter following Wednesday night's games.

It came as no surprise when Araujo slammed in the first goal off the post in the 12th minute, as Sporting had been the superior team in the first few minutes of the game.

Seconds later, Francisco Trincao watched his wildly deflected effort crash off the woodwork after the crossbar denied the opposing team.

Juve dominated the remainder of the first half after being awakened by that escape, with a revitalised Vlahovic coming close twice before scoring his ninth goal of the year.

When Vlahovic's contract ends next summer, it appears that the club's highest-paid player will depart, since they attempted to transfer him throughout the offseason.

However, club legend and current strategic director Giorgio Chiellini stated that Vlahovic's "door is not closed" to staying in Turin longer.

Following Vlahovic's equaliser, both clubs levelled the score until Jonathan David, a substitute, headed a fantastic chance directly at Sporting goalkeeper Rui Silva in stoppage time.

TEN MEN: SPURS SMASH COPENHAGEN 4–0 AFTER VAN DE VEN WORLDIE

Tottenham responded to their Chelsea loss with a stunning 4-0 Champions League win over Copenhagen. A Brennan Johnson red card couldn't stop the rout, capped by a Micky van de Ven wondergoal in a glorious night.

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Micky van de Ven, left, scored an astonishing solo goal - Photo Credit: John Walton/PA

A resounding victory in a European competition may cure everything in football. After a terrible home loss to Chelsea this past weekend, Tottenham Hotspur entered today's Champions League group stage encounter against Copenhagen feeling completely deflated. Even though that match was not very good, this one was completely different. Spurs led 2-0 after two goals from Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert in the first and second halves, respectively, with help from Randal Kolo Muani.

VAR then controversially upgraded Johnson's dismissal for a poor sliding challenge to a red card. Spurs appeared to be in for a nervous period of suffering to finish the game. Instead, after being reduced to eleven men, Spurs ran wild.

As a central defender, Micky van de Ven essentially replicated Son Heung-Min's goal against Burnley, scoring what would be a contender for the Puskas Award. Palhinha, a replacement, then scored twice in the second half to put Spurs ahead by four goals, and it was clear who would win in the end. After that, Spurs slowed down, but they still had a chance to score a fifth goal late on when Richarlison, a replacement, put the penalty kick off the bar and out. Dane Scarlett had earned the penalty.

But do not worry about that. It was a performance that swept away all the negative emotions that had accumulated over the previous several games, and it was the kind of glory, glorious night that we all remember. What a show!

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