Berlusconi: How I’d face Barca

Silvio Berlusconi has offered his thoughts on how his Milan should face up to Barcelona this Wednesday.

Milan host Barca in the first leg of their Last 16 clash in the Champions League this midweek and the former Italian Prime Minister has reflected on how he’d like to see his team counter Lionel Messi and Co.

“It will be very difficult to beat Barcelona,” Milan President Berlusconi told RTL 102.5 today.

“I still haven’t found the time to talk to boss Massimiliano Allegri, but I won’t tell him what side to pick – I’ve never done that.

“I know the role of the President and that of the Coach – I respect those – but a President has the right to give advice to his Coach.

“On this occasion my suggestion would be that Messi is man-marked.

“If a President doesn’t agree with a Coach then he fires him, but Allegri is still here and has a contract for another year.”

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