Ronaldo’s first goal
Here’s the comment of the first goal, Ronaldo, on the pitch for 65 minutes: “I’m happy, for the time being it’s going well. We must still improve a lot, but it’s normal, it was just the first test. From the personal level I’m satisfied: it was my first game after the long holidays, I scored and I’m happy about this. These games help to find the right rhythms. The understanding with Kaka and Seedorf? Perfect.
Ronaldo’s interview with Milan channel
First days of work at Milanello but Ronaldo had already started in Brazil. How are you? “I’d say I’m doing well, it’s tough, for everyone: it’s been a very tough week, and so will the next one be, but we need to keep our engines running throughout the season.”
Are you making a countdown to the end of the preparation or for the start of the games that matter? “I can’t wait to start with the various competitions because we know of the importance of these weeks of hard work, it’s physical but I don’t think anyone likes doing only athletic work.”
Ronaldo became a Rossonero in January. This is your first training camp with Milan: have you noticed differences with respect to other teams? “All preparations are tough but I’d say at Milan there is a more personalised work which allows every player to exploit the characteristics of every player to the fullest.”
Does the fact you will be participating in the Champions League this season give you more motivation? “Certainly, participating to the Champions League from the start is an extra satisfaction but we have to participate for the whole season, there are many competitions ahead of us.”
What can Milan do in this season? “Many good things, let’s hope we start well. This year everyone starts with the same amount of points. We are satisfied with this start, we still have to improve, we have to work hard in these weeks then on the pitch we will see the results.”
Training has started in Milan
The team got together on Monday and had a short training session and yesterday they got together to work out again.
Daniele Tognaccini, Milan’s trainer divided the players in groups so they could take their first athletic test of the season. This is very important as it enables Daniele to see where each player is at and where they need to improve before the season starts.
Ambrosini, Bonera, Gattuso, Jankulovski, Nesta, Gilardino, Cafu, Kaladze Aubameyang, Darmian, Brocchi and Favalli performed muscle elasticity and articulation movement work before continuing the test on the 100 and 200 metres.
While Gattuso, Ronaldo, Seedorf, Kakà , Pirlo, Inzaghi, Oddo and Serginho worked at the gym; for them sprints on the 12 metres and muscle strengthening. After that, some of the players ended the training sessions with specific excercises for the abdominals and the back.
The goalkeepers trained with Villiam Vecchi.
