Theo challenges Achraf: “He's very good, but I won't let him pass”

One week to go, but all of Italy is rubbing their hands against him Madonnina Derby what's next. And is that if last January 9 was spectacular, with a 4-2 final for Inter that came back from 0-2 against, the next one is full of expectations. The Milan arrives full, finally. Guided by the new Çalhanoglu and with a spectacular flight from the outside with Theo Hernández, Pioli's team equals Atalanta at the top of the table with a full nine points. But above all it seems that Milan is beginning to return. This is how Calcio feels and the next duel with Inter de Conte is exciting.

The club nerazzurri He has given his coach what he wanted and has a spectacular squad, whose cherry on top has been Achraf. The full-back, transferred by Real Madrid, is the new sensation of Italian football, after a more than inspired debut. If last season and so far this season, the eyes in Italy were on Theo and the impact he has had on Italian football, now eyes are also focused on the other side, on the right, with the presence of the former Dortmund player from the inside.

The press observes on Saturday a duel from another era, Theo and Achraf will meet face to face continuously, and the press has already begun to recount the clash between the two fantastic full-backs with a Spanish past. Today Theo is the protagonist of an extensive interview in the Corriere della Sera in which he highlights how he was successful signing for Milan to give his career a boost. But, in addition, he is not daunted by the duel that all Italy, and Spain as well, is waiting for against Achraf. “He is a very good player, but I will not let him pass”, sentence Theo directly when asked about the Moroccan.

“I have been here for a year and it has been the most beautiful footballer of my career, I live a dream, after the difficulties of the last two years I did not expect a growth that fast, but I know the player I am and I know my quality. When I arrived I said to myself: 'I want to become the best full-back in the world, I know there are many strengths in that area, but I can achieve it', Theo explains in the Run. The former Real Madrid and Atlético, among others, are clear about the person who has changed him. “I owe everything to Maldini, he bet on me, and also to the work of my teammates and my coach, who are making me grow.

Theo insists on the role of Maldini for his remake. “For me it has been fundamental, when he called me I had no doubts, Milan is Milan. And he was also an absolute champion, his advice is invaluable,” he says. The Champions as a great objective, to return Milan to what it was and to make a place in the French team with his brother are now his dreams. But first, the Milan derby if the coronavirus does not continue to affect the squads and allow it to be played.