Massimiliano Allegri paid tribute to his mentor, Giovanni Galeone, at an occasion on Thursday, changing into so emotional that he couldn’t maintain again tears throughout his speech.
Former coach Allegri broke down in tears on Thursday throughout an occasion held in Pescara to honour ex-coach Galeone, who had died on November 2, 2025, aged 84.
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Galeone was a former coach of Allegri and a mentor of the Italian tactician.
Galeone coached Allegri for a few years because the pair labored collectively at Pescara from 1987 to 1991, at Perugia in 1991-92, and at in 1997-98.
MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 02: A normal because the LED display shows a tribute in reminiscence of former Italian soccer supervisor and participant Giovanni Galeone previous to the Serie A match between and at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 02, 2025 in Milan, Italy. Former Italian soccer supervisor and participant Giovanni Galeone handed away on the 2nd of November 2025. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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Allegri is now anticipated to return to Napoli, having reached an over a two-year deal, days after being sacked by Milan.
“The coach’s defining attribute was undoubtedly that he was a pioneer, forward of everybody else,” Allegri mentioned by way of
“The issues he was saying 30 or 40 years in the past are nonetheless legitimate immediately and, in some methods, nonetheless progressive.
“Not taking your self too significantly, however taking issues very significantly. That’s one other lesson I’ve carried with me and hope by no means to lose.
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 21: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, seems to be on previous to the Serie A match between AC Milan and at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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“The extra affordable and wiser you grow to be, the extra you threat dropping among the fearlessness he at all times had proper as much as his ultimate day,” Allegri concluded.
“I final noticed him in Udine final 12 months. Even there, he was smiling, at all times prepared with the precise phrases. And I consider that, from wherever he’s watching us, he can certainly see simply how a lot this metropolis loves him.”
Video: Allegri will get emotional for Galeone
Former coach Max Allegri wins the primary ever Galeone award.