THANKS MILAN!..................

(on the picture: THE ROSSONERI CELEBRATE ALEXANDRE PATO'S FIRST GOAL IN A MILAN SHIRT DURING MILAN-NAPOLI 5-2)

MILAN - Here are the declarations made by the rossoneri after Milan-Napoli 5-2:

ALEXANDRE PATO:

"I have to thank Milan for allowing to come on the pitch tonight, I'm very happy about my performance and my goal. I'm happy Milan won because now this team is my life.
I thank this club which is giving me the chance to play and I'm grateful for everything they have done for me until today, I also have to thank my team mates.
In the future I want to become a great player in the Milan shirt, and I'm available to the coach and I'm open to his choices. I've always dreamed of playing a match with the Milan shirt and to have done so against a strong team like Napoli made me very happy.
Before coming on the pitch I was very emotional about playing in a strong team like Milan which is so full of great champions. President Berlusconi told me before the match to be calm because I've always been playing football and this time would be no different."

KAKA':

"It was a nice match tonight, for everything, for Milan, for the team, Pato's debut, Ronaldo's return. Alexandre had a wonderful debut, with an equally great goal. He's a player with a lot of personality, he managed to find the goal and dribble past his opponents.
Before the match I told him to stay calm, and that if he did not score today he would on another occasion.
We did lack a bit of concentration when they managed to score, which they did twice, but in the end it all went well.
I'm happy because the Dubai training camp was good for us, we recovered Ronaldo, Pato arrived and you could see Milan are ready to do well for the rest of the season."

RONALDO:

"At the moment I am not worried for my contract renewal, what does concern me is to play and try to do well always.
I've been through the worst six months of my footballing life and coming back on the pitch to score two goals was great, it was fun and I hope to continue like this. Managing to come on the pitch without physical problems is nice, perhaps I won't manage to score in every match, but the important is to feel good and give my contribution to the team because I suffered a lot during this period away from the pitch. Now I'm back and I'm truly very happy."

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