Sandro Tonali lives his “damn fairy tale” by wearing the AC Milan jersey

A real tifoso in the field. In this world football with mercenary players who change clubs like crampons, and who are able to sing their love of a shirt before being transferred the next day, the profile of those who are viscerally attached to a team are rare. . This is however the case of AC Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali who supports the Rossoneri since he was a kid, and who will play the 100% Italian duel between Naples and AC Milan, Tuesday April 18, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League football.

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Born about forty kilometers from Milan

The 22-year-old had to wait before joining AC Milan. Born in Lodi, a small town about forty kilometers from Milan, he took his first license at Lombardia Uno, before joining the youth teams of Brescia, in the north of the country. He then played in Series B (the 2nd division), when he was 17, then in Series A in 2019, still in Brescia.

But his mind remains in Milan, the red and black colored club he has always seen with stars in his eyes. The proof with these words written at the age of 11 in Santa Lucia, the one who gives gifts to good children: “I would like a full set of Milan and can you tell me if I will become a professional footballer?” This letter was made public by her grandmother, her number 1 supporter.

His wish is therefore granted with his transfer to AC Milan in the summer of 2020. “I wanted it, I dreamed it, I asked for it, I got it”he had posted on social networks at the time of his signature. “A damn fairy tale”, as he summed it up. Since then, Sandro Tonali has been playing matches with this club where he wants to stay for life with the hope of winning the Champions League, which AC Milan has not raised since 2007. At the time, Sandro Tonali was then 7 years old. .