“Ibra is an experienced professional,” a source at Milan said, pointing out that during the three-month coronavirus suspension, the veteran “always managed to keep in shape”.īologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has defended Ibrahimovic’s participation in this festival where the two men, lifelong friends, could sing together. The 39-year-old striker has scored 16 goals this season in all competitions and has been the architect of the team’s recovery as they target a first league title since 2011. La Gazzetta dello Sport said that the club had been warned of the Ibrahimovic’s extra engagement back in August, before he extended his one-year contract. He will then train in San Remo on Tuesday with a member of the club’s technical staff, and again on Friday and Saturday in the seaside town before Sunday’s game in Verona.ĪC Milan confirmed: “On Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, Zlatan will train in a dedicated facility on the Riviera and will be followed by a member of staff made available by the club.” The Swedish star will train on Monday at his team’s Milanello training centre, the day after Sunday’s match against Roma. “He will be here (San Remo) on Tuesday, on Wednesday he will have a match, and he will return from Thursday to Saturday,” explained Amadeus, the organiser of the musical festival.Ĭreated back in 1951 in the tourist resort of San Remo, a short hop from the French Riviera, the festival has helped launch several top Italian names from Eros Ramazzotti to Andrea Bocelli. Milan, second in Serie A, four points behind city rivals Inter, play at home against Udinese on March 3 in the evening and at Verona on Sunday, March 7 in the afternoon. These are the values of a Christian”, words of Amadeus in the press conference.Milan (AFP) – AC Milan’s virtuoso soloist Zlatan Ibrahimovic will juggle football and music next week, the Swede having agreed to be one of the star presenters of the annual San Remo music festival.Ī tailor-made score has been established to allow the footballer to ensure his commitments with the festival, broadcast live for five nights from Tuesday, March 2, while playing with the Milan club. I am proud to have given the award to a good, honest and generous person. “Fiorello did not offend anyone, he played and made fun of him. The bishop also expressed his disappointment at the award of a special award to Fiorello, star performer of the Festival: “Regarding the” City of San Remo “award, attributed to a character, whose name bears a precious double reference to the Marian devotion of Its land of origin, it seems to me that it does not represent much of the citizenship linked to faith and I simply say ‘not in my name’ ”, the bishop’s words.
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The bishop’s reaction is a real anathema at the San Remo Festival: “My intervention, at this point a duty, is to console the faith of” the little ones “, to give a voice to all believers and non-believers offended by similar insults and vulgarity, to support the courage of those with dignity who do not queue adrift unbridled, to exhort the duty of just reparation for the offenses against Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints, perpetrated repeatedly through a public service and in the holy time of Lent “. After so many reports of righteous indignation and protests over the recurring occasions of disrespect, mockery and blasphemous demonstrations against the Christian faith, the Catholic Church and believers, exposed in Vulgar and offensive ways during the 71st edition of the Italian Song Festival in San Remo, I feel the duty to publicly share a word of disapproval and regret for what happened ”, writes Bishop Antonio Suetta. The seats available at the Ariston Theatre for the public are extremely limited, as the capacity is reduced by the imposing stage design and also because a large part of the available seats are reserved for institutional hospitality of state television and the Municipality of Sanremo. The Bishop of San Remo against the Festival for “vulgarities and insults”. The Sanremo Festival ticket office is managed by RAI, Italian radio and television, which organises the event.