AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani doesn’t like the way his prize talent is being treated. He has demanded that Serie A referees keep an eye Brazilian teenager Pato Alexandre.
“He is being scientifically targeted the moment he steps on the field with the hope that, given that he is young, he will become a peripheral figure, something that happens on occasions,” complained Galliani. “Defenders have always kicked forwards, but the treatment dealt out to Pato is a little excessive. But it’s up to the referees to see if things are legal or not. Referees shouldn’t protect anyone but they have to put the brakes on violent play and I hope they’ll do so in the next match.”
Milan, third in Serie A, plays Torino on Sunday.