On 23 November 2010, at the Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre, Milan took to the field for the fifth matchday of the Champions League group stage. Massimiliano Allegri is on the bench, the season will lead to the Scudetto with Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, but for the first six months there is also another champion who will then say goodbye to return to Brazil.
Two and a half seasons. Ronaldinho’s parenthesis with Milan, in our Serie A, perhaps lasted too short. Probably because at twenty-eight he had already given much if not a lot, if not practically everything. Between Paris Saint Germain and Barcelona it was almost like a Supernova, so beautiful and blinding that it was difficult for him to do the same thing in the Rossoneri. He showed off some great plays, including double steps, soft stops, no looks and beautiful if not beautiful goals.
The last goal comes against Auxerre, final result 0-2. Ronaldinho was a shadow of the champion he was, but he managed to obtain his ultimate satisfaction on French soil. Not an extraordinary match, because it is clear that the competition up front is excessive: Ibra and Robinho as new signings, then there is Alexandre Pato, plus Seedorf and Kevin Prince Boateng. With Ronaldinho’s departure another talented player will also arrive: Antonio Cassano.