{"id":24075,"date":"2024-11-26T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T12:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=24075"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:04:39","slug":"ex-ac-milan-defender-antonini-discusses-al-nassr-coaching-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ex-ac-milan-defender-antonini-discusses-al-nassr-coaching-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-AC Milan defender Antonini discusses Al Nassr coaching job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/morata-speaks-on-ac-milan-victory-we-had-to-fight-like-lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AC Milan <\/a>defender Luca Antonini has discussed accepting the U17 coaching job at Al Nassr.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioseriea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Serie A <\/a>about his experience with the Saudi Arabia club so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antoninin said, &#8220;I arrived when the championship had already started, I did two: we won one and drew another. 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