AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is hanging to his job by
a thread after lengthy crisis talks at the club on Monday
afternoon.
Ancelotti and the board were locked in talks for two and a half
hours following the Rossoneri's second successive defeat on
Sunday.
The former Juventus coach gave little away about the meeting
amid speculation that he could be set for the axe as he left the
club after the meeting.
''We had a reunion to find the most fitting coaching solution,''
he said. ''Did we find it? Yes.''
Among the people present at the meeting were vice-president
Adriano Galliani, technical director Leonardo, general director
Ariedo Braida, chief medic Jean Pierre Meersseman and athletic
coach Daniele Tognaccini.
Ancelotti has been in the hotseat at Milan for seven years, and
has led them to a host of trophies including the Scudetto, the
Coppa Italia and two Champions League titles - the last of which
came as recently as 2007.
Galliani had given Ancelotti a vote of confidence following the
2-0 defeat at Genoa, which left the Serie A giants rock-bottom of
Serie A with no points from their opening two games.
The Milan chief was adamant the club was not considering a
change of coach.
''Ancelotti will remain the coach of AC Milan,'' he said. ''I
will not say it again and not because I will change my mind about
this but rather because it becomes repetitive.
''I dont want to hand any excuses but up to now we haven't had
time to train together as a team due to many of our players having
had to play for their respective national teams.
''Now we have three weeks to ourselves and we must continue to
work hard.''
The Rossoneri will have little time to rest as they begin their
UEFA Cup campaign on Thursday when they host FC Zurich, before
welcoming early Serie A table-toppers Lazio to the San Siro three
days later.
