Once again, “Il Diavolo Veste Rosa”, a weekly show dedicated exclusively for the rossonere hosted by Lucia Pirola, had the opportunity to talk to an AC Milan Women player and, this time, Italian midfielder Claudia Mauri spoke about her career, playing at San Siro, the expectations of this weekend clash face off against Juventus and more.
Here what she said:
On fulfilling her childhood dream:
"I always wanted to be a football player and, so far, everything is going fine."
On her career:
"I did my first year in the women's game with Riozzese and, before that, I played with the boys So already being there with a women's team for me was already a big change. Then I wento to Mozzanica where I was also lucky enough to be seen and I managed to play matches in the national team. I had the possibility and the luck of playing a U20 world cup, so extraordinarily strong emotions already there and expectations changed. Then I stopped a year because some problems of my own and I had realized that it was it better to stop. Truth to be told I detached from women's football because I had realized that somehow following it, seeing it was an open wound. But I went one day to see the women's national team match in France during the world Cup, I realized that the emotions they felt were so much that, the joy for the girls who were on the pitch was very strong but on the other side I also felt the sadness inside, so I realized that I was missing the game and that I had to return. And then I realized that it wasn't as easy as I had left it because anyway the years had passed you had grown, the workouts are completely different than before, that before they did maybe three training sessions a week and now you are busy six days out of seven so the intensity has really changed, so you are really talking seriously about goals like professionalism."
On the changes of the Women's Game in Italy:
"I definitely tell you it's better now but because as I said, it’s a passion. The beauty is that now you are followed by qualified people who through their work and their passion take care of us and also help you, to improve yourself at personal level, on a physical level. So, with my eyes closed I tell you that now it is much, much better now."
Playing at the San Siro:
"It had a huge effect on me, even if it scared me a little. I was concerned to played well so much and the fact of being there, the emotion, the agitation so I realized that it hit me strongly. But despite maybe the result was not what everyone wanted, for us, it was a very strong emotion that we must consider ourselves lucky we managed to live moment like this."
Is Juventus versus AC Milan a title decider?
"No, it’s a long season, It's still all to play because maybe you can play well this game and then that enthusiasm takes over for the rest of the matches, but as we always say, every game is important. Of course, we know that we are going to meet the table leaders and results that they have speak for themselves, but we started the week training in the best way as we always do and we prepare to get to battle we will give everything as the other weeks here you are ready, but, for sure, we feel this game."
On her favorite pizza:
"So I'll tell you, for starters, i have Celiac disease. then, the pizza I eat is normally the same to me, maybe not like yours But I like it with onions and gorgonzola. Here in Milan the years have passed and now everything is organized, I can find good pizza places for me, although it is no longer the same place it was before, but I have favorite places too."
On how she, and the club, copes with her celiac disease:
"I'm always with the nutritionist, i follow a strict diet because of many i things cannot eat and even when we play away games, the staff organizes the meals in the best possible way to make everything available to me."
