Annual Report Annual Report / 2018/2019 2018/2019 1 4 MILAN WOMEN STAFF FINTESS COACH: LORENZO FRANCINI GOALKEEPERS’ COACH: COACH: CAROLINA MORACE CHRISTIAN BERRETTA DEPUTY COACH: NICOLA WILLIAMS TEAM MANAGER: ROBERTO ANGIONI SECRETARY: FABIO VEZZOLI MATCH ANALYST: ROBERTO FERRARI RESPONSIBLE OF WOMEN’S FIRST TEAM: ELISABET SPINA DOCTOR: ALBERTO CALICCHIO PHYSIOTHERAPY AREA COORDINATOR: CRISTIANO PAROLINI PHYSIOTHERAPISTS: LUCA MAZZARELLI, ERIKA RANCATI / Annual Report 12 2018/2019 Season Review Season 2018/19 marks the début of AC Milan Women. From season 2018/19, and for the very first time, AC Milan has its women’s first team participating in the Serie A championship. In June 2018 the Club purchased ACF Brescia and the brand new Rossonere team started this new adventure with coach Carolina Morace. The Serie A championship, formed by 12 teams, kicked off on September 21, 2018 and ended on April 20, 2019. The team played the home matches in four different stadiums: • Centro Sportivo Vismara • Stadio Brianteo di Monza • Franco Ossola di Varese • Centro Sportivo di Riozzo AC Milan ranked third and fought until the very last minute for the victory of the championship and for the qualification for the UCL. Just before the kick off of the last match, AC Milan was only two points behind Juventus and one point behind Fiorentina. However, AC Milan was defeated, and Juventus and Fiorentina won therefore leaving unchanged the final ranking with Juventus winning the championship and Fiorentina qualified for UCL. Valentina Giacinti, with 21 scores, was top scorer followed by Daniela Sabatino with 17 scores. Annual Report / 2018/2019 13 The participation in the Italian Cup stopped in the semi-final against Juventus that won the away match at San Siro 2-1 and tied 1-1 at Vinovo. With reference to the previous matches, AC Milan won the very first women’s derby against Inter (5-3 one match), and against Sassuolo (a 2-0 win both at home and away). In the first half of the season AC Milan was never defeated and won the three top matches against Fiorentina (3-2), Juventus (3-0) and Roma (2-1). AC Milan defeated the Giallorosse also in the second leg match (4-1). We’ll also remember the 2018/19 season because Italy managed to qualify for the World Cup after 20 years. 7 Rossonere received the international call-up: Valentina Bergamaschi, Laura Fusetti, Valentina Giacinti, Manuela Giugliano, Daniela Sabatino and Linda Tucceri with Italy e Thaisa Moreno with Brazil. / Annual Report 14 2018/2019 .