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1. Do you think a man should smell manly or sweet?
A REAL MAN SHOULD SMELL LIKE A MAN! BUT NOT TOO MUCH… (HE SMILES)

2. Do you use any body lotions?
NIVEA FOREVER

3. Which perfume do you use?
I’M WAITING FOR THE NIVEA ONE

4. Stick or spray deodorant?
SPRAY (NIVEA OF COURSE!)

5. Do you consider yourself a vain person?
NO MORE THAN I NEED TO BE

6. What role does sex have in the life of a sportsman?
IT’S A NATURAL THING, JUST AS IT IS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE

7. How often do you go to the hairdresser’s?
EVERY OTHER WEEK

8. Blonde, brunette or red-head?
VERY BLONDE

9. Do you have any tattoos? If so, how many, what of and where?
ONE OF MY WIFE’S NAME UNDER MY WEDDING RING

10. Better a woman in a smart dress or a bathing suit?
SMART

11. Favourite actress?
JULIA ROBERTS

12. Do you wax? If so, do you go to the beautician’s or do it yourself?
I DO BUT ONLY OUT OF NECESSITY. BY MYSELF

13. Boxers or briefs under your shorts?
BRIEFS

14. Which handsome famous man would you like to be?
BEN AFFLECK

15. Which beautiful woman would you like to be?
MY WIFE PAOLA

16. Do you have any pets?
A MALTESE DOG

17. What cocktail do you order when lying under the parasol?
MOJITO

18. Your first car and your most recent?
MY DAD’S LANCIA, NOW AN AUDI Q7

19. Motorbikes?
NO

20. Favourite dish?
SPIT ROAST

21. A night on the town or stay in with the family?
STAY IN WITH THE FAMILY

22. If you could choose to live anywhere, where would it be?
IN BRESCIA, MY HOME TOWN

23. What was the gift you gave your partner?
A HANDBAG

24. Do you like dressing smart? Why? I
FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN CASUAL CLOTHES

25. Beer or wine?
WINE

26. Favourite film?
NOTTING HILL

27. Favourite newspaper?
LA GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT

28. Ice-cream flavour?
CREAMY ONES

29. Where was your last holiday?
FORMENTERA

30. Your greatest wish? (That you can tell us)
TO MAKE MY FAMILY HAPPY

31. How often do you change your mobile phone?
ONLY WHEN IT BREAKS

32. Do you use Facebook?
NO

33. Apple or Windows?
APPLE

34. The last song you put on your Mp3 player?
“INDIETRO” BY TIZIANO FERRO

35. Playstation, Nintendo Wii o XBox?
NONE OF THEM

36. What TV series did you like when you were a kid?
HAZARD

37. What don’t you like about the football world?
I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT – IT’S MY WORLD

38. If you hadn’t become a footballer, what would you have done?
I’D HAVE WORKED WITH MY DAD IN OUR FAMILY BUSINESS

39. Do you follow a special diet regime? What food do you have to say no to?
NO, ONLY SMALL RESTRICTIONS

40. What do you do on the bus or plane when travelling to games?
I LISTEN TO MY i-POD OR USE MY COMPUTER

41. What’s the worst joke your team mates have played on you?
SHAVING FOAM IN MY SHOES

42. Are there any rituals you follow before entering the pitch?
I WAVE TO MY WIFE AND BLOW HER A KISS

43. What are you going to do when you stop playing: become a coach, a TV commentator, a club official or something totally different?
I’M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT YET

44. When did your love for football begin?
WHEN I WAS ABOUT SEVEN

45. Do you prefer to play in summer or in winter?
ALWAYS AND ANYWAY

46. If you were a supporter, what kind would you be?
A STADIUM-GOER. ACTUALLY, A SAN SIRO GOER!

47. Who do you think is the best example of a professional sportsman today (be it in terms of success or otherwise)?
PAOLO MALDINI

Editing: Giuliano Federico

Source: www.acmilan.com

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