{"id":863509,"date":"2026-08-19T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863509\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:04:09","slug":"soccer-milan-aiming-to-win-serie-a-not-just-ucl-spot-says-modric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863509\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer: Milan aiming to win Serie A, not just UCL spot says Modric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan is aiming to win Serie A and not just get the Champions League spot it missed out on last season sparking a major clear-out, Croatia great Luka Modric said Tuesday as the ex Real Madrid midfielder, who turns 41 on September 9, looked forward to his second season with the Rossoneri.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Milan appointed ex Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim as new coach and have bought a slew of players including World Cup winning Spain centre-forward Goncalo Ramos and Belgium striker Diego Moreira in their bid to revive their fortunes.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;My mission is to give my all and help the team win as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m back as if it were the first time and I had to win,&#8221; said Modric.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;There&#8217;s no point in talking too much: now we have to act.<\/p>\n<p>Stay humble, work hard, stay united. When you play for a club like AC Milan, the most normal thing is to think about winning (Serie A), not just qualifying for the Champions League.&#8221; Modric, in an interview with the club&#8217;s official channels, summarized his state of mind on the eve of his second year with the Rossoneri.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;You have to aim for the best: that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here, that&#8217;s my goal. Along with the club, the owners, and the coach,&#8221; he explained, &#8220;we share the same goals, and for these reasons, I decided to return.&#8221;<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED \u00a9 Copyright ANSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AC Milan is aiming to win Serie A and not just get the Champions League spot it missed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[111817,49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-863509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-agenza-nazionale-stampa-associata","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}