AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan is focused on winning more silverware ahead of the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Atalanta.
Maignan’s first season at the San Siro in 2021-22 ended with Milan winning their first Scudetto for 11 years.
But there was no sequel to Serie A glory last term as Milan finished the campaign empty-handed.
France international Maignan, who arrived in the summer of 2021 from Lille to replace Gianluigi Donnarumma, is determined to savour that winning feeling again.
“The atmosphere during the parade with all the fans, when we paraded through the city on the bus, was an extraordinary and unique moment,” Maignan told GQ Italia magazine about Milan’s 2022 title celebrations.
“At Milan I found incredible team-mates and fans. A family. Here I would like to win as many titles as possible.
“I don’t feel like a spectacular goalkeeper. I try to do things in the simplest way possible.
“My philosophy, also written on my gloves and boots, is ‘foi discipline travail patiente et humilite’.
“It means ‘faith, discipline, work, patience and humility’. This is my daily mentality.”
Milan are in a rich vein of form heading into the San Siro tie with Atalanta.
The last six games in all competitions for Stefano Pioli’s side have produced five wins and a draw.
Ivorian teenage Chaka Traore has scored in the last two games, wins over Cagliari and Empoli, as the 19-year-old has stepped up with Nigeria striker Samuel Chukwueze away on Africa Cup of Nations duty and Noah Okafor sidelined by injury.
Filippo Terracciano, the 20-year-old defender who this week signed from Hellas Verona on a four-and-a-half-year deal, said: “I noticed that many youngsters have been getting opportunities.
“I’ve been pleased to see many of them play and I hope to be able to play with them too.”
Atalanta were the last side to beat Milan on December 9 when Colombia striker Luis Muriel struck a 90th-minute winner in a 3-2 victory for the Bergamo side.
“Milan are third in the standings and at the moment they are strong at home,” said Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini.
“But we won against them a month ago and this can give us confidence to do it again.
“Football is perhaps the only sport where there is also a draw, but someone will have to come out on top here.
“Taking the Scudetto and the Europa League as unlikely, the Coppa Italia is the most attainable trophy for us.”