Beleaguered AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri has the full support of club president Silvio Berlusconi and all the board, vice-president Adriano Galliani said ahead of their match against Genoa on Saturday "We will get out of this period with this manager. I try not to speak much because they all ask me about the manager but this isn't the problem," Galliani told the club's television station Milan Channel on Thursday. "The president and directors all think that we can get out of this with this manager." Milan have suffered five defeats in eight Serie A games so far and had another setback in the Champions League with defeat to Malaga on Wednesday. Allegri will be without midfielder Nigel de Jong when they take on Genoa at the San Siro but Brazilian talisman Alexandre Pato will make his first Serie A start since February, the Gazzetta dello Sport reported. Genoa will be playing their first match under Luigi Del Neri following Monday's sacking of Luigi De Canio who paid the price for their 4-2 capitulation to Roma after being two goals ahead on Sunday. De Canio has problems of his own, with top scorer Marco Borriello out for 45 days with an ankle injury sustained during the loss to Roma, the club said on their website (www.genoacfc.it). (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at@AO Sportsand on Facebook atAhramOnlineSports)
