Thank you Marion for posting this update, and thank you for not
giving up on us!

I was spacing out at work and surfing the net on company time one
day, and glimsed an update on acmilan.com about the injured players,
including Nesta, and intended to cut & paste and post that over here
when I got home. But when I got home I could not find that tidbid on
the Milan site anymore. And I was too lazy to recreate the bit and
that was that. (Shame on me!)

There really is not much point to fly all the way back from Miami to
Rome just to get a medal. Besides, Nesta is already a Cavaliere--the
Azzurri were all made Cavaliere after Euro2000, and this time he was
supposed to "only" get a promotion!

BTW, Gabriela and baby Sofia accompany Nesta in Miami. So at least
he gets to enjoy some family life and his new fatherhood during his
recovery and rehab. There are some photos floating around the net
showing the family out for a stroll. I have to say Papa Nesta looks
the part and is getting pretty handy with the baby carriage!

I wish we have Nesta's games to talk about, but I suppose we will
have to content ourselves with whatever gossip we can get (and God
knows there is precious little gossip on our publicity-shy guy),
while he recovers.

Best of luck in the New Year, Sandro, and get well soon!

Ming



--- In nestatheministerofdefense@yahoogroups.com, ecosse082000
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Ladies,
>
> I'm very sad that we all seem to have given up posting (though I
know
> it doesn't help when our boy is injured and is not playing.) I had
> not seen anything for ages, but someone more eagle-eyed than me on
> the Red&Black forums spotted something I'd missed , so maybe others
> did too:
>
> From acmilan.com dated 16.1.07
> NESTA: He is in the United States working with physical therapists
> and his situation is being evaluated in Miami with the doctors. The
> objective is to get him in the best physical condition possible. He
> is doing well. He is happy and so are we. We hope to see him on the
> field again within the next month or month and a half. Perhaps he
> will be ready for the Champions League, but if there is any risk
then
> we prefer to wait.
>
> (Thank you anitafranc, whoever you may be.)
>
> I guess that explains why he didn't show up for the presentation of
> the Cavaliere Ufficiale awards then! (And there I was making up my
> own reasons - any excuse not to have his photo taken? - doesn't
feel
> worthy as didn't get to play very much? Whatever, I bet him mum
was
> furious he didn't go!)
>
> Anyway, a belated Happy New Year to anyone still out there, and
let's
> hope it's a better one for Sandro and Milan.
>
> Marion
>