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KAKA STAYS IN MILAN!!!!! GREAT WIN FOR FOOTBALL!!!

2009-01-20T00:26:00.003+01:00

GRANDE KAKA!!! GRANDE MILAN!!! HAPPY ENDING TO A GREAT STORY!! OUR PRESENT, OUR LEGEND AND NEXT TEAM CAPTAIN KAKA !!!

KAKA DON'T LEAVE MILAN!!!

2009-01-19T06:11:00.010+01:00

AC Milan 1-0 Napoli..chances and the goal !!!

2008-11-02T21:32:00.009+01:00

Plenty of chances, chaotic second half for Milan, one missed penalty by Kaka and an own goal scored by "our hero" Denis. Milan is in a excellent form on last 11 matches and that leads them up to the top of Serie A table. Next match is against Lecce, hope it will be another win for our team.
P.S. Napoli's Lavezzi's great prospect, demon speed great technique all in all hope Milan Board consider in signing him.
These are words that Galliani and Ancelotti said after the match: “We’re satisfied, I’m not celebrating yet, I will need the entire night to remove the adrenaline. We won against a great team, Napoli with Iezzo who saved various situations and played a great game. In this wonderful evening I saw extraordinary players. I would start from Christian Abbiati who finally returned to us. For the entire summer we were after him to return. He’s the wonderful goalkeeper who following a great save at Perugia, awarded us the Scudetto. And then I would also add some words on professor Favalli. He’s fantastic, he always understands what can happen, he proved this tonight. He predicts every situation. Gattuso? In an angry way I told him that I command her and that he wouldn't have left. I remember well what happened last summer. We could not lose Gattuso, he must remain calm. To leave this squad he must stop playing football. He motivates everyone, the environment and the dressing room, he cannot leave for all that he does during the week and not only for the grit and the charge who puts on the pitch. Many compliments also to Bonera, a player who is improving a lot."- Galliani

“We are very happy, after a long time we returned to the top of the standings. I am happy because following the difficult start to the season, we recovered quickly. I'm very proud of this group. Tonight we played in particular conditions, for this reason I tried to field a tactic we had used against Bologna and exposed us in defence. Our full-backs moved with balance, Gattuso was a filter whereas Bonera and Favalli were not rightly aggressive. With these situations we managed to play a great second half, but already towards the end of the first half,. 11 and 11, we managed to impress a good rhythm. Napoli takes advantage of the counter attacks and in the first half we controlled. I’m proud of everyone. Now we must be more courageous and I don’t think there will be people relaxing. Favalli? He’s very intelligent, more than the norm. He’s playing great with Bonera, he’s manna for us, in a critical moment for the defence. The competition is motivating, at times I‘m often to choose forced to make painful decisions like that of leaving Shevchenko in the stands. Zambrotta and Jankulovski? Good game by them, they had to wait for their wingers and they played very well wit intelligence. The handball? It was evaluated as healthy, but better that it went like this." -Ancelotti

Atalanta 0-1 AC Milan + Kaka goal...

2008-10-26T16:39:00.003+01:00

Tough win for Milan, now only a point behind the leading trio Inter, Udinese and Napoli. Borriello assited an excellent ball to Kaka who in a world class style scored an wonderfull goal.

The starting line up for Milan: Abbiati; Zambrotta, Bonera, Maldini, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Flamini, Ambrosini; Kakà, Ronaldinho; Borriello.

George Clooney, new Milan coach?!?

2008-10-26T13:03:00.005+01:00

Upon hearing potential Beckham's arrival, Milan defender Kaladze was in a great mood as he said: "The dressing room took the news of the English player's arrival well. However, there is something else which you don't know: George Clooney will be our new coach and Brad Pitt his assistant coach..." Of course this was a joke from Kaladze who explained that Becks is more than welcome to join him in Milan.
He also spoke about Ronaldinho: "He's a player who the entire world knows and he's a great player, I'm happy for what he is showing and doing. He's a great professional."

Beckham said it all"4 months in Milan and than back in Galaxy"

2008-10-26T11:54:00.003+01:00

Finally after few weeks of journalistic drama, Beckham came out and answered on his own website and explained the loan move to AC Milan:“One of the reasons I want to train and play in Milan for a few months is the fact that MLS season doesn't run as long as the European season and my body is programmed to actually not have that amount of time off. During the off season, I'm hoping to go to Milan to train and play with them.”
He also explained why this time he choose Milan as his "adventure" destination: “AC Milan is one of the biggest clubs in the world,” he said. “I've a great chance to go there, keep fit and play with some of the best players in the world. They've got Kaka, Ronaldinho, Seedorf and also a player with one of the best records in football, in Maldini.”
And finally he said that he committed his future to Galaxy by saying: “[Playing for Milan] also gives me a chance to keep my fitness up and also carry that on for when I come back to the Galaxy and for the MLS season,” he said. “I'm still very committed to being a Galaxy player. I came to the Galaxy to win trophies and I want to do that"
Also we should say that new Fifa rules does not allow short deals, this means Beckham in case signs loan deal with Milan he will miss the first 3 months of MLS season.

Resource : www.davidbeckham.com

Ancelotti: "Beck's a champion"

2008-10-25T11:53:00.005+02:00

Beckham still hasn't arrived at San Siro and Carlo allready spoke about how useful will David Beckham be for Milan:" Becks is a great champion, and champions are never a problem. He will help us in ever department, in Serie A and Uefa Cup. It will be my pleasure to train such a champion"
He also spoke about how Dinho settled in Milano:" Ronaldinho settled well and he already scored 3 goals, we expect he once again to be one of the best players in the world".

Beckham set to join Milan in January

2008-10-22T16:18:00.005+02:00

Yes this time this information is also confirmed by Milan VP Adriano Galliani who said: " Beckham will join Milan in January transfer window on loan until the end of Calcio season and then we will try and make the deal permanent", so the obvious question that most rossoneri and Italian soccer fans ask is: "Is this a smart move by Milan management?" From economical point of view this could actualy work out well for Milan, Beckham is a brand and could also attract other players like Fabregas to join Milan maybe even next summer. From playing point of view depending on his age (33 years old) maybe he has no pace he had once but he still has the type of long passes and together with Pirlo and Seedorf they will "feed" Pato and Borriello with precise passes and create lot of scoring opportunities for them.
Watch the video that reports CNN about Milan latest signing, David Beckham.

Milan 3-0 Sampdoria Goals....Forza Milan !!!

2008-10-19T16:30:00.008+02:00

Not a good 1st half totally different 2nd half after Kaka's entry instead of Pato's place. Ronaldinho slowly but surely discovers his form hope he continue to be more consistent on the matches to follow.

To be or not be the time has come for Ancelotti

2008-09-12T13:40:00.008+02:00

Ac Milan 0-5 Chelsea, Manchester City 1-0 AC Milan, Lugano 2-0 AC Milan and so on... and what we get is a disastrous pre-season for Milan.
Yet in the opening game Milan was again defeated by new promoted team in Seria A, Bologna.
Last season was one of the worst Milan seasons in the last 15 years, and the main target this year for Milan Board is wining first of all Scodetto then UEFA Cup, but nothing is headed that way and the upcoming Genoa match in Sunday afternoon may be last "arrivederci" for Ancelotti as Milan coach. Since he joined the club back in 2001, he won everything with Milan but now maybe the time of change in coaching stuff has come.
Main names that are favourites to take on Milan's hot chair are ex Barcellona coach Rijkaard and Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.

Inzaghi injured

2008-09-11T02:00:00.003+02:00

After the friendly match against Lugano, Pippo Inzaghi its unsure about starting against Genoa because he left the match to examine his injury. This should have been a fitness test for all players, and seems like Pippo failed to impress. However Pato is available to start together with Shevchenko at the attack line. Experience and youth maybe its the right formula that will bring Milan back on the wining days.

Lugano 2-0 Milan

2008-09-11T01:48:00.006+02:00

Milan form on friendly matches on the off season its terrible, but the good news are that Senderos and Kaka both are cleared by Milan Lab to play. Now Ancelotti should find a way how to integrate Kaka on the same team with Ronaldinho, and to find the right formula for both of them to work together. Hope they will both start against Genoa, a match that Milan has to win it.

"Messi better than Ronaldo"- Kaka

2008-09-11T01:40:00.004+02:00

If he had to choose between two great players who left great season behind Kaka would have chosen Barcelona star Lionel Messi as Ballon D'Or winner. Many football experts believe that C. Ronaldo should be the winner but this is what our star said about each of them: "Messi is a truly great player. Cristiano Ronaldo is also very good and deserves the award, but I want Leo to be my successor, he has incredible ability and can control the ball superbly and that makes him one of the best players in the world. I think he is the sort of player that you would always want in your team"

Kaka is staying at Milan....

2008-09-11T01:21:00.003+02:00

It doesn't matter the cash Chelsea and Manchester City are ready to offer for Kaka, he remains and I'm sure of the fact the he will someday be Milan captain just like Maldini is. Several times during his carrier Kaka has said that money are not everything, being a symbol and Milan captain it his dream.
This is what our coach Ancelotti said about Kaka and Milan :" He is like Maldini and Rino Gattuso who are both symbols of this club, players who carry the Milan brand". All these media talks over and over again represent nothing but cold water, because Kaka is Milan's symbol.

AC MILAN - ARSENAL...Preview

2008-02-17T16:52:00.003+01:00

From worse to worse...

2008-02-06T14:35:00.000+01:00

Two weeks from now we'll play Arsenal on the Champions League and the problems for our team just grow day by day. First while transfer window was still open the board has decided to gamble with Ronaldo and Inzaghi and make a pressure to young Pato and this what's happening is a feedback and the gamble that was made just it didn't payed off. On the meantime Inzaghi, Ronaldo, Pato and even Kaka seems like will miss Arsenal match, Gilardino will be suspended because of too much yellow cards and Milan actually will have no attacker available for that highly expected match. Today Galliani made another pressure by saying Pato will return in time for Arsenal match, but I don't think it will happen. However our chances to beat Arsenal without a decent attacker and without Kaka are very slim, unless a miracle happens and Kaka and Pato to participate on that match. I wonder who's fault is this horror situation in Milan?!?
To say the truth Im not suprised by this "attacking horror scene" in our squad, if we look Ronaldo starting from Real he never was fully fit and plus now he is 30+ and the continuing injuries are nothing new for him the same has to do with Inzaghi it was about time to pick up some injury. All in all, I hope at least Pato and Kaka get fit for this match...

Kaka may be out for four months, more problems for Milan

2008-02-05T16:35:00.001+01:00

More and more problems to come for our team, Kaka has been playing under injury and he's substitution during Fiorentina match last week is clear. His injury became even worse but the doctors from Milan Lab say thats not too serious and they are not that concerned. I wonder how can we trust them when they still haven't found where the problem lies in Ronaldo's injury. Pato will be out for 3+ weeks that means he will miss the first leg in the Champions League against Arsenal, Ronaldo, Inzaghi are injured too and Gilardino has collected to many yellow cards and he will miss next Sunday match against Siena. It means Milan will play without attacker on Sunday, Kaka may be forced to sit and cure his injury for 4 months. This is strong feedback for devastating Milan transfer policy for the last 3 years (after Shevchenko's departure) Milan is in the highest scale of passiveness in buying new players. This what should have been "historical season"(Galliani's words just before the start of the current season) for Milan is getting too ugly to watch and Milan yet again in Italy is a none Scudetto factor and barely can reach the fourth place which will satisfy the board but not the fans too.

AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina, Pato Injured+The goal

2008-02-03T23:19:00.001+01:00

76' PATO

It was tough match, with dirty challenges from the both side. Milan was mainly with no idea, Pirlo was short with creativity ideas that will enable scoring chances to Gilardino. He was average as usual, also Gattuso was missing on the midfield where Milan had no fire or whatsoever to fight for the ball. Pato got in from the bench and immediately the match got the fire that was much needed and Pato 5 minutes later scored with a brilliant Kaka pass, and also magic Pato finish.
Other moments that should be mentioned are Seedorf didn't looked that happy that was substituted by Ancelotti, in matter of fact he was very angry and he even didn't shake hand with Pato while he was substituted.
Pato has injured himself and that didn't look like naive injury, I'm afraid of more serious injury Pato's about to face. Let's hope for that that will not be the case, Milan already has 2 injured attackers.
Thats all for now, for the latest Pato injury news after few days.
Forza Milan!!! Forza Rossoneri!!

UPDATE: Pato Injury news:
Latest news say if the injury's minor he will be out from 2-4 weeks, but if the injury's more serious than first thought he will be out for 2 months. This are unofficial news about Pato injury status, this is what Carlo Ancelotti said after the match:
"Hepicked up a pretty serious sprai,we need 48 hours to evaluate the extent of the injury."
Milan for next Sunday match will play without classical attacker, Ronaldo, Pato and Inzaghi are injured while Gilardino will miss the match due to yellow cards he collected.

Inter parody

2008-01-31T17:13:00.000+01:00

First time when I was "motivated" to write something like this it was few weeks ago but I said to myself "let it go, they (Inter) sooner or later will stop bothering Pato". But here we are few weeks later Inter management keep talking craps about Pato and giving comments like : "We could have signed Pato", "Pato was hired by us", "Pato's not that good"... First this stupid jealous act was started by Inter owner Moratti and then continued by the worst coach to ever coached a team Mancini and now ended with latest comment that Balotelli (who?!?) will be better than Pato from Michele Cavalli one of Inter coaches. I just can not understand what are they trying to achieve by acting like little babies instead of leaving us and Pato to mind our own business. They think if they won Seria A (one of them was on paper by the way) they think they are on the top of the world, well wait a minute Milan's the team that won Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and World Club Championship(in one season) and that makes Milan on the top of the world Inter should calm down they only in dream will see themselves holding those trophies all in one season. Milan repeatedly acted like "gentlemen" when it comes Inter: First it started when Milan gave more cash to Cagliari for Suazo but Inter acted like kid for a toy and Milan retreated from Suazo transfer target,
Second time it was now on the recent comments that Inter has referees help (which if you ask me is true) when few Milan players including Carlo Ancelotti defended Inter by saying that they are not being helped by the "men in black" but its only a transition of the referee system that needs time to adjust.
Plus when Berlusconi made a comment that Milan have Pato and don't need Ronaldinho Inter launched attacks that they are ready to sign Ronaldinho in every cost. This situation started to get funny, Inter jealousy has gone to far, they should mind their own business. We rule the world, not they....so shut up and mind your own bussines....

Reggina C. 0-1 AC Milan

2008-01-31T16:04:00.000+01:00

Calcio has decided: Kaka Player of the Year 07

2008-01-29T10:11:00.000+01:00

Another prove that Kaka's not among the best, but way the best player in the world right now was wining Calcio Player of the Year 2007. This is Kaka's fourth award on the last 2 month he has won everything with Milan. He also has won best foreign player of 2007.
Grande Kaka !! The new Milan Legend !!!

AC Milan 2-0 Genoa Goals and More !!!

2008-01-27T23:36:00.000+01:00

GOALS: 68' Pato

82' Pato

Chances wasted by Milan:

Forza Milan!!! Magnificent Pato magic in San Siro. It was not a promising first half for Milan, but then a total domination second half for Milan. Pato was the hero, 3 matches 3 goals for Milan plus he had plenty of chances so he could have score like 4 goals against Genoa side. Let us fans enjoy and celebrate Pato's terrific performance it was a great gift his performance for the Rossoneri.

Ronaldo injured again, Milan in hell...

2008-01-27T01:17:00.001+01:00

Ronaldo will miss Sunday's match against Genoa because in training (as usual this season) has injured his muscle. This is not the first time this happened to Ronaldo and we know how much he was out of the field when he was injured early at the start of this season. Again nobody seems to know if the injury's serious and will have yet to wait a confirmation for that. Now Inzaghi's injured too that means we have only Pato and Gila, with other words Milan will feel the hell this month. With only two available strikers (which by the way the Gila is not a world class player and he belongs to a middle table team and Alexandre Pato is very inexperienced young player who has yet to learn about Italian football) Milan's chances to reach the 4th place are very very slim and the chances some miracle to happens which will save Milan from hell are 1 to 10.000. The situation to be more rediciouls Milan's management it doesn't seems like is worried about this terrible situation and is taking no action or whatsoever to improve that. Fans are loosing their patient with Milan board especially with Galliani who's passiveness seems to have reached to the boiling point. Me as Rossonero, I don't see where or in which direction Milan's headed, I don't see any logic on the way Milan operatives are finishing (or should I say not finishing at all) their jobs. Dida's injured, now Milan has a 36 years old GK as first choice behind the goal line and the 39 years old Fiori as bench GK. Shevchenko had good timing when he left Milan now we can see that because hes departure to Chelsea was the start of Milan departure. Yet again beside the fans who spend a fortune to buy tickets, Milan shirts and sports clothes nobody seems to care.

TRADE RUMORS : GILA - FREY

2008-01-24T17:36:00.000+01:00

The last few days that left from January transfer window will show if the speculation about this trade is about to happen or is just another rumor like a lot other that has to do with Milan. Personally I think or should I better say I hope this will go through, because of numerous reasons and one of them is Gila's not Milan type of an attacker he proved that a lot of times and only blind incompetent football personalities cannot realize thats whats obvious. Milan needs a high quality GK and Frey fits there, although I don't think Dida will accept a bench GK role that means in the summer Milan will also have to search for an bench GK and let Dida go.Latest informations say that Frey has started the search for a new house near San Siro. I hope Frey is the starting point of Milan's new team, mixed with a lot of young players that will be able to compete in every front line next season because this one is in mark question can Milan secure the so wanted 4th place in Seria A?

AC Milan 1-2 Atalanta+ALL GOALS

2008-01-24T01:21:00.001+01:00

I had no chance to watch this match but while I was reading players ratings it was easy to finish- Milan played one excellent half and the second it was opposite with the first one. The players got tired, Pirlo was once again a genius with the ball, Pato good first half "nowhere to be found" second half, Oddo's continuing with his terrible form, another 3point cost error from Kaladze (he did the same against Inter) and what should we say about Gilardino?!? Milan is loosing the breath for the 4th place that will be a disaster for a team with Milan caliber.
And Ancelotti as allways has a "face" to comment stupid errors rewarded by also humiliating defeats:
"We played very well in the first half, opened the scoring and had the chances to extend our advantage. It was very negative to go into the break with a 1-1 scoreline, we deserved more.In the second half we tried to get back in front, but a defensive error allowed Atalanta to score their second goal and then close up all the spaces, so it became far more difficult.
The second half was a step backwards, but I must say this team has not played a better first half this season in Serie A.It was a mistake [by Kaladze], the pitch was slippery and this can happen. It was a mistake that cost us dearly."
Well Mr. Ancelotti those errors Milan has paid with two defeats and now when Dida took a "break" will Kaladze overtake his role of doing stupid 3point costing mistakes?!? isn't it enough?
Is it that hard to ask from the board few new YOUNG players to be bought, and confessing that Gila has no future at San Siro?!?
He is risking a lot by putting on fire young Pato, thats a lot of pressure. LEAVE THAT KID ALONE, give him time and space I dont think he should be a starter in every match. Just as Kaka took Rui Costa's place step by step the very same should be applied for Pato too. This can damage his carrier and it's not fair expecting from him miracles from the start.
This is all I had to say..... We can say goodbye to Champions League next season.....

Udinese Calcio 0-1 AC Milan

2008-01-20T21:30:00.001+01:00

This time Gilardino was Milan savior with last minute goal against well motivated Udinese defence. If you ask me about this match, I would have told you that it was pretty boring match, Milan had chances but still looked like they will settle for a draw in Udine. I even think that Udinese deserved more than Milan to lift 3 points from this match but this is football it was the "killing" instinct that saved Milan from draw. That Gila goal was only second touch from Gilardino after he came as substitute for Ronaldo on the last ten minutes, and the action was initiated by our young star Pato continued superb by Kaka assist for Gila. However, Milan missed Pirlo a lot in this game, there was no creativity at all from Milan they looked much like "lost in the woods" without having Pirlo who for me is a compass that tells in which direction Milan will play. Pirlo will be back against Atalanta on Wednesday and Milan will have 90% complete and fit squad for this match. Still I think some refresh in Milan squad should be brought, because Milan looked very old and thanks to experience and Pato-Kaka creativity Milan have won this one against Udinese. Ancelotti tried to use Favalli and Bonera as wings but not much use of that since they especially Bonera is a classic defender who's default position is CD just as Nesta and Maldini, and that what Milan lacks- wings who will attack from both sides right and left and will create open chances for attackers on the same time will give Kaka the space he need to attack from the middle. Zambrotta is more and more clear every day that will soon be a Milan player and the right wing position will suit him well, as for the left wing I think Jankullovski fits perfectly there.
Forza Milan, Forza Rossoneri !!!

Match Preview: Udinese - Milan

2008-01-19T14:59:00.000+01:00

Possible Milan formation against Udinese

Italian Serie A
Udinese (32 pts., 4th) vs. AC Milan (21 pts., 12th)
Sunday January 20, 15:00 (CET)
Stadio Friuli, Udine

This match will be played in honor of Maldini who exactly this day exactly against the same opponent 23 years ago had his debut for Milan in age of 16. Now few months before Maldini retirement he will celebrate his 23rd season with Milan against the same opponent, Udinese.
Carlo Ancelotti has decided not to call Maldini for this match and leave him in Milano to rest, instead he called Simic who will sit on the bench and wait his chance. Last match against Napoli the trident Ka-Pa-Ro was successfully lunched and it will again be tested against more serious team as Udinese is, and they proved that by sitting comfortable on the 4Th place of Seria A table.
Milan news say that Pirlo will not be able to help his teammates because of too much yellow cards and he was suspended, Gourcuff was chosen to replace him on the bench. Maldini will also miss this match because of flu.
I hope in Milan win and hope again KA-PA-RO Show in Udine...
Forza Milan, Forza Rossoneri !!!

These are the called-up players of Carlo Ancelotti for the away game of Udine.
GOALKEEPERS: Kalac, Fiori, Offredi
DEFENDERS: Bonera, Digao, Favalli, Kaladze, Nesta, Oddo, Simic
MIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Emerson, Gattuso, Gourcuff, Kakà, Seedorf
ATTACKERS: Gilardino, Pato, Ronaldo

Milan form last 5 matches: (WLLWD)

12/16 Milan 4-2 Boca Juniors World Club Cup

12/20 Milan 1-2 Catania Coppa Italia

12/23 Inter 2-1 Milan Serie A

1/13 Milan 5-2 Napoli Serie A

1/16 Catania 1-1 Milan Coppa Italia

My Prediction:

Udinese 1-3 Milan

UEFA TEAM OF THE YEAR 07 !!!

2008-01-19T14:24:00.000+01:00

UEFA Team of the Year 2007 announced and three rossoneri players are selected on the best European team last season. Alessandro Nesta, Clarence Seedorf and Kaka' are the most voted rossoneri players. Kaka's for the second time in a row is selected and most voted player on uefa.com. This is another prove that Milan's the best team in the world for the last 15 years, and Milan has proved that by wining all there is to win. From 2001-2007, AC Milan players in a total of 14 times were chosen by the fans to participate in UEFA Team of the Year. Nesta leads the way with 4 times, Shevchenko, Kaka', Maldini and Cafu twice.

Here is the full Uefa Team of the Year 2007 list:

Better luck next year; Milan eliminated !!!

2008-01-16T23:57:00.000+01:00

Catania 1-1 Milan (Catania win 3-2 on aggregate)

12' Vargas --68' Paloschi

Milan coach Ancelotti on this match gave a chance to some young and bench players. I had no chance to watch this match but from what I've read from internet Milan young attacker Alberto Paloschi scored again for Milan and thats a good news. Even why Milan got eliminated from Italian Cup they discovered a new talented player in Paloschi, who should be treated in the right manner and should be given a chance more often. Just as the first match Milan took this competition with a very big levity and they felt immediately the feedback by facing an early stage elimination from highly inspirited team Catania Calcio.
Congratulations to Catania, seems like they played a fantastic match and they deserved more than our team to qualify to next phase.

UPDATE:

Ancelotti's words after Catania match:

"We regret being knocked out of the cup because an elimination is never nice, however this competition was not high on our list of priorities. We tried to keep playing until the end and we went close to finding the second goal which would have taken us to extra time. However Catania played a good match and they merited the result.”

Preview: Coppa Italia: Catania - Milan

2008-01-16T01:09:00.000+01:00

Possible Starting AC Milan Formation

Coppa Italia, Second Leg, Round of Sixteen
Catania Calcio vs. AC Milan
Wednesday, January 16 20:30
Stadio Massimino, Catania, Sicily

First match in San Siro ended with 2-1 win for Catania, but that was just because Carlo Ancelotti played mainly with reserve and young players on the field. Seems like Coppa Italia is not such an important competition for AC Milan, and yet again mostly of the starting line up will take a much needed rest before resuming Seria A. This will be a chance for Gourcuff to show his talent at least in this competition and show Carlo Ancelotti that he's wrong about not putting at the starting team more often.

Last 5 matches for AC Milan:

12/13 Urawa 0-1 Milan FIFA Club World Cup

12/16 Boca Juniors 2-4 Milan FIFA Club World Cup

12/20 Milan 1-2 Catania Coppa Italia

12/23 Inter 2-1 Milan Serie A

1/13 Milan 5-2 Napoli Serie A

My Prediction:

Catania 0-3 Milan

Forza Milan, Forza Rossoneri !!!

Zambrotta: "Im happy in Nou Camp"

2008-01-14T23:30:00.001+01:00

Earlier Milan president Berlusconi said that he assures Milan fans in Zambrotta arrival next transfer window, but the next day Zambrotta personally said that he never had contacts with Milan management or had an offer from them. He also said that his intentions for the future are not in the same path with Milan's and he wants to respect his contract with Barca and stay there until 2010 when his Barca contract runs out. However it will be interesting to see Milan rebuilding process and the latest news say that next transfer window will begin adding youth at the team.

Pato football world reactions!!!

2008-01-14T22:34:00.001+01:00

This was Pato's first ever goal in the first official match in San Siro for AC Milan, reactions from all over football world are full of support and praise for the raising Milan star. He kept his promise to us (fans) and scored his first goal in Milan shirt. However, not only Milano left breathless with Pato's game performance, but everyone had to say a praise for him (Pato), now in few sentences will read what others said and think about Pato's first match for Milan:

Juve coach, Claudio Ranieri was among the first to react and give his praise to Pato:
“There are some extraterrestrials in football and from what I saw yesterday at San Siro, Pato is certainly one of them. He played like a 30-year-old, with personality, and the headlines of all the newspapers today are just for him".

Paolo Maldini about Pato:
"You can always understand the talent of a footballer, however the personality of a player can only be seen during the match. He passed this examination with distinction. There will be difficult moments ahead, however this is a football player with extraordinary ability.”

Ronaldo his teammate and Pato idol said:
"I'll give him ten out of ten, considering how much pressure and expectation he was under.
Playing in front of a San Siro crowd at the age of 18 can't be easy, but he was excellent."

Former Napoli and Maradona teammate also said few words about Pato:
Pato will become the best player in the world. I'm convinced he will be the best player in Serie A during the second part of the season.
I agree that he's similar to me,and Ancelotti's words flatter me. Pato is very quick, he decides what to do in a split second. He also sees the goal well and has the hunger for victory.
He wears the number 7 shirt like I did at Napoli, where Diego wore the number 10 shirt and [Bruno] Giordano wore the number 9."

Berlusconi: "After Maldini, next Milan captain will be..."

2008-01-14T22:22:00.000+01:00

Milan president was full of joy and was smiling all the time after fantastic performance by newcomer Alexandre Pato on the match against Napoli. After he said few praising sentences for Pato, Berlusconi also was questioned about who will be next Milan captain at the start of the new Calcio season, he answered: "There's still time left to decide about that, but I think between Gattuso and Ambrosini. But I think Gattuso will take the captain role next season because he deserved that and that will be an true honor for Milan and Gattuso too"
Personally my opinion is Gattuso fits perfectly on capitan role, he not only motivates his teammates he also has an special relationship with fans and knows how to make them support even more Milan.

Berlusconi: "Forget Ronaldinho, we have Pato"

2008-01-14T14:24:00.000+01:00

Pato-mania in Italy is still on, everybody was amazed by the perfect start of Alexandres Pato of the season. Not with the goal he score but he also proved why they think he is "the new Ronaldo", he was brilliant from the start till the end of the match. Berlusconi was on San Siro V.I.P. seats and he was so amazed that he's ready to sacrifice his dream signing Ronaldinho in order to give Pato space to breathe and space to grow as one of the best players in the future. This is what Berlusconi commented after the match about Pato and possible Zambrotta arival at San Siro in the summer transfer period:

"I don't think that Ronaldinho represents a great objective for us,we must keep an eye on the balance in the dressing room, and we also have other champions. In other words, his purchase is not a priority for Milan.
I can assure that Zambrotta will arrive, he has a great desire to come to Milan, and I believe that all that remains is the signature. We are confident about the end result of this negotiation."

Grande Milan, Pato scores+ All Goals!!!

2008-01-13T22:40:00.001+01:00

What a fantastic match Milan had, this was match that was played with a heart. Milan started pretty well with an immediate offensive line up from Carlo Ancelloti with two attackers upfront (Ronaldo and Pato) and one attacking midfielder (Kaka') right behind them. The result of such an game came just after 15 minutes when Ronaldo scored his first from two goals on this match. The communication between Brazil trio Ronaldo- Kaka- Pato was in the highest possible level and they have played just one official match together, which means that the half season that remains should be bright for Milan. Ronaldo made fantastic comeback with two goals, Kaka was magical just like always and Pato has shown that he is the future of modern world football. Other players that should be said a word or two are Seedorf (who scored the 2nd goal for Milan) and Pirlo who was remarkable and showed why he's one of the best assistants today. A match full of emotions for our young star Pato, he was excellent at this match by scoring in his debut for Milan. On Pato's history record will be noted that on 13.01.2008 against Napoli, Pato has scored the first goal in his carrier for AC Milan in an official match. Forza Milan, Grande Milan, Superb Milan!!!!

Ancelotti congratulates Ronaldo for successfully comeback, praises Seedorf and Pato for their performances:
"He has great quality. It was his first game and some mechanisms must be perfected. However he was very, very good.
Pato has pace, the ability to turn and shoot.
We could see that in training as well, so now we have to work on how to provide him with better service. He certainly has the talent.We had a risky approach, but that was necessary at this stage of the season to get the victory and the team responded well.
Napoli’s first goal came because we were unbalanced, the second was Kakha Kaladze’s error for the penalty.
Massimo Ambrosini obviously has to put even more work in with this system and it’s tough.
He did a lot better in keeping his position in the second half. Ronaldo and Pato have never played together, so a few risks were bound to be taken.
It is a problem we have to face in the future and it won’t be an easy decision, as we have a great midfield and wonderful strikers," responded Ancelotti.
In some games we will need someone to step aside and will use those occasions so that players can have a breather to be fresh all the way to the end of the campaign.I would always like to see Seedorf play with this spirit and he was probably Man of the Match for me.
He was involved in every move and we all have to be very alert to make the most of this system. Seedorf feels he is a Trequartista and played a crucial role in winning the Champions League last year. He is not the only one who must make a sacrifice for the team, but everyone has to work together for the squad"

Preview: AC Milan - Napoli

2008-01-13T15:42:00.000+01:00

Players the has been called for Napoli match:
GOALKEEPERS: Dida, Kalac;
DEFENDERS: Bonera, Favalli, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Oddo;
MIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Emerson, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Seedorf;
STRIKERS: Gilardino, Kakà, Pato, Ronaldo.

Carlo Ancelotti's commentary for Napoli match in San Siro and Pato:

"The games like the one against Napoli are the most important for our recovery in the league. It is essential to do well and with serenity. We have three games to recover and take advantage of, contrary to our opponents. Napoli? It's a team which away from home has alternated good performances to not so good performances. Maybe away from home Napoli has not yet found an exact balance, but the more time passes by and the more a team becomes reliable. Pato? He will have time to insert himself in the mechanism of the squad. I think it's fair to give him the opportunity to insert him with the right tranquillity. He's cool and balanced and he will not have problems from this point of view. For his characteristics and speed, Pato can play with everyone, as he combines well with Gilardino, Inzaghi and Ronaldo. The expectations which are there on Pato cannot be determined by us. I have always said that the player is very good and that he will prove it on the pitch. This does not mean putting pressure on him. I simply said what I though. I confirm that with the character he has, in my opinion he will prove this very soon. I don't know if he will manage to score straight away, but he will surely be dangerous. He's a striker who moves a lot. The expectations are tied to the fact that he is not well known. I never made such a young player debut. There was the time to talk to him and insert him and he knows what he has to do. I don't see in him any reason to worry about. He's cool and serene and will not have any problem. We think it was a good thing to bring him here early, as he met his team-mates and his team-mates got to know him. I have not created expectations on a young player, I have said what I saw, then I might be wrong, the pitch will tell us.

What about Gila, Dida and Ronaldo?
"Gilardino, Dida and Ronaldo? If I was in them I would think that we have six months to reach our objectives, each one of them must think to do his part with diligence and serenity. The objective is the good of Milan, in which all players must contribute. There are no exams for Dida: he trained well in these days, especially in the last ones. I see him serene as always. Iznaghi? He must stay put, because he had the stomach pain following the hit he received in the derby. He must stop for the next 4-5 days. San Siro? To be honest, it never frightened us, as we consider it our home and therefore we want to return to win at home. We can't wait to close this inexplicable fact. Roaldo? He worked a lot in Dubai and during the friendly he was loaded in line with the work he did. The light training sustained in these days at Milanello did him good. He can play 45-60 minutes, but I don't know if he will play first or the second. With regards to the tactic, we did not yet study any alternatives to the current system. Seedorf? If he will play at the centre-left it's clear that something must change as he must return to play as a midfielder. It's something we have done for many years and keeping a good balance. For me Seedorf did very well for many years as a midfielder. Jankulovski? Next week he is ready."

Milan's recent form: (WWWLL)

12/4 Milan 1-0 Celtic UEFA Champions League

12/13 Urawa 0-1 Milan World Club Cup

12/16 Milan 4-2 Boca Juniors World Club Cup

12/20 Milan 1-2 Catania Coppa Italia

12/23 Inter 2-1 Milan Serie A

My Prediction:
Milan 2-0 Napoli

Berlusconi wants Zambrotta at Milan

2008-01-12T14:49:00.000+01:00

Second season in a row Milan's chasing Zambrotta signature. He is having not quite good season at Barcelona, so changing color will not mind one or another side. The question is: Can Zambrotta find his old good shape that made him desired by so many clubs? It is true that between Italy and Spain there is a big difference in gamestyle, because its like attack vs defense. This is what Berlusconi said about Zambrotta and other issues regarding Milan: “Zambrotta would be a good resource for the future because we will have to cover certain roles. We are focusing on young people though, and we must not forget the likes of Marzoratti, Matri, Borriello and Pozzi."
Regarding Dida, Berulsconi said: "Do not forget that when we won the Champions League in Athens he was decisive in making a great save from Gerrard,Unfortunately he has had problems with his shoulder. Another in his position would have stopped, instead Dida has a great tolerance for pain and continued to play."

Adidas and Milan another 8 years together

2008-01-12T02:00:00.000+01:00

Yes, it has been speculated that an 8 years deal this days should be finalized between Milan and Adidas. The money Milan should get its predicted to be 10.5 M. euros per season and by the start of the summer transfer period ( unofficial) Milan will get all the money from Adidas sponsorship because of the new players Milan plan to buy. The total sum its predicted to be 85 M. euros.

Gila Interview

2008-01-10T18:20:00.000+01:00

Just before second half of the season resumes Alberto Gilardino has given his though about the matches to come for www.acmilan.com.

Gila, in the first match of 2008, you started out really well by scoring a brace, even though in a friendly.

Gila- "Yes, I'm happy because even though it was just a friendly game, these are goals which always serve and arrived following a week of work in which the entire team did well. The Dubai training camp was helpful for us to train in the best conditions also thanks to the temperature which was about ten degrees higher than that of Italy. Personally I'm happy with my performance because for an attacker it's always important to be ready for the coach, even though it's just a friendly game, because these are the occasions which allow you to find the best condition."

How do you think it will be to play together with Pato and Ronaldo?

Gila- "I have always been used to play as an attacker close to a trequartista here at Milan, because it has always given me good advantages. It also happened to me to play as a lone striker, but to play with a team-mate upfront is surely better to put the opponents in difficulty."

The Gilardino-Pato-Kaka attack is the youngest attack in Serie A.

Gila- "Yes, now we shall see what the coach chooses for Sunday. For me it would be nice to play from the start in the game against Napoli. Pato and Kaka are two players of great quality. At Milan there are strong young players, but there are also thirty year olds who are very important for us, like Ronaldo and Inzaghi."

The first official commitment of 2008 will be against Napoli.

Gila- "Yes, from Sunday we shall have to start doing well against Napoli, because now for us starts a cycle where we have to play every three days. We shall have to be ready. The coach has the entire squad available and it will be important to start well straight away against Napoli, because we want to win our first game at San Siro."

Source: AC MILAN- www.acmilan.com

Maldini: " I will retire with Moscow crown"

2008-01-10T13:20:00.000+01:00

Paolo "El capitano" Maldini spoke about his season so far and about his wishes how does his fantastic carrier to end. His debut game was 23 years ago, in 1985 and he will retire at the end of this season. He also said that he would love to remain at the club after his retirement and work at Milan's management.

"I am not afraid of this step [retirement], as I had plenty of time to think about it. I will certainly have to change my day to day habits and find a different type of work. I will miss the daily training sessions and experiencing things in a group of 50 people. Perhaps I’ll collapse completely,I cannot ask for more than I have had from my career. I would like to keep working with Milan,” he revealed. “My youngest son thought I had already stopped playing when we went on our Christmas holiday to Miami. The eldest knows what’s going on and would like me to carry on, but… I love this sport, training and working with a team, but I cannot ask for more than I have had from my career.
I would like to continue living in my city and hopefully working with Milan, putting my experience at the club’s disposal. I think there is room for many options, as the experience of former players who competed at the top level can be useful, we’ll decide together with Adriano Galliani and President Silvio Berlusconi. I would like to have an active role, though, and not just a ceremonial position.”

He also said some special words about Milan newcomer Alexandre Pato:

He has great technique and a remarkable ability to move the ball from his right foot to his left and shoot in a matter of seconds, he has extraordinary physical presence for an 18-year-old. The important thing is to play and in these six months he has never been able to play a real game, so that did not help his integration.
He also couldn't hide the answer about the question how will his carrier end:
"I will retire in Moscow with Champions League trophy in my hands"

Source: Goal.com - http://www.goal.com (Derek Wanner)Goal.com - http://www.goal.com (Derek Wanner)

Emre's ready for Milan?

2008-01-10T13:01:00.000+01:00

Never heard before Emre isn't happy in Newcastle and he wants to move away, and Milan seems interested for his services. I think this will be a solid signing, I had no chance to see Emre's performance for Newcastle but I was impressed with his performance while he was Inter player. He will be a good sub-player for Andrea Pirlo who still does not have a proper substitution at Milan bench. Having no proper substitution means no fight or no competition for the starting line up and that is exactly what Milan should bring at the club, the management should try harder and search for players that will know how to make players like Seedorf, Pirlo, Ambrosini fight for their team status. Until then Milan will suffer with lack fitness, inconsistent form home or abroad...

Benzema: "Milan's my dream, Ronaldo my idol"

2008-01-10T02:30:00.001+01:00

Transfer period is underway, but is seems like Milan is not in a hurry to sign an ideal attacker despite their bad form in San Siro. But one of the most promising and exciting young players that Europe offers has spoken out: " For me Milan is my dream team, and Ronaldo has always been my idol." Hope this will be a sign for Milan's management to finally sign him, who fits perfectly into Milan game system and is an ideal substitution for Shevchenko. Let me remind that he is wanted by Real M., Manchester UTD., Juventus, Chelsea. I hope Milan wins the race for this player in the exact way they did for Pato's signature.

Happy B-day Gattuso!!

2008-01-10T02:28:00.002+01:00

Happy Birthday to Rhino Gattuso, he's 30 already. True warrior on the pitch, has no respect for nobody's game his just irreplaceable in Milan roster. One of the best defensive players that present time has to offer, hope you will enjoy watching this YouTube video for Gattuso.

Ronaldo's fit, Kaka injured

2008-01-10T02:28:00.001+01:00

Yes, Ronaldo is back and ready to bounce back and help Milan attack. He played just one match for Milan before on training gets injured again, but this time Milan doctors say he is fully fit and all the problems are just past time for Ronaldo. This will be a great boost for Milan attack, because Inzaghi's health is not that good and Gilardino know to shy for a moments without a constant form. Pato is registered and together with his idol will for the first time in his carrier wear the red and black shirt on an official match.
At the other side as good as the last news, Kaka injured himself during a training in Dubai tour. Will he recover in time, to join Pato and Ronaldo only time will tell.

Mourinho + Drogba next season at San Siro?

2008-01-10T02:27:00.000+01:00

Latest informations about the outgoing transfer period say that Milan management is in serious negotiations about bringing at San Siro in package Mourinho and Drogba (who's injured at the moment). This should be a good news, but I don't think soo. I like the part where it says that Mourinho has a pre-contract signed with Milan (which it means he will replace old fashion coach Carlo Ancelotti at the end of the actual season), but I don't like Drogba arrival. Why? Well, actually I base my opinion on two important reasons:
1- Drogba is injured at this moment, he has missed how many matches for Chelsea, 5 or 6 that means he's out for entire month. When he'll come back on the pitch who guarantees about he's form comeback?!? This was the first reason,
2- By the end of this season, he'll celebrate his 30th birthday does that means something to Milan fans? Actually, it does. Milan's team average is 31 year they need to bring youth at the team, not another 30+ player and making that average even older.
I think this way and if this deal goes through Milan board obviously does not share my way of football thinking. Instead of bringing Drogba, my personal recommendation is Benzema. An excellent player with unlimited talent and who fits perfectly in Milan game style. Together with Pato they will represent Milan future.

Ancelotti:" There will arrive no new player in San Siro"

2008-01-10T02:26:00.000+01:00

Bad news! I hope this is only a camouflage, something like quite time before the storm to hit. Otherwise I can't understand why the same words I hear from the same man at different time distance?!? Like 12th place isn't a prove that Milan's in a need of not only one player, but at least one on each position. That means, one goalkeeper, one defender, one midfielder and one elite attacker. How on Earth plans Ancelotti to compete, when the team has an year average of 31 years?!? Milan will have 8 matches in a month, how they plan to hold a pace with modern football if there's no quality bench?!? God help Milan against Arsenal if they don't buy some new young player.This is why I think before buying new player we need to change the coach, Mourinho is the best coach for Milan. Ancelotti should give the correct view for the team and say where the team's vulnerable and where the team needs a refreshment, but he's not doing that. I hope just as I said at the beginning, these few days of transfer period are quite before Milan's storm of new players hit.