Trofeo TIM 2010 : Milan ,Inter and Juve squads

TROFEO TIM 2010 :
The annual competition continues this year. The teams will play on Friday in Bari, in Stadio San Nicola – kick off at 20:45 Italy time/CET.

As always, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus F.C. will be featuring and will play short games (45 minutes) against each other (Juventus versus Inter, Inter versus Milan, and Milan versus Juventus).
the squads of AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus F.C for the Trofeo TIM.

Milan
Goalkeepers: Cristian Abbiati, Marco Amelia, Flavio Roma;

Defenders: Luca Antonini, Daniele Bonera, Alessandro Nesta, Massimo Oddo, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Mario Yepes, Gianluca Zambrotta;

Midfielders: Ignazio Abate, Massimo Ambrosini, Mathieu Flamini, Gennaro Gattuso, Alexander Merkel, Mitja Novinic, Andrea Pirlo, Rodney Strasser;

Forwards: Giacomo Beretta, Filippo Inzaghi, Nnamdi Oduamadi, Ronaldinho, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri will line up 4-3-3 with Amelia; Abate, Nesta, Bonera, Antonini; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Ronaldinho, Borriello, Oduamadi.

Juventus:

Goalkeepers: Marco Storari, Alexander Manninger, Marco Costantino;

Defenders: Marco Motta, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Zdeněk Grygera, Paolo De Ceglie, Nicola Legrottaglie, Vittorio Ferrero;

Midfielders: Felipe Melo, Mohamed Sissoko, Claudio Marchisio, Davide Lanzafame, Simone Pepe, Jorge Andrés Martínez;

Forwards: Alessandro Del Piero, Amauri, David Trezeguet, Diego.

Inter Milan:

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar, Luca Castellazzi, Paolo Orlandoni.

Defenders: Ivan Cordoba, Lucio, Maicon, Marco Materazzi, Walter Samuel, Cristian Chivu, Cristiano Biraghi, Simone Benedetti, Felice Natalino;

Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic, Wesley Sneijder, Esteban Cambiasso, Joel Obi, Coutinho, Amantino Mancini, Nwankwo Obiora;

Forwards: Samuel Eto’o, Diego Milito, Goran Pandev, Victor Obinna, Ludovic Biabiany.


The Rossoneri lost both matches last year in the Trofeo TIM, and this time they will look to win the title again after claimed it in 2008. Milan won the Cup also in 2001 and in 2006.

Massimiliano Allegri’s side is coming off a victory but was not very impressive against Panathinaikos FC last Friday. Now they will get a major boost as Ronaldinho and Andrea Pirlo declared fit.

The 43-year-old coach will probably use a 4-3-3, with Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato on the flanks and Marco Borriello or Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the middle. The midfield will probably include at least one Primavera player.

Although it is not an official tournament, the teams take it seriously, as Milan, Inter and Juventus are along with A.S. Roma, the main contenders for the title this season. Lifting the trophy would be a great moral boost.

Marco Borriello celebrates after scoring in the Emirates Cup against Lyon with teammates Simone Verdi and Alexander Merkel.

The Nerazzurri drew once and won once last year. They won the Trofeo TIM five times before but failed to achieve it since 2007.

Rafa Benitez’s boys were not very impressive in the pre-season, despite the 3-0 victory over Manchester City. However, that draw was followed by a 3-2 defeat to Greek side Panathinaikos and 2-2 draw against FC Dallas.

Inter are expected to line-up 4-2-1-3 with Wesley Sneijder playing behind Goran Pandev/Mario Balotelli, Diego Milito and Samuel Eto’o. The impressive young Coutinho will probably start in the midfield.

Diego Milito of Inter Milan celebrates with Esteban Cambiasso (L) after scoring the second goal during the UEFA Champions League Final match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Inter Milan at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 22, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe)

The Old Lady drew with Inter and beat Milan in the previous edition, and they are the current holders of the title after winning it for the first time last year.

Luigi Del Neri’s side has already started the season as they played in the Europa League, recording two victories over Shamrock Rovers. Prior to the two matches, they also beat Lyon 2-1.

Juventus spent a lot of money during this transfer window and they want to come back to the top after a disastrous season last year in which they finished in the seventh spot of the Serie A.

Former Milan man Marco Storari will be between the sticks tomorrow night, while Diego, who seems on his way out of the club, could play behind Alessandro Del Piero and Italy international Amauri.

AC Milan will face Inter Milan and Juventus on Friday night in Stadio San Nicola in Bari and they will miss important players like Alexandre Pato and Thiago Silva, who are tired after the match of Brazil.

Clarence Seedorf is suffering from fatigue while Dominic Adiyiah is unavailable for a sickness. Oguchi Onyewu, Marek Jankulovski Kakha Kaladze and Simone Verdi are out too. This is the squad:

AC MILAN VS JUVENTUS, MAY 15 2010,

AC MILAN VS JUVENTUS (3-0)
Milan: Dida (Abbiati 86); Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Favalli (Nesta 62), Antonini; Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf; Pato, Borriello, Ronaldinho (Inzaghi 71)

Juventus: Buffon (Manninger 46); Zebina (Caceres 74), Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso; Salihamidzic (Camoranesi 46), Poulsen, Marchisio; Candreva; Iaquinta, Del Piero


AC Milan gave Leonardo the perfect send-off in his last match at the San Siro before leaving the Italian giants.

The Brazilian announced this week that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season and his players responded by beating the Turin club 3-0

Two goals from Ronaldinho after Luca Antonini's opener ensured Milan finished third in the Serie A table and also compounded Juventus' agony as they could only end what has been a disappointing season in seventh.

With just four minutes gone Vincenzo Iaquinta should have done better when he had only Dida to beat but he fired wide of the goal.

Milan took the lead in the 14th minute when Antonini was released by a chip over the defence from Clarence Seedorf and his shot hit the leg of a defender before looping over goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

Ronaldinho netted the second when he shot low past Buffon from the edge of the area just before the half hour.

The Brazilian had started the move when he picked up possession in midfield and exchanged passes with Seedorf.

Ronaldinho gave the ball away but managed to win it back from Fabio Grosso before passing to Alexandre Pato.

His fellow Brazilian fed the ball back to Ronaldinho who shot low to Buffon's left to double Milan's advantage.

Andrea Pirlo fired well wide two minutes later after cutting in from the left and hitting a shot from distance with his right foot.

The same player also shot over the bar from long range as Milan kept up the pressure.

Five minutes before half-time Alessandro del Piero had Juventus' best chance of the half when he shot from distance but his effort was tipped over the bar by Dida.

A minute later Juventus defender Fabio Cannavaro headed just wide of the post from 10 yards as the visitors battled to get back into the game.

Thiago Silva then made a fine challenge to deny Iaquinta a shot on target after the forward had run on to a long ball and then the visitors wasted the subsequent corner.

Juventus started the second half with Alex Manninger on for Buffon in goal and Mauro Camoranesi replacing Hasan Salihamidzic.

Grosso wasted the first chance of the second half when he was set up in the Milan area but was robbed of possession as he took too long over the opportunity.

Grosso was booked five minutes into the second half when he fouled Pato from behind 25 yards from goal but Pato's swerving free-kick was comfortably punched clear by Manninger.

Ronaldinho scored his second after 67 minutes when Jonathan Zebina could only head the ball to the edge of the area.

The Brazilian took a touch to control the ball before side-footing across goal and past Manninger.

But the Brazilian was also booked when he took off his shirt to celebrate scoring the goal.

Dida waved farewell to the Milan fans when the Brazilian goalkeeper was replaced by Christian Abbiati with three minutes remaining.

Tim Trophy 2009

AC Milan coach Leonardo is not pressing the panic button despite a string of pre-season defeats.
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Milan lost 1-0 to Inter in a 45-minute game in Pescara before being beaten 2-0 by Juve in another reduced-time match, leaving them with just one win from 10 friendlies in the preseason.

"I understand that the bad results attract attention, but I'm sure we'll have a good season," Saturday's La Gazzetta dello Sport quoted Leonardo as saying. "We've had some problems managing the squad, which is not too big and we've had some injuries. The evaluations should be made when we're all here."

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar posed little threat in his first games for Milan after joining from Real Madrid but Leonardo said the Dutch striker would be more effective with more games under his belt.

MILAN-JUVENTUS ENDS 0-2

After winning 2-0 against Milan, Juventus win the ninth edition of the Tim Trophy 2009. The Bianconeri won thanks to goals by Amauri in the 14th minute and Iaquinta in the 32nd minute.
Here are the official formations of Milan and Juventus for the last match of the Tim Trophy:

MILAN: Roma; Oddo, Nesta, Favalli, Antonini; Abate, Gattuso, Flamini; Ronaldinho; Pato, Huntelaar. Coach: Leonardo

JUVENTUS: Manninger; Caceres, Chiellini, Le Grottaglie, Marrone; Salihamidzic, Poulsen, Melo; Iago; Amauri, Iaquinta. Coach: Ferrara

MILAN-INTER ENDS 0-1
Milan lose 1-0 in their first match of the Tim Trophy 2009. The winning goal was scored in the 22nd minute by Balotelli with a header. Now Milan-Juventus.

MILAN: Storari; Oddo, Nesta, Favalli, Antonini; Abate, Gattuso, Flamini; Ronaldinho; Pato, Huntelaar. Coach: Leonardo

INTER: Cesar; Santon, Materazzi, Samuel, Chivu (44' Caldirola); Quaresma (38' Mancini), Vieira, Motta; Stankovic; Milito, Balotelli. Coach: Josè Mourinho

STORY OF GRANDE PARTITA : MILAN VS JUVENTUS

Read it before watch grande partita Milan vs Juve..
History says it's the 74th time the Rossoneri the Bianconeri come to Milan to face Carlo Ancelotti's team in a match that is always full of prestige.

Sunday night at 20.30 Milan will host Juventus in the Sunday evening match of the 35th matchday of Serie A. It was the 74th time in history that the Bianconeri face Milan at San Siro.

The balance of the 73 precedents is favorable to the Rossoneri with 25 victories and 17 defeats. 31 matches finished level. 105 goals were scored by Milan, and they conceded 88. Eight penalties were given to Milan, 10 to Juventus.

The last meeting at San Siro between the two teams corresponds to the last draw: it was the 14th matchday of last season (2007/2008) when the match on 1 December 2007, the second anticipated match of Saturday evening at 20.30, finished 0-0.

The preceding confrontation, on the 10th matchday of the 2005/2006 season, corresponds to Milan's last victory. It was 29 October 2005 and the Rossoneri beat the team coached by Fabio Capello 3-1. The three Rossoneri goals were all scored in the first half through with Seedorf in the 14th minute, Kaká in the 26th minute, and Pirlo in the 45th minute. In the second half the reaction of the Bianconeri came only in the 76th minute with Trezeguet's goal.

Juventus' last victory at San Siro came in the 2004/2005 season. The match was played on the 35th matchday, on 8 May 2005, and the Bianconeri found the winning goal in the 27th minute through Trezeguet's header. The match thus finished 0-1.

The biggest victories were the one on the 26th matchday of the 1996/1997 season and the one on the 12th matchday of the 1947/1948 season. The first meeting was also the match with the most goals: on 6 April 1997 it finished 6-1 for Juventus. These were the goalscorers: 19', 51' Jugovic (J), 32' rig. Zidane (J), 71', 81' Vieri (J), 73' Amoruso (J), 76' Simone (M). The second match, played on 7 December 1947, finished 5-0 for Milan. Goals: 24' o.g. Angeleri (J), 38' Annovazzi (M), 58' Gratton (M), 72', 90' Carapellese (M).
The last five matches at San Siro against Juventus
1 DECEMBER 2007: MILAN-JUVENTUS 0-0 (14TH MATCHDAY - SEASON 2007/2008)

29 OCTOBER 2005: MILAN-JUVENTUS 3-1 (10TH MATCHDAY - SEASON 2005/2006)

8 MAY 2005: MILAN-JUVENTUS 0-1 (35TH MATCHDAY - SEASON 2004/2005)

1 NOVEMBER 2003: MILAN-JUVENTUS 1-1 (8TH MATCHDAY - SEASON 2003/2004)

22 MARCH 2003: MILAN-JUVENTUS 2-1 (26TH MATCHDAY - SEASON 2002/2003)