The Emirates Cup is an annual two-day pre-season football tournament hosted by the English Premier League club Arsenal and held at the Emirates Stadium, the club's home ground. It is similar in style to the Amsterdam Tournament held by AFC Ajax,
Arsenal are the current holders of the trophy; they won the tournament in both 2007 and 2009.
Much like the Amsterdam Tournament, each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored. From the 2009 edition, if teams are tied on points, goal difference and goals scored, they are ranked by the total shots on target during the tournament.
The 2010 edition of the Emirates Cup will take place on the weekend of 31 July and 1 August with AC Milan, Celtic and Lyon joining hosts Arsenal
The Emirates Cup will kick off on Saturday with the match between Arsenal F.C. and AC Milan. The official site of Arsenal has today released the squads of Milan, Lyon and Celtic, who will take part in the tournament along with the Gunners.
Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri has picked 25 players, including some Primavera stars because few first team players haven’t returned from their post-World Cup vacations.
This is the squad that is flying to London tomorrow:
Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia, Christian Abbiati, Flavio Roma; Defenders: Kakha Kaladze, Alessandro Nesta, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Massimo Oddo, Marek Jankulovski, Gianluca Zambrotta, Daniele Bonera, Mario Yepes, Luca Antonini; Midfielders: Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf, Rodney Strasser, Mathieu Flamini, Ignazio Abate, Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini; Forwards: Alexandre Pato, Filippo Inzaghi, Marco Borriello, Giacomo Beretta, Simone Verdi, Ronaldinho.
Against Arsenal, the Rossoneri will wear Black shirts, Black shorts, Black socks.
Against Lyon, the Rossoneri will wear Red/Black shirts, White shorts, Black socks.
