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:
