Milan vs Catania Preview

Milan vs Catania Preview
Probable Line-Ups:

AC Milan (4-4-3) – Massimiliano Allegri
Christian Abbiati; Daniele Bonera, Alessandro Nesta, Thiago Silva, Luca Antonini; Kevin-Prince Boateng, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf; Robinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho.

Calcio Catania (4-3-1-2) – Marco Giampaolo
Mariano Andujar; Ciro Capuano, Nicolás Spolli, Matías Silvestre, Alessandro Potenza; Marco Biagianti, Ezequiel Carboni, Mariano Izco; Adrian Ricchiuti; Giuseppe Mascara; Maxi López.

The Rossoneri will be trying to stay on the right track and win this match. Once again, less than three points would be surprising and disappointing.

The Rossazzurri have a lot to give, as with players like Maxi Lopez, they would be able to surprise the “Milanticos” tomorrow night.

The last time Milan faced Catania it was 11/4/2010. Maxi López scored first (12′) for Catania and Adrian Ricchiuti doubled it (43′). In the second half, Milan bounced back with Marco Borriello’s brace (48′, 80′).

Milan have played only three official matches this season and already from the beginning, you could see the same old problems in defense and midfield.

Alessandro Nesta and Thiago Silva played only once together, but for Catania match, they are expected to play, with Gianluca Zambrotta or Daniele Bonera as right-back and Luca Antonini on the left.

With Massimo Ambrosini out injured, Kevin-Prince Boateng will take his place in midfield. The Ghanaian played a very good match in the midweek Champions League match against Auxerre, and he will start along with Andrea Pirlo and Clarence Seedorf, as Mathieu Flamini is still injured.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still not at his best but he’s already got off the mark with a brace against the French side on Wednesday, as Ronaldinho was the main player in the set-up of the goals. Alexandre Pato is out for three weeks and Robinho will replace him in 4-3-3.

Milan were not brilliant, but still effective against Auxerre. They remain Scudetto contenders despite last week’s 2-0 defeat to A.C. Cesena, and they will try to leapfrog Inter, who are one point ahead.

Star Man: Ibrahimovic is a great striker, but still, Ronaldinho is Milan’s star man for this match. When the Brazilian is good, the players around him are good. Ronie must try to play like he did against Lecce, and if he does that, victory is almost guaranteed.

Injury List: Ambrosini, Flamini and Pato are out. Sokratis Papastathopoulos is doubtful.

Catania have not yet reached the full potential, as this is only the start of the season. Coming off as clear underdogs, the Rossazzurri will still be playing for all the three points and will definitely not only defend.

Marco Giampaolo’s side beat Parma 2-1 last week, but it took two penalties, which were scored by Mirko Antenucci and Giuseppe Mascara. Giampaolo knows his men must improve.

“We suffered out there today,” Giampaolo declared after Parma match. “I am aware we need to improve in all areas. Our physical condition is still not what it should be and the sharpness is still yet to arrive. Nevertheless, the three points are very precious because they bring moral to the group. I am happy for the boys, but I don’t want to settle for this as we still need to step up a level.”

Catania are South America, as they have 11 players from Argentina and one from Brazil. They have always caused problems for Milan, as last season they were in 2-0 lead before Marco Borriello scored a brace.

Star Man: Maxi Lopez is still out of form. The Argentine was the hero of last season when he arrived in January and scored 11 goals in 17 matches. Despite not scoring yet this year, Lopez is Catania’s most important man. He’s expected to start alongside Giuseppe Mascara and Adrian Ricchiuti.

Injury List: Fabio Sciacca, Cristian Llama and Blazej Augustin are unavailable.

coppa italia: ac milan 2 novara 1 video hightlight

Mathieu Flamini earlier spared AC Milan's blushes by netting the winner nine minutes from time in a 2-1 last-16 victory over third tier Novara.

Striker Filippo Inzaghi, now 36 and often a substitute under manager Leonardo this season, had reminded Milan of his worth with a 12th-minute opener and other fine touches.

A second-string Milan side allowed Pablo Gonzalez to score just after the break but the hosts prevailed when Flamini's powerful strike set up a meeting with Udinese or Lumezzane, who play on Thursday.

Milan qualify for the Coppa Italia quarter finals beating Novara at San Siro thanks to goals by Inzaghi and Flamini. Pippo opened the score after 12 minutes. The visitors equalised with a great left-footed shot from distance by Gonzalez. Novara believed in it, pushed by the almost 10.000 visitors at San Siro, but a great shot toward the top corner of the net by Flamini gave the Rossoneri victory, allowing them to continue the series of consecutive positive results.

Coach Leonardo plays Storari between the posts, Bonera and the young De Vito on the wings with Kaladze and Favalli in the center. In midfield Flamini, Ambrosini and Jankulovski with Di Gennaro behind the strikers Inzaghi and Huntelaar. Available: Abbiati, Thiago Silva, Antonini, Abate, Gattuso, Verdi, Zigoni.
Here are the 11 chosen by Attilio Tesser: Fontana, Cossentino, Centurioni, Ludi (72' Lisuzzo), Gheller, Shala (83' Motta), Porcari, Tombesi (80' Juliano), Rigoni , Bertani, Gonzales. Available: Ujkani, Evola, Ledesma, Rubino.

Di Gennaro and Bonera made their season debuts. The Rossoneri defender returned on the pitch after ten months since Milan-Atalanta of 8 March 2009, when he was forced to leave the pitch 6 minutes before the end.

MATCH STATS:

MILAN-NOVARA 2-1

MILAN (4-3-1-2): Storari, Bonera (46' Abate), Kaladze, Favalli, De Vito, Flamini, Ambrosini, Jankulowski, Di Gennaro (67' Verdi), Inzaghi, Huntelaar. Available: Abbiati, Thiago Silva, Antonini, Gattuso, Zigoni. Coach: Leonardo
NOVARA (4-3-1-2): Fontana, Cossentino, Centurioni, Ludi (72' Lisuzzo), Gheller, Shala (83' Motta), Porcari, Tombesi (80' Juliano), Rigoni , Bertani, Gonzales. Available: Ujkani, Evola, Ledesma, Rubino. Coach: Tesser
REFEREE: Candussio
GOALSCORERS: 12' Inzaghi (M), 46' Gonzales (N), 81' Flamini (M)
BOOKED: Porcari (N)

Seri A january 6 2010: Milan 5 Genoa 2 , Bekcham is back

David Beckham's second debut for AC Milan was an occasion to savour as the England international started in a 5-2 victory over Genoa on Wednesday night.

MILAN: Dida; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Ambrosini, Gattuso; Pirlo; Beckham, Borriello, Ronaldinho.
GENOA: Amelia; Moretti, Biava, Criscito; Rossi, Milanetto, Juric, Mesto; Palacio, Suazo, Sculli.

Having returned to the Rossoneri on a second loan spell from LA Galaxy, Beckham played in an advanced role as Leonardo's men responded to earlier victories for title rivals Inter Milan and Juventus to remain in the hunt for the Scudetto.

With Inter beating Chievo 1-0 and Juventus securing a 2-1 win over Parma in the first round of Serie A games in 2010, the onus was on Milan to respond, and they did so in style. The Rossoneri therefore remain eight points behind city rivals Inter with a game in hand.

However, Wednesday night's game at San Siro started in inauspicious circumstances as Ronaldinho saw his penalty saved by Marco Amelia after captain Massimo Ambrosini won a dubious spot-kick. Giuseppe Sculli deepened Milan's disappointment when heading Genoa into the lead on 25 minutes.

Ronaldinho made amends on 32 minutes when scoring from 12 yards after Ambrosini had been brought down in the box once more. That was the catalyst for Milan to race away with the game and after Thiago Silva tapped in from close range following a goalmouth scramble, Marco Borriello scored twice, the second a wonderful overhead kick.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar came off the bench to score his third Serie A goal of the season after Milan were awarded a third penalty of the evening but David Suazo, on loan from Inter Milan, wrapped up the scoring when drilling a fine shot past Dida on 79 minutes to give Genoa a late consolation.

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Earlier in the day, Serie A leaders Inter Milan picked up where they left off with a narrow 1-0 victory over Chievo in the first match after the winter break.

Balotelli struck in the 12th minute to settle the contest in favour of the Serie A leaders, whose defender Chivu suffered a fractured skull in a clash of heads with Chievo captain Sergio Pellissier in the opening moments of the second half and was taken to hospital.

Goran Pandev also impressed when making his debut following a move from Lazio. The striker headed the ball into the corner of the net but replays confirmed the ball had already crossed the line and it was Balotelli's goal.

The victory moved Inter nine points clear of Juventus, who won 2-1 at Parma. A 39th-minute own goal from Paolo Castellini helped ten-man Juve claim just their second win in seven games at Stadio Ennio Tardini. The defender headed into his own goal after the hosts had failed to clear a corner

Hasan Salihamidzic had headed Juve into an early lead before veteran forward Nicola Amoruso grabbed an equaliser for Parma, but they were unable to find another even after Martin Caceres was sent off in the 73rd minute and slipped to sixth.

Cagliari scored in the 90th minute and again in stoppage time to earn a 2-2 draw and deny Roma the chance of moving up to third. A David Pizarro penalty and a Simone Perrotta effort had put the Giallorossi on course for all three points in the second half, but, not long after Luca Toni came on to make his Roma debut, Diego Lopez pulled one back for the Sardinians and Daniele Conti then equalised.

Napoli continued their push for European football next season by moving up to fourth with a 2-0 victory at Atalanta. Fabio Quagliarella set the Partenopei on their way with the opening goal after seven minutes and Michele Pazienza made the points safe 13 minutes into the second half, as Atalanta dropped to 19th.

Fiorentina won the Tuscan derby in style with a 5-1 hammering of basement boys Siena. Per Kroldrup, Mario Alberto Santana and Alberto Gilardino put the visitors in the driving seat in the first half before the returning Adrian Mutu and a second for Gilardino completed the rout. Massimo Maccarone's late penalty was barely any consolation for Siena.

Bari won 2-0 at home to Udinese thanks to a goal in each half from Riccardo Meggiorini and Vitor Barreto. Simone Pepe came closest to levelling for the visitors when he hit the crossbar just before the break.

Sergio Floccari made a huge splash on his Lazio debut by scoring twice in a 4-1 victory over Livorno. Martin Bergvold put Livorno in front in the seventh minute before Floccari, signed on a six-month loan deal from Genoa this week, stole the show.

The 28-year-old levelled shortly after the re-start and put his new team ahead in the 54th minute. Substitute Tommaso Rocchi and Aleksandar Kolarov with a penalty added further goals to make it a convincing win for Lazio. Livorno had Romano Perticone sent off in the 90th minute.

Sampdoria came from behind to rescue a 1-1 draw at home to Palermo. The Blucerchiati had won just once in their last eight fixtures coming into this game and found themselves trailing to Edison Cavani's strike five minutes before the interval. Palermo's lead was short-lived, though, with Antonio Cassano providing the perfect response a minute later.

Sinisa Mihajlovic saw his Catania side move up to third from bottom with a 1-0 victory over former club Bologna, Nicolas Spolli with the only goal of the game nine minutes from time.

Preview : Milan vs Sampdoria

Milan vs Sampdoria

Coach Luigi Del Neri ahead of the match against Milan:

"At the moment I think Milan are the most in-form team of the league: they are doing very well and Leonardo has found an ideal tactical situation to use the players he has in the best way. I ask my lads to go on the pitch without any negative thoughts, and find back the courage and carefree mentality of the start of the season, considering also that to face a team like Milan you have to give the maximum, both in terms of concentration and physical energy."

Gianluca Zambrotta is hoping Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's match-winning contribution against Catania will prove a watershed moment for the Dutch striker.

Huntelaar, who joined the Rossoneri after a modest spell with Real Madrid last season, failed to find the net in his first seven outings but made a decisive contribution against Catania, scoring two stoppage-time goals just minutes after coming on as a substitute.

Now Zambrotta is hoping for more of the same from the Holland forward, who may have forced his way into the starting XI for tomorrow's home clash with Sampdoria.

Zambrotta, 32, told Milan Channel: "Let's hope that these two goals are a good omen for him, that he unblocked himself and that he can help us during this season.

"It is a fundamental and difficult season, with the many commitments which await us and he will be important.''

It is a crucial weekend at the top of Serie A, with leaders Inter Milan facing third-placed Juventus in the weekend's big match.

Victory over Catania, coupled with an Inter defeat, could lift Leonardo's side to within four points of top spot - a position they could only have wished for during the difficult start to life under the Brazilian coach.

But, with four straight wins coming into the Catania match, Huntelaar believes the title race is back on.

"League titles are not claimed in November or December,'' said the striker. "We still have time to catch Inter and we hope Juve hand us a favour on Sunday.''

Zambrotta echoed those sentiments, urging his team-mates not to lose their current momentum.

"We have to keep the will to win, to continue to remain in the top positions. We are in a good phase but we must continue to go forward in this very good condition which has come out during this period,'' he said.

"Sunday's win arrived in the final two minutes of the match, we managed to reach second place. This is what we wanted and now the important thing will be to continue at this pace.

"We know that Sampdoria are a very good team, they have players who can make the difference at any moment and I think that it will be a well fought game until the end.''

Sampdoria head into the clash reeling from two painful defeats in the space of just four days.

The first of those saw them slump to a morale-sapping 3-0 defeat to city rivals Genoa before being knocked out of the Coppa Italia by two late goals from Livorno.

Manager Luigi Del Neri admitted his side had plenty to learn from those defeats and will hope they can apply those lessons sooner rather than later.

"We have a young team,'' said Del Neri. "We have lads who still don't know what it means to play in Serie A.

"I think this defeat will be useful for my team in the future.

"However, I am disappointed for the fans. I hope we can give them satisfaction in the future.''

Serie A November 22,2009, Milan 4 Cagliari 3

IT'S OVER: MILAN-CAGLIARI 4-3

at san Siro it finished Milan-Cagliari 4-3. In the second half two more goals, one per team: Ronaldinho on a penalty in the 62nd minute and Nené in the 69th.

Milan - Dida; Oddo, Thiago Silva, Kaladze, Zambrotta; Pirlo, Ambrosini; Pato, Seedorf, Ronaldinho; Borriello.

Cagliari - Marchetti; Canini, Lopez, Astori, Agostini; Dessena, Conti, Biondini; Lazzari; Jeda, Matri.

AC Milan were imperious in attack but woeful defensively in a 4-3 home win over Cagliari on Sunday which summed up their topsy-turvy season.
Clarence Seedorf gave the hosts the lead in the fifth minute, but Alessandro Matri replied within five minutes and Andrea Lazzari gave the Sardinians a deserved lead after half an hour. But two goals in as many minutes earned Milan the half-time lead with Marco Borriello and Alexandre Pato on target.

A penalty by Ronaldinho gave the Rossoneri a two-goal advantage in the 62nd minute, but they were made to sweat for their third straight league win when Nene reduced the arrears in the 69th minute.

Lazio 1- Milan 2

Viva milan
Viva pato
Viva Thiago silva

At the Stadio Olimpico of Rome it finished Lazio-Milan 1-2. In the second half the Biancocelesti reduced the disadvantage with Thiago Silva's own goal in the 65th minute. At half time it was 0-2 thanks to goals by Thiago Silva in the 21st minute and Pato in the 35th.

Lazio - Muslera; Lichtsteiner, Siviglia, Radu, Kolarov; Brocchi, Baronio, Mauri; Matuzalem; Rocchi, Zarate.

MILAN - Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta; Ambrosini, Pirlo; Seedorf; Pato, Borriello, Ronaldinho

In-form AC Milan moved up to third in Serie A after inflicting a home defeat on Lazio which leaves the Rome side hovering just above the relegation zone.

Thiago Silva put the visitors ahead in the 21st minute before Alexandre Pato extended his team's lead before the break.

Lazio reduced the arrears in the 64th minute when Silva deflected Mauro Zarate's strike into his own goal.

The hosts had chances to level the score but Milan held on to claim all three points.

The outcome means it is four wins in the last five league games for Leonardo's Milan while Lazio are still searching for their first triumph since August 30.

The hosts went into the game on the back of a 4-1 midweek humiliation at Villarreal in the Europa League.

Davide Ballardini's men enjoyed a good start and should have taken an early lead.

Roberto Baronio's pass found an unmarked Tommaso Rocchi inside the area and he fired wide.

Shortly after, Aleksandar Kolarov's left-footed strike forced Dida to make a good save.

At the other end, Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera did well to keep out Massimo Oddo's strike from the edge of the area.

There was little Muslera could do to prevent the Rossoneri taking the lead as Silva latched onto a free-kick by Andrea Pirlo and nodded past Muslera.

The Rossoneri maintained the pressure and almost doubled their advantage soon after.

Pato did well to get behind Pirlo's cross from the right but his weak header proved an easy catch for Muslera.

The home side reacted and almost levelled the score on the half-hour mark when Zarate smashed in a powerful free-kick that Dida managed to palm over the bar.

Ten minutes before half-time and Pato made it 2-0.

Ronaldinho's cross found his fellow Brazilian inside the area and Pato's header went inside the top right-hand corner of the goal.

Dida made sure his team went into the break with a 2-0 lead, diving to his right to parry away Matuzalem's stinging drive from distance.

Ballardini made his first substitution after the re-start, with Julio Cruz replacing Stefano Mauri, but Milan's dominance continued in the second half.

Pirlo's curled free-kick went just over the bar.

Shortly after, Marco Borriello did well to control Pirlo's pass inside the area but was unable to fire on target.

On the hour mark, Massimo Ambrosini made a crucial clearance inside the area with Cruz ready to strike from close range.

Lazio reduced the deficit soon after, with Dida having no chance to save Zarate's deflected shot.

The goal inspired the hosts, who surged forward looking for an equaliser.

They were almost rewarded with 15 minutes remaining.

Meghni's cross from the left found Rocchi inside the area but his header went wide.

The visitors dominated the closing stages of the game.

Muslera made a great save to deny Flamini while the Lazio keeper was forced to fully stretch to clear Pato's bullet strike from the edge of the area in what was the last chance of the game.

Another result :
11/07 Catania 0 - 0 Napoli
11/07 Atalanta 2 - 5 Juventus
11/08 Bari 1 - 0 Livorno
11/08 Parma 2 - 0 Chievo Verona
11/08 Cagliari 2 - 0 Sampdoria
11/08 Lazio 1 - 2 AC Milan
11/08 Bologna 3 - 1 Palermo
11/08 Genoa 4 - 2 Siena
11/08 Udinese 0 - 1 Fiorentina

Milan 2 - Parma 0

At San Siro it finished Milan-Parma 2-0, in the second anticipated match of the 11th matchday of Serie A. The goals were both scored by Marco Borriello, in the 12th and 93rd minutes.

MILAN: Dida; Oddo, Thiago Silva, Kaladze, Antonini; Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf; Ronaldinho, Pato, Borriello.
PARMA: Mirante; Dellafiore, Panucci, Lucarelli; Zaccardo, Lunardini; Morrone, Dzemaili, Galloppa; Bojinov, Paloschi.

Marco Borriello netted both goals as AC Milan moved up to fourth in Serie A with victory over Parma at the San Siro tonight.

Borriello was the Rossoneri's hero in a lacklustre clash between two sides who showed more tiredness than lucidity in their third game in six days.

Borriello opened the scoring in the 12th minute and added the winner in stoppage time to give Milan the best possible result in preparation for the visit of Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Milan perhaps had an eye on that clash but that did not tempt coach Leonardo into making any unnecessary changes to his team.

The in-form Ronaldinho kept his place in attack, where Borriello replaced Filippo Inzaghi with Luca Antonini in for the suspended Ignazio Abate.

Parma lined up with Paloschi, who is half-owned by Milan, leading their attack alongside Valeri Bojinov.

And Paloschi had the first chance of the game in the 10th minute with a fine dipping shot from 25 yards that needed a fingertip save from Dida to divert onto the crossbar.

Milan went ahead from their first attack of the game two minutes later, with Ronaldinho given the freedom to cover 50 yards before threading the ball, via a deflection, into the path of Borriello, who placed his shot between the legs of Antonio Mirante.

Parma still looked dangerous, with Bojinov forcing a fine save out of Dida to keep the Rossoneri ahead in the 23rd minute.

Pato should have doubled Milan's lead after half an hour but he lacked the conviction to reach Massimo Oddo's cross from eight yards out and his tame header went wide of the far post.

Daniele Galloppa should have done better at the other end when he was found himself free in the penalty area but his shot was weak and straight at Dida.

It seemed like nobody was really determined to score as Borriello allowed the next chance to go begging when he just stood pondering his options rather than shooting with only Mirante to beat after he was found by Ronaldinho.

Milan should have had a penalty in the 69th minute when Pato slipped the ball between two Parma defenders and was tripped by Francesco Lunardini as he tried to follow the ball through but the referee waved play on.

That decision almost proved costly for Milan, who saw Paloschi break through at the other end and volley just wide.

But Parma simply did not have the ideas or the strength to make a game of it in a tedious second half in which Milan looked to conserve energy for their midweek Champions League game and Parma showed they are not used to having to play three games in a week.

Thiago Silva almost wrapped up the win three minutes from time when he headed against the crossbar from point-blank range.

Borriello did seal the win in stoppage time with a scissor-kick goal from another Ronaldinho assist.

Chievo 1 - Milan 2

Nest nesta nesta...
At the Stadio Bentegodi it finished Chievo-Milan 1-2. During the first half the home side took the lead in the 7th minute thanks to Pinzi. In the second half the Rossoneri found the victory thanks to the brace scored by Alessandro Nesta in the 81st and 92nd minutes.

Chievo: Sorrentino; Frey, Morero, Mandelli, Mantovani; Luciano, Iori, Marcolini; Pinzi; Pellissier, Bogdani.

MILAN: Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Flamini, Pirlo, Seedorf; Pato, Huntelaar, Ronaldinho.

Atalanta 1- Milan 1

Atalanta: Consigli; Garics, Pellegrino, Manfredini, Bellini; Radovanovic, Padoin, Guarente, Valdes; Tiribocchi, Doni.

Milan: Storari; Abate, Nesta, Favalli, Zambrotta; Flamini, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf; Pato, Huntelaar.

It finished 1-1 in the match between Atalanta and Milan valid for the 7th matchday of Serie A. The goals came from Tiribocchi in the 21st minute of the first half and Ronaldinho in the 38th minute of the second half.

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

22 for boriello !!

Boriello :
It's a number that's very present in my life (for example, it's the day of my mother's birthday) and it's the one I had at Genoa, in the season when I did really well. Also, I had to change the number 11, since it didn't bring me much luck last year... Is the number 22 a heavy inheritance? I don't think it makes sense to make comparisons, Kaká is unreachable, and we play in two different roles. For me it's just a number that I like, without other significance.

I also expect a lot from ronaldinho and hope he can repeat his great first part of last season. I think that, with Kaká's departure, he may be more free mentally, and I'm sure this year we will find ourselves with a great Ronaldinho who will help us make a jump in quality.

On the new 4-3-3 system : It's the same I played in at Genoa. There I was a central striker, and I think I did it pretty well. I am very comfortable in that position, I hope I can do the same here at Milan.

Luis Fabiano to Milan ?

Adriano Galliani confirms: "We target Luis Fabiano".
Galliani admitted luring Brazil international Fabiano to the San Siro will be no easy task, with the 28-year-old's buy-out clause set at 30million euros.

"Several million euros separate us from him,'' Galliani continued. "The difference is still there and there's little to say with the exception that we need to reach an agreement on the transfer figure.''

Fabiano, top goalscorer at the recent Confederations Cup in South Africa, is under contract at Sevilla for two further seasons.

Galliani confirmed that once Milan sign a striker, their summer transfer dealings will be completed. American defender Oguchi Onyewu has so far been the only new arrival at the club since the transfer window re-opened.

LUIS FABIANO PROFILE
Personal information
Full name Luís Fabiano Clemente
Date of birth 8 November 1980 (1980-11-08) (age 28)
Place of birth Campinas, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 10

Senior career
1997–2000 Ponte Preta 012 0(3)
2000–2001 Stade Rennais 011 0(0)
2001–2004 São Paulo 084 (62)
2004–2005 Porto 022 0(3)
2005– Sevilla 105 (47)

National team
2003– Brazil 031 (22)

Club career

He enjoyed great success at Brazilian side São Paulo, with a disappointing spell at French side Rennes sandwiched in between.His strength on the ball, accurate finishing and pace made him a vital part of the side that fell in the semi-finals of the 2004 Copa Libertadores de América. Fabiano was labeled the 'bad boy' of Brazilian football when playing for São Paulo after a number of brawls. During a 2003 Copa Sudamericana match for São Paulo against River Plate of Argentina, a fight between the players broke out. Fabiano ran behind a River player and kicked him just below the neck. While being escorted off the field, Fabiano said that "he would rather attack an Argentine than take a penalty"He was given a three-match ban from all competitions.
Porto
Fabiano moved to Porto in 2004 for a reported €10 million. There, Fabiano reunited with his international teammate Diego, who he played with in Copa América 2004. However, he had a troublesome season, scoring only 3 goals in 22 matches. This led to Fabiano being transfered to La Liga side Sevilla.

Sevilla
On 10 May 2006, Fabiano scored a header during Sevilla's 4–0 victory over Middlesbrough in the UEFA Cup final. The success continued in the 2007–08 season, as Fabiano finished runner-up in the Pichichi Trophy with 24 goals, with 2 of them scored came from the penalty spot, second only to Dani Güiza with a total of 27 goals. This led to Fabiano being recalled to the Seleção. On November 29, Fabiano was sent off for an elbow foul on Barcelona's Sergi Busquets. He had to be restrained by the Sevilla staff. In 2009, Fabiano extended his contract with Sevilla to 2011.

On 4 July 2009, AC Milan made an official offer for the Brazilian according to the striker's agent and Fabiano has reportedly pleaded with his club Sevilla to allow him to make the switch to the San Siro.

International career
Fabiano made his début for Brazil on June 11, 2003 in a friendly match against Nigeria. He marked his international debut with a goal before being substituted. He was also included in Brazil's squad for 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, but did not make any appearances.

He won the Copa América 2004 tournament with Brazil, where he started in all five matches alongside fellow striker, Adriano. However, due to his struggle in Europe with Porto and Sevilla, he did not make any international appearances for more than 3 years. He was finally recalled to the national team on November 2007 for a World Cup qualifying match. Since then, he earned a regular starting spot on Brazil's attack alongside Robinho. On November 19, 2008, Fabiano scored his first international hat-trick in a friendly match against Portugal in Brasília. The match ended in 6–2 to Brazil

On June 28, 2009, he scored two goals in the Confederations Cup final win against the United States.[8] He won the golden shoe as the tournament's top scorer with 5 goals.[9]

Kalau ke Italia, Fabregas Pilih Milan...

Bagaimanapun keadaan Milan, Klub ini selalu bisa menjadi magnet bagi para pemain bola top..
Sejarah dan tradisi Milan adalah salah satu kuncinya..
Demikian juga dengan pendapat Cesc fabregas..
"Jika saya pindah ke Italia, Milan adalah klub yang ingin saya bela. Dalam hidup Anda tak pernah akan tahu apa yang akan terjadi," ungkap Fabregas salam wawancaranya dengan RAI seperti diberitakan Channel4.

Ini jelas jadi kabar sangat bagus buat Rossoneri, setelah sebelumnya Luis Fabiano juga menyatakan ketertarikannya berseragam Merah-Hitam. Pesepakbola 22 tahun itu bisa jadi pengganti sepadan jika Milan benar-benar melepas Andrea Pirlo ke Chelsea.

Milan mungkin bisa menanggapi dengan serius pernyataan Fabregas tersebut, tentunya jika Arsenal menyodorkan harga yang sesuai mengingat klub milik Silvio Berlusconi itu tengah diterpa masalah keuangan. Dari penjualan Kaka ke Real Madrid, Diavolo Rosso masih memiliki dana segar sejumlah 56 juta poundsterling.

Masuknya Fabregas ke San Siro juga sejalan dengan program baru pelatih Leonardo, yang ingin meremajakan skuadnya untuk musim depan. Bagaimana, Milan?

Kabar kabar terbaru dari Milanello

Ada beberapa gosip dan kabar dari milanello di antaranya : pirlo siap dilepas ke chelsea mengikuti ancelotti, persiapan Pato gantikan peran Kaka dan batalnya Aly Cissokho ke Milan dan Milan tetap mengincar Dzeko..

Pirlo siap dilepas
Kabar baik buat Chelsea atau tim mana pun yang meminati Andrea Pirlo. AC Milan sebagai klub yang menaungi Pirlo kini benar-benar membuka kans melepas sang pemain.

Pemain berusia 30 tahun itu jadi salah satu nama yang mencuat dalam bursa transfer musim panas, dengan Chelsea yang paling sering disebut jadi peminat utama. Hal ini dipicu oleh keberadaan Carlo Ancelotti, mantan pelatih Milan yang kini membesut The Blues.

Pirlo sendiri sebelumnya sempat mengatakan tentang kemungkinan untuk menyusul pelatih yang telah membesutnya selama delapan tahun tersebut. Peluang itu kini terbuka.

Hal itu terjadi seiring dengan pernyataan bos Milan, Silvio Berlusconi, yang mengatakan bahwa pihaknya tidak menutup peluang untuk melepas pemain internasional Italia tersebut.

"Mari kita lihat apa yang akan terjadi," ujarnya kepada Channel4.

"Saya-lah yang pada awalnya berkata bahwa Pirlo harus tinggal. Namun kemudian mereka membuat saya untuk melihat perhitungan keuangan," lanjut Perdana Menteri Italia itu.

PATO GANTIKAN KAKA..
Kepergian Kaka dari AC Milan niscaya jadi kabar gembira bagi Ronaldinho. Namun, pemain Brasil itu juga harus bersaing dengan sang kompatriot Alexandre Pato untuk mengisi posisi bekas Kaka.

Kaka yang merupakan trequartista Rossoneri selama enam tahun terakhir hengkang ke Real Madrid di musim panas ini. Kepergian Pemain Terbaik Dunia tahun 2007 itu tentu meninggalkan celah kosong.

Untuk mengisi posisi itu, Ronaldinho yang biasa bermain di tempat tersebut adalah salah satu pilihan. Apalagi kepindahan Kaka katanya juga demi memberikan Dinho bisa lebih unjuk gigi.

Akan tetapi, bos Milan Silvio Berlusconi mengatakan juga percaya bahwa Pato, yang berposisi asli sebagai penyerang, juga memiliki potensi untuk menempati posisi tersebut.

"Kaka bukan pencipta permainan sepakbola. Alexandre Pato dapat mengantikan perannya di sana (di belakang dua penyerang," ujarnya kepada Channel4.

Sedangkan untuk Ronaldinho sendiri, Berlusconi tak lupa memberikan kata penyemangat. Dia yakin bahwa Ronaldinho akan menampilkan performa yang lebih baik musim depan.


"Ronaldinho akan memiliki tahun yang hebat," tandasnya.

Milan serius incar Dzeko

Wakil presiden AC Milan Adriano Galliani membenarkan bahwa pihaknya serius ingin merekrut seorang pemain depan. Sejauh ini hanya satu nama yang ada dalam rencana mereka: Edin Dzeko.

Milan membutuhkan pemain yang kuat dalam penyerangan, menyusul hengkangnya Kaka ke Rea Madrid. Dan Dzeko, yang mencetak 32 gol dalam 34 pertandingan Wolfsburg di musim lalu, adalah incaran yang dianggap cocok.

Masalahnya adalah pihak Wolfsburg sampai saat ini belum mau mengubah sikapnya untuk memproteksi pemain asal Bosnia itu. Alhasil Milan tinggal berharap Dzeko-lah yang meminta klubnya untuk membiarkannya pindah.

"Dia pemain yang hebat. Tapi Wolfsburg bersikeras ingin mempertahanakan dia," tutur Galliani, dikutip dari Channel4, Jumat (19/6/2009).

"Dari sekarang, pertimbangannya tinggal hasrat si pemain. Aturannya sudah jelas (bahwa klub peminat tak bisa merekrut pemain yang terikat kontrak jika tak dilepas klub pemiliknya). Tapi kalau si pemain itu ingin pergi … "

Galliani lalu mengomentari batalnya perekrutan Aly Cissokho. Bek FC Porto itu tak jadi bergabung ke San Siro karena gagal dalam tes kesehatan.

"Porto tidak menerima penurunan tarif atau peminjaman. Jadi, deal untuk Cissokho tidak jadi," sambung tangan kanan Silvio Berlusconi itu. "Strategi kami adalah berkonsentrasi untuk mencari seorang striker."

Aly Cissokho Batal ke Milan
Polemik transfer Aly Cissokho dari FC Porto ke AC Milan ternyata belum usai. Yang terakhir, kubu Rossoneri menyatakan batal mendatangkan bek Prancis itu karena tak tercapai kesepakatan dengan klub lamanya.

Meski sempat terganjal hasil tes medis yang menemukan adanya masalah kesehatan pada gigi Cissokho, namun kepindahan sang pemain ke San Siro dipastikan tetap bakal terjadi. Pemeriksaan susulan yang dilakukan tim medis Milan berlangsung lancar yang membuat kedua kubu menyepakati perjanjian pra kontrak.

Namun hari ini justru muncul kabar mengejutkan dari pihak Milan setelah mereka secara resmi mengumumkan batal mendatangkan pesepakbola 21 tahun itu. Kubu Milan menyebut tidak tercapai kesepakatan transfer antara pihaknya dengan FC Porto.

Diavolo Rosso ternyata mengubah kesepakatan dengan Porto dari yang sebelumnya membeli menjadi hanya meminjam, meski dengan opsi permanen di tahun-tahun selanjutnya. Masalah kesehatan sang pemain jadi alasan Milan melakukan perubahan status transfer tersebut.

"Dokter kami menemukan masalah pada giginya yang bisa berbuntut pada cedera otot, dan dikhawatirkan bisa terus memburuk. Jadi saya membuat proposal pada Porto untuk melakukan peminjaman dengan opsi membeli dan bukan kesepakatan permanen (seperti awal). Kami akan berusaha merawatnya musim depan dan jika si pemain dalam kondisi yang bagus makan kami akan membelinya musim depan," ," ungkap Adriano Galliani seperti diberitakan Skysport.

"Porto menerima ide soal peminjaman tersebut tapi tidak soal harga dan kami tengan menegosiasikan hal tersebut. Jika Porto tidak menerima jumlah yang kami ajukan, kami akan mundur. Saat ini kondisinya lebih cenderung kepada 'Tidak' dibanding 'Iya'," pungkas pria plontos tersebut.

Milan dan Porto sebelumnya sudah mencapai kata sepakat soal transfer Cissokho yang dihargai 15 juta euro atau sekitar 216 miliar rupiah. Berposisi sebagai bek sayap, Cissokho disebut-sebut sebagai penerus Marcos Cafu.

DINHO tetap di Milan!

Saya percaya Dingo tetap akan bertahan di Milan musim depan..
Skillnya masih mumpuni dan patut dihargai..
Tak sering dimainkan sebagai starter di musim pertamanya di Milan, Ronaldinho diisukan bakal meninggalkan San Siro dan hijrah ke Inggris. Tapi yang bersangkutan mengaku masih ingin di 'Negeri Pizza'.

Hanya 16 kali Ronaldinho tampil bersama Milan dari menit pertama, dan secara umum pun permainannya dinilai tidak berimbas besar pada kekuatan timnya. Kedatangan David Beckham membuatnya lebih akrab dengan bangku cadangan di paruh kedua musim.

Akhir pekan lalu beredar rumor bahwa mantan pemain terbaik dunia tiga kali itu sedang diincar serius oleh Manchester City. Soal ini, Dinho mengeluarkan pernyataan bantahan.

"Saya akan tetap di sini, siapapun yang akan melatih tim ini musim depan. Memang benar, saya tidak senang karena saat ini tidak sering dimainkan. Tapi saya tak punya masalah dengan (Carlo) Ancelotti," tuturnya seperti dikutip dari Channel4.

Saat dikatakan pada bos besar Silvio Berlusconi pun tidak puas dengan penampilannya yang terbatas, Ronaldinho menjawab simpel: "Ya, sama-sama toh?"

Mengenai alasannya masih ingin bertahan di Milan, pemain yang dibeli dari Barcelona itu mengatakan dirinya langsung suka dengan tifosi Rossoneri, serta menyimpan ambisi untuk mempersembahkan titel Scudetto, yang belum pernah lagi diraih Milan sejak 2004.

"Saya merasa enak di sini, dengan tim ini, para petinggi, dan fans. Tidak terlintas di benakku untuk menanggalkan kostum ini."

"Saya berharap menjadi juara Italia bersama Milan dan saya menyesal kami tidak bisa merengkuhnya musim ini. Tapi saya berjanji, tahun depan kami akan memenangi Seri A dan Liga Champions," tandas Dinho

Udinese AC Milan - Preview

AC Milan visit Udinese tomorrow at the end of another week of rumour and counter-rumour surrounding the future of coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Ancelotti is reported to be on his way to Chelsea at the end of the season with his position at the San Siro seemingly undermined by a midweek outburst from club owner Silvio Berlusconi, in which he reportedly blamed the former Italy defender for the club's failure to win the Scudetto.

Berlusconi, who is also the Italian prime minister, has since denied making the remarks but there is no doubt Ancelotti's long association with the Rossoneri is in danger of ending in acrimony.

Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has attempted to quell the unrest by denying rumours Ancelotti and Berlusconi will meet over the weekend.

"Carlo Ancelotti is calm and doing well, there's no problem,'' he told www.acmilan.com.

"I reiterate that there won't be any meetings between him and president Berlusconi who at the moment is exclusively fulfilling his role of prime minister.''

Unlike Berlusconi, who questioned Ancelotti's tactics and team selections, Galliani believes injuries are the reason why Milan did not present more of a challenge to an Inter Milan side on the cusp of clinching a fourth successive Serie A crown.

"I continue to believe that Milan's squad is absolutely competitive,'' he added.

"The numerous injuries stopped us this year. For example (Alessandro) Nesta and (Kakha) Kaladze never played a minute together this year.

"Those were the only problems this season and there are no tactical divisions in Milan's management.

"Clearly there can be differing ideas in a group of people, but it's absolutely normal.''

Despite the off-field issues, the second-placed Rossoneri are already guaranteed of a place in next season's Champions League although a win tomorrow will see them definitely enter the tournament at the group stage.

The visitors will be missing two key players, however, with Giuseppe Favalli, who was sent-off in last weekend's draw with Juventus, and England midfielder David Beckham suspended.

Eighth-placed Udinese have revenge on their minds as they go about chasing the three points that will maintain their push for a Europa League spot.

The north-east club were hammered 5-1 at the San Siro in December, a memory defender Cristian Zapata is desperate to erase with a win tomorrow.

Zapata told the club's official website, www.udinese.it: "The five-goal defeat from the first game still hurts.

"On Saturday we must play a great game and try to win. Everything depends on us, we must believe and remain concentrated for all three games between now and the end of the season.

"We must give our best until the end. If we continue like this everything is possible, we must play every game to our best.''

Milan Lab - Hi Tech For Success..

MilanLab is the High Tech Scientific Research Centre set up by A.C. Milan with strong motivation, operating since July 2002, and is based inside the Milanello Sporting Centre. The purpose is to optimise the psycho-physical management of the athletes by entrusting this task to MilanLab, which represents the ideal combination of science, technology, IT, cybernetics and psychology..

Objectives

MilanLab contributes strongly to optimising the team's results. The objectives of the studies and the research are to enable athletes to achieve the most optimum performance possible, to reduce the risks of injury and to act in the decision making to support the technical staff and club hierarchy in the management of human resources.
The health of the players: the better the more valuable

The primary object of MilanLab is the protection of each player. Psycho-physical well-being of players is a more valuable asset than that of a football team as a whole, in that those who take the pitch are more important from a sporting point of view than from an economic point of view.

The systematic approach: the organisation as the sum of its components

MilanLab takes its work forward through the development of the concept of the 'systematic vision' of a football team. Whatever the organisation, be it a company or a football team, it can be considered an 'entity' composed of various sub-systems which work in conjunction to determine the overall result of the primary system. The overall productivity of the system is provided from the input of each single sub-system that comprises it: to maximise results as a whole it is necessary therefore to optimise the productivity of every related sub-system, collecting the greatest amount of information from all the areas involved in the process.
The functional levels

At the base of Milanlab there is a dominating vision of understanding health as a total state of physical, mental and social well-being that is dependent on the balancing of three principal functional levels: (neuro)structural, biochemical and mental that together all represent the area of participation.
(Neuro)structural area: is based on the chiropractor approach that emphasizes the intrinsic ability of the body to recover without drugs or surgical intervention.
Biochemical area: the body is considered to be a physio-chemical-biological entity, with focus on the bio-chemical changes occurring in the body during exercise.
Mental area: the study and monitoring of the psychological state of the athlete taking advantage of the Mind Room, a glassed-in facility that helps players relax and relieve stress. The mental training lasts 20 minutes and takes place after every training session. The programme enables up to eight players at a time to make use of comfortable ergonomic seats to view relaxing images while psychologists monitor their mental state via miniature electrodes fitted to the players' head which send out a signal from the scalp to a computer. Head psychologist of the Mind Room is Doctor Bruno Demichelis, the Milan psychologist who uses the facility to improve the recovery rate of the players between matches and to provide scope for them to overcome negative stress.
Artificial intelligence in the service of sport

MilanLab takes advantage of the latest advanced and sophisticated software technologies available in order to collect and to process information. The system of artificial intelligence collects and processes the information, a self-taught mechanism with the ability 'to learn' through the process of memorised data which can determine which factors will cause a player to suffer an injury. The psycho-physical information regarding every player is gathered through a sophisticated system of wiring connected to the Unysis output point and supported by hardware installation supplied by AMD. At this point, a sophisticated software programme developed by Computer Associates performs neural analysis and uses artificial intelligence to transform vast amounts of numeric medical statistics into meaningful predictions through the PAS technology (Predictive Analysis Server), a system that works to predict the possible risks to the players.

Research partnership

MilanLab is a multi-disciplinary research and development project which looks to the future, taking advantage of data gained from past experience. Within this, Milanlab has developed research partnerships with the most prestigious international research centres: SENSEable City Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston (USA); The Department of Bioengineering of the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) and the Centre of Research in Epistemology Knowledge and Application (CRESA) of the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele.

Ricky Kaka's Goal until may 05, 2009

Until may 05, 2009,Kaka has scored 15 goals this season, which are added to his previous 79 goals, for a total of 94. Particularity: 15 goals distributed in 12 different games


69 GOALS IN SERIE A:
5 October 2003 - Inter-Milan 1-3 - 1 goal
6 December 2003 - Empoli-Milan 0-1 - 1 goal
11 January 2004 - Milan-Reggina 3-1 - 2 goals
25 January 2004 - Milan-Ancona 5-0 - 2 goals
28 January 2004 - Milan-Siena 2-1 - 1 goal
21 February 2004 - Milan-Inter 3-2 - 1 goal
7 March 2004 - Milan-Sampdoria 3-1 - 1 goal
17 April 2004 - Siena-Milan 1-2 - 1 goal
19 September 2004 - Bologna-Milan 0-2 - 1 goal
3 October 2004 - Milan-Reggina 3-1 - 1 goal
4 December 2004 - Parma-Milan 1-2 - 1 goal
16 January 2005 - Milan-Udinese 3-1 - 1 goal
27 February 2005 - Inter-Milan 0-1 - 1 goal
13 March 2005 - Milan-Sampdoria 1-0 - 1 goal
23 April 2005 - Milan-Parma 3-0 - 1 goal
10 September 2005 - Milan-Siena 3-1 - 1 goal
21 September 2005 - Milan-Lazio 2-0 - 1 goal
29 October 2005 - Milan-Juventus 3-1 - 1 goal
6 November 2005 - Milan-Udinese 5-1 - 1 goal
8 January 2006 - Milan-Parma 4-3 - 1 goal
22 January 2006 - Siena-Milan 0-3 - 2 goals
8 February 2006 - Milan-Treviso 5-0 - 1 goal
26 March 2006 - Milan-Fiorentina 3-1 - 1 goal
9 April 2006 - Milan-Chievo 3-1 - 3 goals
7 May 2006 - Parma-Milan 2-3 - 1 goal
14 May 2006 - Milan-Roma 2-1 - 1 goal
17 September 2006 - Parma-Milan 0-2 - 1 goal
28 October 2006 - Milan-Inter 3-4 - 1 goal
20 December 2006 - Milan-Catania 3-0 - 2 goal
23 December 2006 – Udinese-Milan 0-3 – 1 goal
15 April 2007 – Messina-Milan 1-3 – 1 goal
18 April 2007 – Ascoli-Milan 2-5 – 2 goals
26 August 2007 - Genoa-Milan 0-3 - 2 goals
3 September 2007 - Milan-Fiorentina - 1 goal
30 September 2007 - Milan-Catania - 1 goal
7 October 2007 - Lazio-Milan 1-5 - 2 goals
31 October 2007 - Sampdoria-Milan 0-5 - 1 goal
13 January 2008 - Milan-Napoli 5-2 - 1 goal
9 March 2008 - Empoli-Milan 1-3 - 1 goal
15 March 2008 - Roma-Milan 2-1 - 1 goal
5 April 2008 - Milan-Cagliari 3-1 - 1 goal
20 April 2008: Milan-Reggina 5-1 - 3 goals, 2 from penalty spot
4 May 2008: Milan-Inter 2-1 - 1 goal
21 September 2008: Milan-Lazio 4-1 - 1 goal
26 October 2008: Atalanta-Milan 0-1 - 1 goal
29 October 2008: Milan-Siena 2-1 - 1 goal
16 November 2008: Milan-Chievo 1-0 - 1 goal
7 December 2008: Milan-Catania 1-0 - 1 goal
21 December 2008: Milan-Udinese 5-1 - 2 goals
25 January 2009: Bologna-Milan 1-4 - 2 goals
1 February 2009: Lazio-Milan 0-3 - 1 goal
7 February 2009: Milan-Reggina 1-1 - 1 goal
19 April 2009: Milan-Torino 5-1 - 1 goal
26 April 2009: Milan-Palermo 3-0 - 2 goals from penalty spot
3 May 2009: Catania-Milan 0-2 - 1 goal

23 GOALS IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
4 November 2003 - Bruges-Milan 0-1 - 1 goal
9 December 2003 - Milan-Celta Vigo 1-2 - 1 goal
23 March 2004 - Milan-Deportivo La Coruna 4-1 - 2 goals
24 November 2004 - Milan-Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 - 2 goals
13 September 2005 - Milan-Fenerbahce 3-1 - 2 goals
6 December 2005 - Milan-Schalke 04 3-2 - 2 goals
8 March 2006 - Milan-Bayern Monaco 4-1 - 1 goal
13 September 2006 - Milan-Aek Atene 3-0 - 1 goal
17 October 2006 - Anderlecht-Milan 0-1 - 1 goal
1 November 2006 - Milan-Anderlecht 4-1 - 3 goals
7 March 2007 – Milan-Celtic 1-0 – 1 goal
3 April 2007 – Milan-Bayern 2-2 – 1 goal
24 April 2007 – Manchester-Milan 3-2 – 2 goals
2 May 2007 – Milan-Manchester 3-0 – 1 goal
3 October 2007 - Champions League - Celtic-Milan 2-1 - 1 goal
6 November 2007 - Champions League - Shakhtar-Milan 0-3 - 1 goal

1 GOAL IN SUPER EUROPEAN CUP
31 August 2007 – Milan-Sevilla – 1 goal

1 GOAL IN WORLD CLUB CUP
16 December 2007 - Boca Juniors-Milan 2-4 - 1 goal

Sing - AC Milan Anthem/ Song ,"Milan Sempre Per te."

Inget lagu yang dinyanyikan Milanisti ketika lawan liverpool di final liga champion 23 mei beberapa tahun lalu? ini dia lagunya
Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te

Camminiamo noi accanto ai nostri eroi
sopra un campo verde, sotto un cielo blu
Conquistate voi una stella in più
a brillar per noi
e insieme cantiamo

Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te

oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
una grande squadra
sempre in festa olè
oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh
e insieme cantiamo

Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te

Con il Milan nel cuore
nel profondo dell'anima
un vero amico sei
e insieme cantiamo

Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te

Milan always for you...

yeah always for Milan..

2 SUPERSTAR : PIPPO AND RICKY

Two goals, two posts, other chances missed. It could have been a goalfest at the Massimino, but the objective has been reached: victory and good football also at Catania, where Milan hadn't won in 45 years.

A very determined and concentrated Milan side presented themselves at Catania to start the series of five final matches that should bring Milan finally back into the Champions League.

Milan confirmed the formation that played against Palermo, with the only exception being Mathieu Flamini, who was suspended, and who was replaced by Marek Jankulovski. Zambrotta returned on the right flank, while Clarence Seedorf supported Kaká and Inzaghi up front. Pato started from the bench, along with Ronaldinho. Also Daniele Bonera was available, who returned after his last appearence on 8 March, Milan-Atalanta 3-0.

Just before the start of the match a muscular problem seemed to force Kaká to forfait, but Ricky kept it together and played anyway. As for Catania, suspended coach Walter Zenga left his place to assistant coach Giuseppe Irrera, after choosing a starting 11 composed of Kosicky, Silvestri, Silvestre, Stovini, Capuano, Carboni, Biagianti, Izco, Mascara, Martinez and Morimoto.

It rained hard at the Massimino, the pitch was very slippery, on the stands the fans made a lot of noise, the referee was De Marco of Chiavari.

Aside from a lucky chance in the 7th minute, when Favalli tried to send the ball out and accidentally hit his own post, risking an incredible own goal, the home side let Milan play their football. Milan came close to scoring in the 11th minute, with a nice header by Maldini on a corner kick which was cleared by Izco on the goal line.

In the 27th minute Milan scored with Pippo Inzaghi: Kaká won the ball in midfield, served Inzaghi who controlled the ball and beat Kosicky with a right footed shot. For Superpippo it was the 13th goal in the league.

Soon later, in the 30th minute, Dida did well to dive low to keep out a shot from distance by Mascara after a counterattack move. In the 39th minute Catania claimed a penalty for an alleged handball by Favalli, but for De Marco it's involuntary. On the next move, a great one-two between Kaká-Pirlo, with Andrea playing it brilliantly on Kaká's head just in front of Kosicky, but this time Superpippo put it wide.

The first half finished 0-1. One change only during half time: for Catania, Tedesco takes Izco's place to give the home side more attacking influences. No substitutions for Milan.

It was the new entry who immediately gave Milan a scare after just a minute, with a long distance shot with his left foot that went just wide. Catania looked good and played the kind of football Walter Zenga likes to see, both against big and small teams.

But, unfortunately for them, the Rossazzurri's dreams of a comeback were dashed in the 7th minute of the second half: Ambrosini crossed it in, Beckham headed the ball, Kosicky couldn't hold on to it and it was too easy for Kaká to make it 2-0.

In the 17th minute there was another golden chance for Inzaghi, who sent the ball just wide from close range on a cross by Kaká. In the 21st minute Inzaghi did not have luck on his side as the post denied him a second goal. Just a minute later Milan hit the woodwork again. This time it was Kaká, who showed a great piece of skill to curl the ball with a right footed effort toward the far post, but the Catania goal said no. In the 29th minute there was the first change: Pato in, allowing him to celebrate his 50th appearence in Serie A, and man of the match Inzaghi out. Soon later Bonera made his return after almost two months of absence, coming in for Beckham, and the young Mattioni, who made his debut in the league, also came in for Kaká.

The final minutes saw Milan continuously in attack. It was a true assault on the Rossazzurri's area, but the match finished 0-2: a result that is too small for us, but which brings us ever closer to the Champions League.