MILAN - "Our colors will be red, as we will be devils and black, like the fear that we’ll strike in our opponents.” Herbert Kilpin, 1899.These are the words that begin the presentation video for Milan’s new Adidas match jersey for the 2012/2013 season. Words that can’t fail to strike a chord in the hearts of all Rossoneri fans.Images from Milan’s night with memories of last season which ended with the club’s 18th league title, celebrated in Piazza Duomo, the heart of the city.Ready? Let’s roll.

Three derbies this weekend for Bertuzzo’s Giovanissimi Nazionali, the Giovanissimi Regionali 99’ and the Pulcini 2000. Saturday is also the last day of the regular season for Dolcetti’s Primavera side with them needing a point against Cittadella to get into the Final Eight. That match will be broadcast live on Sportitalia.
Saturday 21 April
Primavera
CITTADELLA-MILAN, at 15.00, TOMBOLATO VIALE DELLO SPORT 7 CITTADELLA PD
Esordienti 2000
MILAN-CITTA' DI SEGRATE, 10a f.p., at 15.00, CS Vismara Via Dei Missaglia 117 MILANO CAMPO D
Esordienti 2001
MILAN-ROMANO BANCO, 10a f.p., at 15.45, CS VISMARA Via dei Missaglia 117 MILANO Campo D
Pulcini A 2002
INTER/MILAN, 10a f.p., at 15.00, ACCADEMIA I.C. VIA CILEA 51 MILANO
Sunday 22 April 2012
All.Naz. 1995
HELLAS VERONA-MILAN,  10a rit., at 11.00, Com.le San Gregorio di Veronella Via Lavagnoli
All.Ia and Iia div.96
PIACENZA-MILAN, at 15.00, PODENZANO (PC) Via IV Novembre (campo sintetico)
Giovanissimi Nazionali
INTER-MILAN,  13a rit., at 11.00, CS LOMBARDINA, VIA SBARBARO, MILANO
Giov.Reg. 98
COMO-MILAN, 12a rit., at 9.30, COM.LE D.BRUGA VIA S.MARGHERITA 1 BIZZARONE
Giov.Reg.B 99
INTER-MILAN, 12a rit., at 15.00, CAMPO BRUZZANO N.1 VIA COMASINA 115 MILANO
Esord.A 2000 
CINISELLO-MILAN, recup.8a f.p., at 9.30, CS SCIREA VIA CILEA 50 CINISELLO B.

MILAN - Andrea De Marco who will referee Milan-Bologna on Sunday was born in Genova in 1973. He has 102 game's experience in the Italian top flight where he made his debut on 9 May 2004. He has refereed Milan 16 times with a record of 11 wins, 4 draws and a single loss. His record with Bologna reads 5 wins, as many losses and 3 draws. His last match with the Rossoneri was Milan 2-0 Lecce last season.

MILANELLO – Back to work for the team this morning at the Milanello sports centre ahead of Sunday’s match against Bologna at 15.00 at the San Siro.After warming up, the group concentrated on athletic work divided into two groups. Both Ignazio Abate and Mark Van Bommel trained normally.On the central pitch, Kevin Prince Boateng, Alexandre Pato, Thiago Silva, Massimo Ambrosini and Rino Gattuso all trained apart. Training for them today was particularly intense.Training tomorrow is scheduled for 11.00 am.

MILAN – Once again this year, the San Siro stadium will play a part in Milan’s White Night. Milan’s football theatre will play host to numerous initiatives for sport and enjoyment. This year, the event will take place in May and was presented today in the San Siro press room in the presence of Alfonso Cefaliello of M-I Stadio A. C. Milan, Chiara Bisconti from Milan’s city council, Milly Moratti eand Pierfrancesco Barletta of M-I Stadio F. C. Internazionale.

On Thursday 19 April at the Bar palco in Via Manuzia in Milan, the Giovanile Maurizio Mosca trophy, inaugurated last season by Giovanni Trapattoni will be presented along with a book dedicated to the journliast who passed away two years ago. The Italian football federation Vice President will be in attendance along with TV commentator Sandro Piccini, ex players Luis Suarez and Giovanni Lodetti and the actor Ugo Conti.

The official club account will soon reach more than 500,000 followers confirming Milan’s position as Italy’s number one club when it comes to the in vogue social network.Last month, it was Adriano Galliani who was answering the questions @acmilan with his own Q&A session (#askGalliani).Did you miss today’s session with the coach?Here are the questions and answers published on the Rossoneri twitter page! #askAllegri!
@acmilan: I’m ready to answer your questions.What are you waiting for?/Sono pronto a rispondere alle vostre domande! #askAllegri
• @TeoBrambilla: Are you a tech person? Do you use tablet, smartphones, facebook and twitter or you’re still a pen and paper person? #askAllegri@acmilan: I'm not really a tech person but I use technology for work.. actually not using twitter and fb by the way #askAllegri
• @LIONALO: Mister lei che è livornese, come l’ha vissuta la tragedia Morosini? #askAllegri@acmilan: è scomparso un ragazzo giovane, improvvisamente, per cui è stato un dispiacere per tutti #askAllegri
• @cosettascia: What do you do in your spare time? #askAllegri@acmilan: I don't have a lot of free time and I usually spend it with my daughter! #askAllegri
• @Gabry2787: oltre a Stephan quale altro giovane di talento vedrebbe e vorrebbe al Milan? #askAllegri@acmilan: Ciao @Gabry2787! Al Milan ci sono altri ragazzi giovani che sono "tipi da Milan". Stiamo lavorando molto con loro #askAllegri
 
• @yohey8: Which is the most fantastic goal you’ve ever seen as ACM coach and why? #askAllegri@acmilan: Ibra in Lecce last year for technique and difficulty #askAllegri
• @RobertaMasella2: Do you love driving cars? How many cars do you have? #askGalliani@acmilan: I love driving cars.. I only have one car and it’s an #audi #askAllegri
• @Tareq_Sabri: We love what u r doing with the team but we can play other than 4-3-1-2? My beloved Milan is becoming one sided #askAllegri@acmilan: we play in the best possible way for our players so that they can express themselves at their best way #askAllegri
• @FedeZambo: che differenze ci sono tra allenare una squadra con l’obiettivo salvezza come il Cagliari e una blasonata come il Milan?@acmilan: ci sono tantissime differenze, la + grande è che nelle piccole hai una partita alla settimana e nelle grandi una ogni tre giorni #askGalliani
• @Slick_A: #askAllegri Who is your role model? Who did you look up to as a kid?@acmilan: I’m an offensive midfielder and when I was a kid I looked up to #Platini #askAllegri
• @rafiebasta: which is the best place you ever visited? #askAllegri@acmilan: ciao @rafiebasta, I’ve visited so many places that it’s hard just saying one but I think Italy remains the best in the world #askAllegri
• @jjgambes: Mr Allegri: what do you think about people to ask for change the more experimented players as Ambrosini and Seedorf? #askAllegri@acmilan: I think I like football because it’s questionable! : ) #askAllegri
• @botta92: qual è il ricordo della sua carriera da calciatore che porta nel cuore? #askAllegri@acmilan: ciao @botta92! Ce ne sono tanti, ma in particolare la stagione ’91/’92 a Pescara #askAllegri
• @erne1976: #askAllegri Mister complimenti per quest’anno perché non puntare su Merkel l’ano prossimo? Grande Mister!@acmilan: #Merkel è un giocatore che ha fatto bene con il Milan, e adesso si sta riprendendo. E’ un giocatore su cui puntare! #askAllegri
• @superoinarosa: what about the locker room at Milanello? Who’s the real joker? Gattuso or Cassano? #askAllegri@acmilan: #Cassano is the real jocker of the locker room in #Milanello! #askAllegri
• @TessMasazza: Do you like fashion? Sporty or classy, how do you feel? #askAllegri@acmilan: I love classy italian fashion. Luckily Milan wear @DolceeGabbana #askAllegri
• @BrLiN_BrLiN: have you think about getting Del Piero, is it even considered as one of the choices which is available on summer? #askAllegri@acmilan: I think Del Piero belongs to Juventus and they won’t let him go away.. #askAllegri/La Juve non si farà scappare Del Piero.
• @MaryAnto1986: cosa ne pensa se il Milan acquistasse Asamoah per il centrocampo? Non sarebbe un grande rinforzo? #askAllegri@acmilan: Asamoah è un ottimo giocatore!/Asamoah is a really good player! #askAllegri
• @Girret1: #askAllegri what is your most memorable win as the coach of Milan?@acmilan: The most memorable one is the Scudetto/Sicuramente la vittoria dello Scudetto #askAllegri
• @Oetteucci: #askAllegri buongiorno Mister capita di finire il primo tempo da sconfitti e i giocatori sono molli. Rientrando rinascono, cosa dice loro?@acmilan: racconto loro una barzelletta!! :)) #askAllegri
• @mariannagnam: What do you think about the importance of doing the winter training session in Dubai? #askAllegri@acmilan: #Dubai is the best solution to have a good training #askAllegri
• @CarterCaste: pensa davvero che sia san siro la causa degli infortuni così frequenti? #askAllegri@acmilan: ciao @carterCaste, non credo San Siro sia la causa. E’ una stagione particolare! #askAllegri
• @GuiFortins @acmilanoficial Smp ouço do Milan Junior Camp BR, ja vi foto de crianças q foram a Milão.Qual o papel deste projeto p o clube?#askallegri@acmilan: Milan have a strong presence in Brazil with #MilanJuniorCamp. We’re also the most loved European team in Brazil! #askAllegri
• @zeropuntosedici: Mister è da noi da quasi due anni. Come descrive in 3 aggettivi questo periodo sulla panchina rossonera? #askAllegri@acmilan: #askAllegri 1)intenso 2)av..vincente 3)entusiasmante
• @nktyce: if there’s a repeat of the match against Barcellona, is there anything you would change? If yes, what? #askAllegri@acmilan: I would change the first time result #forzamilan #askAllegri
• @PietroBenassi10: are you vain? What do you do to keep in shape and young? #askAllegri@acmilan: I’m a little bit vain! I like taking care of myself! #askAllegri
• @irmavicc: are you guys ever coming to sweden? #askAllegri@acmilan: we’ve already been there this summer but we’d like to go back #askAllegri
• @ZloTChY: what do you think about the debut of Mesbah in Milan? #askAllegri@acmilan: A really good debut, I’m very happy for him #Mesbah #askAllegri
• @bobbyblowdart: it’s great to see Milan rejuvenating the squad under your management. What are the aims for the newxt year? CL and semifinal and scudetto? #askAllegri@acmilan: we signed 20 new young players. I would have loved to play the semi-final but I’ll watch it on @SkySport!
• @francygelmi: mia mamma Cristina ti adora! Collezionava tutte le tue figurine.. dice che sei bellissimo. #askAllegri @acmilan La saluti con un tweet?? : )@acmilan: ciao, mamma di @francygelmi! : )))
• @sandersonambela: #askAllegri when will Cassano get back to the starting 11?@acmilan: I hope #Cassano will be back as soon as possible, both for us and the National Team! #askAllegri
• @Futbol_Magazine: Sei giornate ed un testa a testa esaltante. Vince: il più bravo, il meno stanco o quello con i nervi più saldi? #askAllegri@acmilan: vincerà la squadra con i nervi più saldi! #askAllegri
• @cheryljennifer: who do you think will win the champions league this year? #askAllegri@acmilan: I think Barça/Credo il Barça #UCL #askAllegri
• @muhazhaar: have you ever come to indonesia? #askAllegri@acmilan: not yet, but I would like to go there. #askAllegri
• @farciefisio8: mister in cosa pensa di essere migliorato da quando è passato dalla C alla A? #askAllegri@acmilan: 2 anni di Milan mi hanno fatto crescere. Due fattori fondamentali per lavorare qui: comunicazione e.. pazienza #askAllegri
• @MaxBrigante: Mister hai anche tu, come molti giocatori, una canzone che ti carica prima delle partite?  #askAllegri@acmilan: Ciao @MaxBrigante! Non ho una canzone preferita, ma mia figlia, che ha 16 anni, mi sta insegnando i nuovi generi musicali #askAllegri
• @MirkoDiCiaccio: volevo fare al Mister una domanda tattica: come mai i calci d’angolo vengono molto spesso battuti corti? #forzamilan #askallegri@acmilan: .. per avere una soluzione diversa.. #askAllegri
• @collari: Forza Milan! Mettetecela tutta per portare a casa questo meritato scudetto #askAllegri
• @acmilan: Ora devo proprio andare, grazie a tutti! E’ stato molto divertente! Now I really have to go, thank you everyone, I had a lot of fun! #forzaMilan #askAllegri
 

MILAN – With only a point between Milan and Juventus, “The team that keeps their nerve will win it”. A twitter prediction from Massimiliano Allegri.Writing in English and Italian, Allegri touched on many themes when answering question from fans all over the world. He hopes Cassano will be back “as soon as possible, both for Milan’s good and Italy’s.” What would he change about the second leg against Barcelona? “The half time score” said the Rossoneri coach. As for the upcoming transfer window, “Asamoah’s a fine player” said the coach explaining that besides El Shaarawy, “there are other young players at the club who are Milan quality. We’re working a lot with them. Merkel is on his way back, he’s a youngster we’re counting on.”

MILAN – The numbers ahead of Bologna’s visit to the San Siro on Sunday afternoon at 15.00:THE LAST FIVE MATCHESMILAN - Parma-Milan 0-2, Milan-Roma 2-1, Catania-Milan 1-1, Milan-Fiorentina 1-2, Chievo-Milan 0-1.BOLOGNA - Bologna-Chievo 2-2, Atalanta-Bologna 2-0, Bologna-Palermo 1-3, Cesena-Bologna 0-0, Bologna-Cagliari 1-0.
THE FIVE MOST USED PLAYERSMILAN - Nocerino 2732 minutes, Abbiati 2435, Thiago Silva 2428, Ibrahimovic 2400, Abate 2370.BOLOGNA - Mudingayi 2802 minutes, Gillet 2749, Portanova 2745, Raggi, Di Vaio 2491.
ASSISTSIbrahimovic 68, Ramirez 44, Robinho 42, Diamanti 35, Emanuelson 29, Cassano 27, Konè 24.GOAL SCORING ASSISTS - Robinho 7, Aquilani 6, Cassano 6, Ibrahimovic 6, Di Vaio 4, Ramirez 4, Boateng 3.
SHOTS AND GOALSSHOTS - Ibrahimovic 110, Diamanti 79, Di Vaio 59, Robinho 45, Ramirez 45, Nocerino 42, Acquafresca 34.GOALS - Ibrahimovic 23, Di Vaio 10, Nocerino 9, Diamanti 6, Acquafresca 5, Robinho 5, Ramirez 5.
MILAN STATISTICSPOSSESSION: 29:46 minutes per gameSHOTS ON TARGET: 6.3PASSES: 661PASSES COMPLETED: 70.6 %TERRITORIAL ADVANTAGE: 13:23 minutes in the opponent’s halfATTACKING INDEX: 61.7 % measurement of how dangerous the team is going forward
BOLOGNA STATISTICSPOSSESSION: 21:36 minutes per gameSHOTS ON TARGET: 4.7PASSES: 484.3PASSES COMPLETED: 57 %TERRITORIAL ADVANTAGE: 7:57 minutes in the opponent’s halfATTACKING INDEX: 41.3 % measurement of how dangerous the team is going forward
(Source: Panini Digital per legaseriea.it)

MILAN - Bologna's official website reports that the team had a single training session today. Coach Pioli welcomed back Antonosson who trainined normally with the rest of the group. Taider is out with a dose of the flu while Crespo, Casarini and Gillet underwent therapy. Krhin had a rest day.

MILAN – Tomorrow at the Monterosso church in Bergamo, Piermario Morosini’s fineral will take place. Milan will be represented by Ariedo Braida, Mauro Bianchessi and two players from the Rossoneri Primavera squad Kingsley Boateng and Marco Guzzo.

MILAN - Half way through the Q&A on the club's twitter page and Allegri has been asked what was the best goal during his time at the club and who is the most cheerful guy in the changing room.Here's what the coach had to say: "From a technical point of view and the tightness of the angle, Ibra's goal At Lecce in January 2011. The happiest guy in the changing room is definitely Cassano."

MILAN - At 17.00 today on the Milan Channel, an exclusive interview with Alessandro Nesta will go on the air. Here's some of what he had to say: "We'll see about my future. We'll look at everything at the end of the year. I'm definitely not going to Juventus, that's for sure. After that anything's possible and we'll see at the end of the season. I wanted to make clear that I'm not going to Juventus though. Don't believe what you read. I don't have an agent and if someone wants to talk to me they have to contact me. No one has. I don't need to go to Juventus and they don't need me, so there's no problem."

MILANELLO - All the photos from today's training session.

MILAN - The Milan Store in Piazza San Fedele will remain open tomorrow until 22.00 because of the Salone del Mobile in the city.