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MILAN - At the end of training today, coach Massimiliano Allegri read out the list of the 21 players for Catania-Milan at the Massimino stadium tomorrow at 18.00:Abbiati, Amelia, Piscitelli, Abate, Antonini, Bonera, De Sciglio, Mexes, Zambrotta, Yepes, Ambrosini, Aquilani, Boateng, Emanuelson, Gattuso, Merkel, Nocerino, El Shaarawy, Ibrahimovic, Maxi Lopez, Robinho
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MILAN – Here’s what Catania coach Vincenzo Montella had to say on the eve of Catania-Milan at the Massimino stadium:  “Milan are definitely not tired, they’re used to playing at these levels and with this frequency and we won’t have any advantage in that sense. Besides seeing our recent results, they won’t underestimate us. They’re in good form, they had a few chances against Barcelona and they were in the game all the way despite the difficulty of playing against such a good team. It’s an important game for the title although not decisive. You need two things to beat Milan. We’ll have to give 101% and they have to have a bit of an off day. I hope that Catania can express themselves well on the field, not just the talent but also the determination. The fan’s joy at the moment pushes us on and we’re eager to measure ourselves against such a great team. Lopez? He had a great chance, he earned it as well. I imagine it’s a special feeling that welcomed him to Italian football.”
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(IN THE PHOTO: Rino Gattuso in training) MILAN –The Rossoneri started training at 11.00 this morning ahead of the match against Catania tomorrow at the Massimoni stadium. After the team meeting held by Allegri, the players got to work on the central pitch at the Milanello sports centre.The session started with the players doing a warm up with the ball as well as calisthenics for the limbs, sprints through the obstacles and a stretching session.Training continued with a series of tactical drills ahead of the match against Vincenzo Montella’s players tomorrow evening. Mark Van Bommel trained apart from his team mates.Here are the 21 players called up by Allegri for tomorrow’s match:Abbiati, Amelia, Piscitelli, Abate, Antonini, Bonera, De Sciglio, Mexes, Zambrotta, Yepes, Ambrosini, Aquilani, Boateng, Emanuelson, Gattuso, Merkel, Nocerino, El Shaarawy, Ibrahimovic, Maxi Lopez, Robinho.
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MILAN - Here's Vincenzo Montella's squad for the match against Milan at 18.00 at the Massimino stadium tomorrow:Keepers:20 Carrizo, 1 Kosicky, 29 TerraccianoDefenders:14 Bellusci, 33 Capuano, 6 Legrottaglie, 12 Marchese, 11 Motta, 3 SpolliMidfielders:4 Almiron, 28 Barrientos, 13 Izco, 16 Llama, 10 Lodi, 19 Ricchiuti, 8 SeymourForwards:  18 Bergessio, 32 Catellani, 22 Ebagua, 17 Gomez, 7 Lanzafame, 9 Suazo
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MILAN - All the photos ahead of this evening's charity match in Glasgow.
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(IN THE PHOTO: Antonio Cassano in training last Thursday at the Milanello sports centre)MILANO - A.C. Milan communicates that the procedure for Antonio Cassano’s return to competitive action has begun. The Italian Federation of Sporting Doctors (FMSI) has been asked for their expert opinion to be given through a commission composed of:-Prof. Maurizio Casasco President of the Italian Federation of Sporting Doctors (FMSI) and the International Federation of Sports Medicine-Prof. Paolo Zeppilli, coordinating director of the Sports Medicine Specialization School and director of the Gemelli Policlinico in Rome-Prof. Antonio Carolei Director of the Neurological Clinic in the University of Aquila -Prof. Cesare Colosimo, Director of the Institute of Radiology in the Gemelli Policlinico in Rome-Prof. Domenico Corrado, President of the Italian Sports cardiology Society in Padova.-Prof. Francesco De Ferrari from the University of Brescia-Prof. Natale Mario Di Luca from the University of Sapienza in Roma-Prof. Franco Piovella from the cardiovascular department in the IRCCS Policlinico in Pavia-Prof. Leandro Provinciali Director of the neurolgiacal clinic in the University of Ancona-Prof. Arsenio Veicsteinas, President of the faculty of Motor Science in Statale University in Milan. The commission will meet on 2 April in Milan and if the news they bring is positive, Antonio Cassano will get the certificate that will allow him, once again, to get back to action on the pitch.
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MILAN – All sold out for the match between Milan Glorie and the legends of Glasgow rangers. Click here for more information.  
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(IN THE PHOTO: Franco Baresi, Daniele Massaro and Lorenzo Amoruso pose with the protagonists of the evening) Milan Glorie will face a Rangers select side this eveing in a charity match at the Ibrox stadium. Proceeds from the evening will go towards the Milan Foundation and the Rangers Charity Foundation.46,000 tickets went up for sale and the event is SOLD OUT.The Legends of Glasgow Rangers will be coached by Walter Smith (who also coached Rino Gattuso). The side will be captained by Richard Gough alongside Brain Laudrup, Ally McCoist, Mark Hately, Paul Gascoine, Andy Goram, Lorenzo Amoruso, Jorg Albertz, Michael Mols, Trevor Steven and Arthur Numan.Milan Glorie responds with Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Alessandro Costacurta, Gianluigi Lentini, Zvonimir Boban, Daniele Massaro, Simone Braglia, Massimo Taibi, Roberto Mussi, Stefano Nava, Angelo Carbone, Stefano Eranio, Diego Fuser, Alberigo Evani and Ibrahim Ba. Ally McCoist, Rangers Manager, had this to say: "It’s a fantastic initiative and I know that both the match and the charity dinner will be of interest to the fans. It’s a real pleasure to play host to such special players at Ibrox, players who were part of one of the strongest teams of all time.” Franco Bares: “It’s with real plasure that I captain Milan once again against the Rangers Legends at Ibrox. Our team is really happy to visit Scotland and to get into contact with the enthusias of the Scottish fans. I’m also very happy to once again see players and friends that I met in Italy like Gascoine, Hately and Amoruso.”Tickets for the match were sold at 10 for adults and 5 for children.
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MILAN – Speaking to Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport, Catania’s Argentinean Pablo Cesar Barrientos said: “Feet on the ground. We move bit by bit, game by game. I think Milan is a big enough match not to be thinking of anything else.”
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MILANO – Tomorrow’s match between Milan’s Primavera side and Atalanta will be shown live on Sportitalia from 14.00. The game will be shown on the Milan Channel at 21.15 and on Sunday at 12.00 and 17.00.
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MILAN – Primavera striker Adria Carmona anaylyses tomorrow’s match against Atalanta: “Saturday will be a delicate match because we want to get to the final stages without going through the play offs. Playing at home, we should be able to impose our game on them, moving the ball around well and taking our chances in front of goal. They’re very good at breaking forward and we’ll have to be better than them at that and not concede any space.”
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President Berlusconi has come back to his club.The Board of Directors have nominated him Honorary President by acclamation. Silvio Berlusconi was previously President of Milan:-from 24 March 1986 to 21 December 2004-from 15 June 2006 to 8 May 2008
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MILANELLO – The team started work at 15.00 on the central pitch at the Milanello sports centre today after yesterday’s draw against Barcelona.All players came out for to the central pitch including those who played last night. Abate, Cassano, Nesta, Boateng and Robinho all joined in. Clarence Seedorf followed a personalized training program.Abate took a full part in training including the practice match.Antonio Cassano on the other hand started training with the team before continuing his rehabilitation program in the gym.Massimiliano Allegri will hold his press conference tomorrow at 14.30 before taking the final training session ahead of the match in Catania on Saturday at 18.00.  
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MILAN – A new Milan Park has just opened in the Dhahran Palace hotel 4 kilometers from the city of Dhahran and 15 kilometres from Dammam on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The park is an indoor structure of 4,800 square metres. Already more than 300 children and their families have visited. Yesterday, Frank Rijkaard was a visitor signing autographs and posing for photos.  
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MILAN – Here’s the disciplinary situation facing the two clubs ahead of Catania-Milan on Saturday at 18.00. Djamel Mesbah and Sulley Muntari are suspended for the visitors while Alberto Aquilani, Daniele Bonera, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Clarence Seedorf are a booking away from a ban.Catani have no suspensions to deal with while Barrientos, Izco, Legrottaglie, Lodi, Potenza and Ricchiuti are a yellow card away from a suspension.
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MILAN – Here are the facts and figures ahead of Catania-Milan: THE LAST FIVE GAMESCATANIA - Inter-Catania 2-2, Cesena-Catania 0-0, Catania-Fiorentina 1-0, Catania-Lazio 1-0, Napoli-Catania 2-2.MILAN - Milan-Juventus 1-1, Palermo-Milan 0-4, Milan-Lecce 2-0, Parma-Milan 0-2, Milan-Roma 2-1. THE FIVE MOST USED PLAYERSCATANIA - Lodi 2593 minutes, Bellusci 2362, Almiron 2237, Legrottaglie 2193, Spolli 2127.MILAN - Nocerino 2448 minutes, Thiago Silva 2441 minuti, Nocerino 2346, Abate 2177, Abbiati 2144, Ibrahimovic 2109. ASSISTSIbrahimovic 62, Lodi 45, Robinho 41, Gomez 32, Bergessio 31, Cassano 27, Emanuelson 27.GOAL SCORING ASSISTS - Aquilani 6, Cassano 6, Robinho 6, Ibrahimovic 5, Lodi 5, Boateng 3, Emanuelson 3. SHOTS AND GOALSSHOTS - Ibrahimovic 98, Lodi 52, Bergessio 51, Gomez 51, Almiron 47, Robinho 41, Nocerino 41.GOALS - Ibrahimovic 22, Nocerino 9, Lodi 8, Bergessio 6, Barrientos 4, Boateng 4, Robinho 4. MILAN STATISTICSPOSSESSION: 30:10 minutes per match.SHOTS ON TARGET: 6.4PASSES: 668,2PASSES COMPLETED: 71,3 %TERRITORIAL ADVANTAGE: 13:38 minutes in the opposition halfATTACKING INDEX: 63,4 % Measurement of how dangerous the team are going forward. CATANIA STATISTICSPOSSESSION: 24:03 minutes per match.SHOTS ON TARGET: 4.8PASSES: 537,4PASSES COMPLETED: 61,7 %TERRITORIAL ADVANTAGE: 9:56 minutes in the opposition halfATTACKING INDEX: 47,6 % Measurement of how dangerous the team are going forward.(Source: Panini Digital per legaseriea.it)  
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MILAN - Here are the designated referees for this weekend's Serie A action:Bologna-Palermo: Gervasoni (Bianchi-Altomare/Tommasi), Cagliari-Atalanta: Rocchi (Giallatini-Vivenzi/Mariani), Catania-Milan (Saturday, 18): Bergonzi (Ghiandai-Marzaloni/Damato), Fiorentina-Chievo: Rizzoli (Alessandroni-Giordano/Gavillucci), Inter-Genoa: Valeri (Musolino-Vuoto/Doveri), Juventus-Napoli (Sunday at 20.45): Orsato (Di Liberatore-Tonolini/Brighi), Lecce-Cesena: Banti (Nicoletti-La Rocca/Ciampi), Parma-Lazio (Saturday at 20.45): Giannoccaro (Preti-Copelli/De Marco), Roma-Novara (Sunday at 12.30): Romeo (Giachero-Comito/Giancola), Siena-Udinese: Tagliavento (Viazzi-Liberti/Mazzoleni).
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MILANELLO - Training at the Milanello sports centre started at 15.00 with Ignazio Abate on the pitch with his team mates. Antonio Cassano is also taking part in the initial stages of the session. Check the site later for a full breakdown of what the team did.
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MILAN – Prior to yesterday evening, the last time Milan wore white at the San Siro in the Champions League was 9 years ago: 19 February 2003, Milan 1-0 Locomotive Moscow.It was the second group phase of the Champions League and a goal from Jon Dahl Tomasson gave Milan the win.
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MILAN - Mauro Bergonzi is the designated referee for Catania-Milan on Saturday at 18.00. He'll be assisted by Ghiandai and Marzaloni with Damato as fourth man.
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How do you go about your job? The start of the season was complicated by injuries but we’re slowly getting players back and so we’re developing. Work is based on improving technique with help from the MilanLab. Something to be underlined is the weekly meeting we have with the coached from the other age groups which allows us to share programs and objectives. What are the objectives? To get the best out of the kids and to improve them under all points of view. With players coming back into the group now, we hope to end the year with a trophy to show for the kids’ commitment. You spoke earlier about the particularity of the age group. What’s the good and the bad about dealing with the kids? The positive thing is the willingness and the enthusiasm. They absorb everything like a sponge. Of course with the onset of adolescence, a few problems can arise at home or at school and we have to try and manage them correctly. The club helps in this as they have professionals available. Do they know what it means to wear the Milan shirt? They have the right mentality. They show passion and desire as well as discipline and that’s a very good thing.  
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MILAN - With his 97th appearance for the club, Luca Antonini won Man of the Match from UEFA last night for his performance against the catalan giants as can be confirmed by the UEFA website here. Click here to hear what the player had to say after the match.
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MILANELLO - The players will train at 15.00 today at the Milanello sports centre with those who played last night doing a warm down session in the gym.
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MILAN – The official Catania wesite reports that yesterday the team trained in the afternoon at the Torre del Grifo working on tactics ahead of Saturday’s match against Milan. Gomez and Ricchiuti both scored in the end of training practice match while Bellusci and Almiro both stopped training early as a precautionary measure against light injuries. Biagianti worked out in the gym.Today's training session will be held behind closed dorrs.
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MILAN – From Monday 26 March, tickets are available for Milan-Fiorentina (7 April at 15.00) and Milan-Genoa (14 April at 18.00).Tickets can only be sold to fans in possession of the Tesera del Tifoso for those resident in Tuscany and Liguria.Click here for more details.  
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MILAN – Here’s what the press had to say after Milan’s match against Barcelona at the San Siro for the first leg of the Champions League quarter finals: LA GAZZETTA DELLO SPORTMILAN ARE ALIVE – The Rossoneri cage Messi. Barclona maintain possession but don’t sting. Binho and Ibra miss two sitters. Guardiola: “Pitch not good enough”. Berlusconi: “proud, but with some observations to make”. CORRIERE DELLO SPORTMILAN, BRAVISSIMO! – Barcelona stopped 0-0 and the Rossoneri come close to scoring. Tuesday in Spain, anything’s possible. TUTTOSPORTLIKE BEFORE- A lot of tactics and some shivers but no goals between the two. Ibra and Messi don't do it. All will be decided on Tuesday at the Nou Camp.CORRIERE DELLA SERAYOU CAN DO IT – The challenge starts off with a draw. Milan concrete, Barca weave. LA REPUBBLICAIT CAN BE DONE - Barca held, now Milan believe.   IL GIORNALENO GOAL BUT NO FEAR – Milan’s courage makes Barca disappear. Now it’s worth dreaming. Ibra and Robinho waste but Guardiola’s tank doesn’t fire. Bonera, Seedorf and Ambrsoini save the draw which builds trust.
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MILAN – After last night’s 0-0 against Barcelona at the San Siro, here are all the results from the quarter final stages of the Champions League / European Cup in the Berlusconi era. FIRST LEGS1990-91: Milan-Olympique Marsiglia 1-11994-95: Milan-Benfica 2-02003-04: Milan-Deportivo La Coruna 4-12004-05: Milan-Inter 2-02006-07: Milan-Bayern Monaco 2-22011-12: Milan-Barcellona 0-0Total: Ahead of the return leg at the Nou Camp next week, the record is 3 wins, 3 draws, 3 qualifications and 2 knock outs. SECOND LEGS1988-89: Milan-Werder Brema 1-01989-90: Milan-Malines 2-02002-03: Milan-Ajax 3-22005-06: Milan-Lione 3-1Total: 4 wins, 4 qualifications
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MILAN - Here are all the post match interviews after Milan-barcelona in the Champions League quarter final.
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MILAN - Here's what players and management had to say after Milan-Barcelona at the San Siro:MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI Well, the games over now and the players really put in a great performance. We created a few important situations on the pitch and we conceded very little. We suffered a little bit in the last 20 minutes of the first half, but I think it’s an important result against a really great team and now qualification for the semi final is still wide open.The players were very good. I think the second half was better than the last 20/25 minutes of the first half when they started to get the upper hand and we couldn’t seem to get going, but we were good and we knew how to suffer and not concede too much, we had some clear chances ourselves as well, Robinho, Ibrahimovic, Nocerino, Emanuelson  and against Barcelona as well. I think they’ve almost always managed to score in their games so the face that they didn’t here is a good sign.I’ve always said that I’m lucky enough to train a great group of professionals and even the players who aren’t on the pitch, even the ones who watch from the stands they’re always ready when they’re called upon and obviously that’s all thanks to them.Of course it’s obvious that playing as they do, the longer you can keep them from scoring the better it is, the more time they go without scoring, the more pressure you can put them under. The players did well in that.This game should give us a lot of satisfaction and also awareness ahead of Saturday which is a big game as we only have 9 matches left in the season. We have a four point lead and it’ll be an almost decisive match in the league. It’ll be a tough away game as they’re playing very well. Tomorrow we’ll rest, and the day after as well then we play on Saturday. Abate has been playing with the Primavera youth side so I think he’ll be available for selection. ANTONIO NOCERINO "We played a good game. We knew that they play good football, really good football and that they’re a fantastic team. We played our game making the most of their mistakes and in the first half we could have taken the lead. We did well in front of the best team in the world. I think that they respect us just as we respect them. It was a toughly fought game and we’ll play for the qualification against them in Barcelona. They respect is because we’re a great team with real champions we’ll try and get a goal and close down every single space to get a result there to make sure we reach our objective.”LUCA ANTONINI "They people from UEFA gave me the man of the match prize and in a game like this one, that just fills me with satisfaction. I’m happy most of all for the way that we played, head to head with Barcelona, the best team in the world and we showed that we can get through to the next round. Ambrosini was a real gladiator here tonight, he fought for every ball both in defense and attack. I saved a goal on Sanchez as I had the timing and the reflexes to slide in on time and take the ball away from him. A bit of skill and a bit of luck. We took them on and stayed with them head to head and that gives us the strength to go to the Nou Camp and play for the qualification for the semi finals. We’re quite satisfied with how things went. The pitch was bad, it didn’t allow us to play as we know how to, you could see it with that chance that Emanuelson had, but we were even stronger than the pitch!”MASSIMO AMBROSINI"These are great games to play. This draw should give us trust and courage. We’ll go there with the score at 0-0 and we’ll play. We’re a bit tired but that’s fine. There was the right spirit tonight, before, during and after the match. We’ll go to Barcelona with trust in ourselves. The squad deserve praise as do the fans. We’ll have the same spirit there as well. We have to be honest, we ‘re facing a team that has defined their era of football but we’ll go and we’ll play it. For Saturday, let’s hope we’ll have a a few players back.”CLARENCE SEEDORF"We’re satisfied even if we have be more clinical. We had three chances and that could make the difference. It’s a good result that leaves qualification open. We’ll need courage, quality and tactical attention, you can’t pressw for 90 minutes but Milan did well and they respect us. The pitch at the San Siro is the way it is. We have Catania next and then we’ll think about the enxt game. Now we need to rest.” ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC "It’s a good result and I’m happy because we didn’t concede but I’m less happy with the fact that we didn’t score with the chances that we had. We’ll be ready for the Nou Camp. Now we’ll think about Catania and then we’ll come back to thinking about Barcelona. The important thing is to make the most of the chances that come.” STEPHAN EL SHAARAWY "Very emotional and I’m very happy with my debut at the San Siro but most of all for the result and the performance. I had a couple of chances and I tried. I came on the pitch to give my team mates a hand, they moved the ball around very well we really had to do a lot of leg work. We’ll move to the return leg now. At the Nou Camp we’ll need to play a perfect game. They’ll try to score at any cost in front of their fans, we’ll have to play our game and put them in difficulty.”
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MILAN - Here are all the photos from Milan-Barcelona in the quarter final first leg played in the San Siro stadium.
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