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MILAN - Are you looking for an unforgettable experience? Come to the San Siro for the white night on 18 May and you can take a penalty kick on the same pitch that your football heroes play on!Gate 14 open from 18.00!
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After having been put off due to unfavorable weather conditions twice already, the eight edition of the Milan golf Tour 2012 got underway at the Carimate Golf Club with the participation of Daniele Massaro, Lea Pericoli, Claudio Chiappucci, Marco Bellavia and Giorgio Mastrota. The course conditions as well as the weather were perfect.16 teams are taking part at one of the most exclusive golf courses in northern Italy. Teams are made up of four players using the stableford formula. The final of this year’s tournament will take place at Arzaga Golf Club where the best teams will play for the title.Here’s the score so far:1° PAR 72 – 82 POINTS – SAVINELLI, GALLI, MASTROTA, FLORIBETH2° IL GIORNALE – 80 POINTS – FAVARI, COLOMBO, OMODEO, MINARDI DE MICHETTI3° IL MONDO DEL GOLF – 79 POINTS – ROCCATAGLIATA, KOOK, TARANTINO, SEMIANI All proceeds from this year’s tournament go to “The FA.T.A House”, a project that provides for children in difficulty who have been put into care. The funds raised will be used for the renovation of the current building doubling the number of children that can be housed.This year’s golf tournament is the eight edition; testament to the fact that some things get better with age. The courses are some of the most prestigious in the country, added to this is the chance to take part alongside some of the personalities from the club’s past and present, leading to a more substantial corporate appeal. The chance to contribute to Milan Foundation projects is hard to turn down.“Personally, from someone who has contributed first hand to the Milan Golf Tour, it means a lot to be able to contribute to these charity initiatives knowing that they’re for good causes“, said Daniele Massaro, Milan Foundation adviser. “And so, heartfelt thanks to all the businesses and friends who have participated this year in such large numbers.” The businesses taking part this year include: COATI, ERG, GREEN STEEL SOLANA, INTESA SANPAOLO, LA COLLINA DEI CILIEGI, MESSINA LINE, METALLURGICA GRAFFIGNANA, NIVEA FOR MEN, PARMACOTTO and PUBLITALIA ’80. The media partners include: IL GIORNALE and IL MONDO DEL GOLF. Technical Sponsors: AUDI, EGIDIO LOGISTICA, GLM&CO and PAR 72.
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MILAN – Here’s what Alessandro Nesta had to say in today’s press conference:"This is my last season at Milan, I’m leaving. When the season finishes, I think of the next one and the pace of the games doesn’t allow to play all the time and since I’m not able to sit on the bench, I’ve made this decision after 10 years where I‘ve always been happy, I’ve met great people and I’ve won so much. I want to go and try a different experience where I can still do something good.”“I always want to be important when playing. If I can’t play all the time, I don’t feel good and it’s the right decision to leave. I decided around February that this would be the last season, I spoke with the club and it’s all fine.”I haven’t yet signed anything and I don’t know where I’ll go. It wouldn’t be bad to cross the ocean. There won’t be any other chances.”“We all hoped to win the league because it was within reach, so there is disappointment. There’s a lot to evaluate for the future of the club, based on who stays and who goes.”I’ve been coming to training at Milanello for 10 years. I want to thank everyone for all these years and I’ll miss everyone.The players that I’ve played with for so many years, those that I’m most attached to, I’ll miss them in footballing terms.”“I think I’m a serious player and I’ve tried to improve myself every day of my career.”“Ancelotti was the most important coach of my career, for what we won and how we won. He made it seem like he was your team mate. My first Champions League title was the most beautiful win of my career.”
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MILANELLO - Alessandro Nesta held his final press conference as a Milan player today at the Milanello sports centre. Here's some of what he had to say: "This has been my last season with the club. I won't quit. I still feel good but the pace is too high for me. The club asked me to stay another year but I prefer to play somewhere with slower rhythms."
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MILANELLO – The team got back to training this morning at 11.00.Close to 70 minutes training for the team today. The session started with a 20 minute warm up and 5 minutes of stretching. Training continued with 15 minutes working on ball possession.Training ended with a half hour practice match using half the field.Inzaghi, Seedorf, Zambrotta, Flamini and Boateng all trained with the group. Ambrosini worked out in the gym. Pato, Thiago Silva and Van Bommel trained by running while Muntari spent the training session on the bike.Training tomorrow is scheduled for 11.00.
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MILANO - Here are the refereeing teams for the final week of Serie A action:Milan-Novara: Velotto (Giallatini-Cini/Baratta); Catania-Udinese: De Marco (Niccolai-Di Liberatore/Romeo); Cesena-Roma: Russo (Rosi-Cucchiarini/Calvarese); Chievo-Lecce: Banti (Dobosz-Preti/Rocchi); Fiorentina-Cagliari: Gallione (Nicoletti-Raparelli/Merchiori); Genoa-Palermo: Valeri (Stefani-Cariolato/Brighi); Juventus-Atalanta: Gava V. (La Rocca-Carretta/Palazzino); Lazio-Inter: Damato (Maggiani-Copelli/Tagliavento); Napoli-Siena: Celi (Iannello-Bianchi/Gervasoni); Parma-Bologna: Ciampi (Passeri-Evangelista/Doveri).
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MILAN – 37 league games worth of information ahead of Milan-Novara on Sunday afternoon. Here are all the facts and figures:THE LAST FIVE GAMESMILAN - Chievo-Milan 0-1, Milan-Bologna 1-1, Milan-Genoa 1-0, Siena-Milan 1-4, Inter-Milan 4-2.NOVARA - Napoli-Novara 2-0, Novara-Lazio 2-1, Novara-Juventus 0-4, Fiorentina-Novara 2-2, Novara-Cesena 3-0 THE FIVE MOST USED PLAYERSMILAN - Nocerino 3138 minutes, Ibrahimovic 2882, Abbiati 2854, Abate 2757, Thiago Silva 2428.NOVARA - Rigoni 3150 minutes, Gemiti 2955, Porcari 2945, Morganella 2711, Paci 2211. ASSISTSIbrahimovic 76, Rigoni 49, Robinho 47, Emanuelson 33, Cassano 33, Porcari 30, Seedorf 24.GOAL SCORING ASSISTS - Cassano 8, Robinho 7, Aquilani 6, Ibrahimovic 6, Rigoni 6, Boateng 5, Emanuelson 4.SHOTS AND GOALSSHOTS - Ibrahimovic 134, Rigoni 88, Robinho 53, Porcari 49, Nocerino 48, Boateng 39, Emanuelson 35.GOALS - Ibrahimovic 28, Rigoni 11, Nocerino 10, Robinho 6, Boateng 5, Morimoto 4, Cassano 3. MILAN STATISTICSPOSSESSION: 29:54 minutes per gameSHOTS ON TARGET: 6.4PASSES: 666.4PASS COMPLETION RATE: 71.1 %TERRITIRAL ADVANTAGE: 13:28 minutes per match in the other team’s halfATTACKING INDEX: 62.0 % measurement of how dangerous the team is pushing forward NOVARA STATISTICSPOSSESSION: 21:16 minutes per gameSHOTS ON TARGET: 4.2PASSES: 495.9PASS COMPLETION RATE: 59.0 %TERRITORIAL ADVANTAGE: 8:51 minutes per match in the other team’s halfATTACKING INDEX: 41.1 % measurement of how dangerous the team is pushing forward (Source: Panini Digital for legaseriea.it)  
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MILAN -  Abate is suspended for the last game of the season for Milan and Mascara sits out a ban for Novara.  
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MILAN - Alessandro Nesta became a Rossoneri player on the last day of the 2002 transfer window, Saturday 31 August. It was an electric day. The day after, Nesta traveled from the balcony of the Gallia Hotel to underneath the Curva Sud beside Inter’s Hernan Crespo in a friendly derby between the two Milanese teams.After making his debut against Modena on 14 September 2002, Alessandro and Milan have made history together. A proud and intense history going back to the Rossoneri qualification for the Champions League group stages at the expense of Slovan Liberac. With Nesta at the heart of the defense, Milan won 2 Champions League titles as well as playing in another final, semi-final and 2 quarter finals.2 league titles, 4 Supercups (2 Italian, 2 European), and an Italian cup were all added to the club with Nesta in the side. Fans will remember in particular his goal in the World Club Cup Final inn 2007 against Boca Juniors in 2007. The game was tied at 1-1 and I took Alessandro to get his team on the winning track.After a long term back injury in the 2008-2009 season, Nesta, thanks to his own inner strength and with the help of his family, went on to play 3 more seasons with his head held high and wearing the Rossoneri shirt.
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MILAN - Maldini-Canè and Ielpo-Pellegatti: These are the two finals to be played at the NUTRILITE Tennis Challenge Adidas Cup this evening at the Aspria Harbour Club in Milan.
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MILAN - Alessandro Nesta will hold a press conference today at 14.00 broadcast live on the club channel.
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MILAN - Omar Danesi's Rossoneri have put four past Varese and are through to the Final Eight!
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Omar Danesi’s Allievi Nazionali side put four past Varese in the rescheduled Round 22 match. Petagna got a hat trick (18’f.h, 18’ + 30’ s.h) and the fourth was scored by Yaffa. The win puts Milan on 55 points with 25 games played. The regular season will come to close against Atalanta on Sunday and the Rossoneri are mathematically through to the Final 8 with a four point lead over Inter who have two games in hand. The Final 8 will be played in Chianciano Terme from 11 – 22 June.
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(IN THE PHOTO: training at Milanello)MILANELLO - The team were back in training at 16.00 today.The session centred on working with the ball - firstly with ball possession and then a 10-against-10 in the middle of pitch.Inzaghi, Seedorf, Zambrotta, Flamini and Boateng were all back in full training. Amrosini went running while Nesta went through a personalised programme. Antonini, Mesbah and Emanuelson went for a light ten-minute run while the other four injured players went through their recovery programmes.The fitness update on the four injured players is as follows: Mattia De Sciglio: twisted right ankleSulley Muntari: twisted right kneeDaniele Bonera: left calf tearChristian Abbiati: right hamstring tearMilan will train at 11.00 and Alessandro Nesta will hold a press conference at 14.00.
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MILANELLO - Filippo Inzaghi, Seedorf, Zambrotta, Flamini and Boateng were all back in full training. Amrosini went running while Nesta went through a personalised programme. Antonini, Mesbah and Emanuelson went for a light ten-minute run while the other four injured players went through their recovery programmes.
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MILAN - Alessandro Nesta will hold a press conference at 14.00 at Milanello on Thursday.
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MILAN - The fitness update on the four injured players is as follows: Mattia De Sciglio: twisted right ankleSulley Muntari: twisted right kneeDaniele Bonera: left calf tearChristian Abbiati: right hamstring tear
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MILAN - The 2011-12 season commenced with Milan winning the Italian Super Cup against Inter in Beijing on August 8th.Throughout the 2011-12 season Milan have battled on all fronts, taking the league chase down to the wire to qualify for the Champions League group phases next season. The team was hit by a lot of injuries, with Cassano, Gattuso and Pato out for much of the campaign as was Boateng while Thiago Silva missed the run-in.Milan also reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the seventh time in the new format. Overall, the Rossoneri were the best Italian side in Europe thus joining the list below:2000-2001: Milan Third in the second group phase2002-2003: Milan Champions2003-2004: Milan Quarter-finals2004-2005: Milan Final2005-2006: Milan Semi-final2006-2007: Milan Champions2011-2012: Milan Quarter-finals
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MILAN - The national juniors youth team will face Genoa in the last 32 knock-out stage of their championship. Click here to catch up with all the youth sector news.
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MILAN - In the last 32 knockout phase of the National Juniors Championship, the Rossoneri will face Genoa (their only youth sector team to get this far) over two legs. The first leg will take place at Voltri on Sunday at 11am and the return leg is at Vismara on May 20th again at 11am.The full draw:Genoa-MilanCagliari-JuventusBrescia-PratoNovara-InternazionaleBologna-UdineseFrosinone-FiorentinaFoggia-RegginaCesena-RomaCatania-Juve StabiaSassuolo-VicenzaChievo Verona-ParmaAtalanta-TorinoBari-NapoliSiena-LazioBenevento-LecceAscoli-Empoli
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MILAN - Fans will have the opportunity to visit the San Siro throughout the night on Friday, May 18th. Click here for the promo.
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The Aspira Harbour Club in Milan is the setting of the Milan Foundation organised  Nutrilite Tennis Challenge. Click here for the latest information.
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There will be plenty of tennis action on Thursday at the Aspira Harbour Club in Milan when Paolo Maldini and Paolo Canè play in the final of the NUTRILITE Tennis Challenge adidas Cup. The Club will host a whole day of events organised by the Milan Foundation which will include the final of the Cogei Luce One Shot Nivea for Men team event where two football stars take on two tennis stars in singles. The Friends Event will be between Kaspersky and Banca Generali: their two players are Mario Ielpo and Carlo Pellegatti! 
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MILAN -  Milan youth team midfielder, Simone Calvano, underwent knee ligament surgery yesterday at the Galeazzi hospital in Milan and will be out of action for three months if there are no complications.There are three Rossoneri (Piscitelli, Rodrigo Ely e Valoti), in the 23 man squad picked by Italy Under-19 coach Alberigo Evani for a trial on May 10th. The friendly match between the youth team and Novara finished 1-0 for the Rossoneri with Gianmario Comi scoring the only goal on ten minutes.
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MILANELLO - The team will train at 16.00 on Wednesday.
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MILAN - The team had a photo shoot to thank the fans for reaching 10 million on Facebook. Click here for the photos.
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The youth team will continue their build-up to the Final Eight with a match against Novara on Wednesday. Aldo Dolcetti's team will take the Novarello pitch at 16.30. The two sides met in a friendly last summer and then in the TIM Cup.
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Born in Milan on October 20, 1992, Mattia De Sciglio came through the oratory of Santa Chiara and San Francesco di Ponte Sesto, a small town near Milan, before arriving at Milan at the age of nine and then came through the Rossoneri nursery. Allegri promoted him to the first team this year and he has impressed.A natural right-back, he can also play on the left. De Sciglio soon made his mark by winning the 2010 Youth Cup. He made his first-team debut in the Champions League on September 28, 2011 at the San Siro against Viktoria Plzen. He then played in the return game on December 6th, 2011.His hard work and professionalism has paid off and even at 19 he has shown experience beyonf his tender years. That set-up was taken further on April 10th, 2012 at Chievo when he made his league debut, showing timely interceptions and resourcefulness pushing forward. His solid personality was further shown in the derby on Sunday when he came on as a substitute and played very well.
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The Youth team coached by Aldo Dolcetti are preparing for the Final Eight by taking part in the Ostuni City tournament from May 12th. The Rossoneri have been drawn in Group A against Lecce, Cagliari and Brindisi. Here are the fixtures: 12 May: Milan-Cagliari (stadio comunale in Ostuni) 13 May: Milan-Lecce (stadio comunale San Pancrazio Salentino) 14 May: Milan-Brindisi (stadio "Fanuzzi" in Brindisi).
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Palermo (2-0 against Chievo after extra-time, with goals from Bollino and Rojas) complete the eight teams in the 2012 Youth Team finals. From June 2 to 10, Milan, Juventus, Torino, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Varese and Palermo will compete in Gubbio for the title.
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