MILAN – Milan’s league campaign gets off to a start in 2011 at the Atleti Azzurri stadium in Bergamo. Match Day 17 kicks off for the Rossoneri at 15.00 on Sunday 8 January.At the Atleti Azzurri stadium in Bergamo,. Milan have faced Atalanta 50 times, with a record of 19 win, 19 draws an 11 losses.The last game was the last draw between the two. In the 2009/2010 season on 4 October 2010, the hosts took the lead after 21’ through Tiribocchi but Ronaldhino turned things around near the end to get the draw. Pato hit the post just before his fellow Brazilian got the equalizer.The last time the Rossoneri came away with the win was during the 2008/2009 season. The game was played on 26 October 2008 and the visitors came away with the win thanks to Kakà on 80’.
The last time the hosts won was on 23 January 2008. Match Day 12 had to be postponed from 11 November due to disturbances in the stadium from the home fans. The home team got the win that night -1. Rino Gattuso opened the scoring on 16’. Langella equalized on 42’ an Del Neri’s team got all three points thanks to Tissone on 68’. The season before (2006/2007), Atalanta got the win as well on Match Day 10 when the team coached by Colantuono beat the visitors 2-0 with goals from Nicola Ventola after 50’ and Andrea Soncin on 92’. Prior to that, the last win by Milan away fronm home was on 5 March 2006 when on Match day 27, Carlo Ancelotti’s team got the three points thanks to a 2-1 win. Massimo Ambrosini gave the team the lead on 72’, Atalanta equalized through Makinwa two minutes later and Andrea Pirlo wrapped things up five minutes into stoppage time. Another comeback came in the 2001/2002 season on 19 December. Milan went behind due to Sala, but the equalizer came through Shevchenko in the last minute of the game.
HERE ARE THER LAST 8 RESULTS FOR THE ROSSONERI IN BERGAMO2009/2010 SEASONAtalanta-Milan 1-1Goals: 21' Tiribocchi, 83' Ronaldinho
2008/2009 SEASONAtalanta-Milan 0-1Goals: 80' Kakà2007/2008 SEASON23/01/2008Atalanta-Milan 2-1Goals: 16' Gattuso, 42' Langella, 68' Tissone2006/2007 SEASON5/11/2006Atalanta-Milan 2-0Goals: 52' Ventola, 94' Soncin2004/2005 SEASON5/3/2005Atalanta-Milan 1-2Goals: 72' Ambrosini, 74' Makinwa, 95' Pirlo2002/2003 SEASON20/10/2002Atalanta-Milan 1-4Goals: 15' Rivaldo, 30' Sala, 41' Tomasson, 66' (pen), 81' Pirlo2001/2002 SEASON19/12/2001Atalanta-Milan 1-1Goals: 32' Sala, 57' Shevchenko2000/2001 SEASON10/3/2000Atalanta-Milan 1-1Goals: 63' Ganz, 24' Lorenzi (o.g.)
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MILAN - Milan come away from Sardegna with all three points thanks to a goal in each half. Nocerino scored the first with some help from Pisano and Ibrahimovic made it two in the second half. The Rossoneri go back to the top of the table.
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MILAN- The Rossoneri go into the changing rooms a goal to the good after Nocerino gave the visitors the lead after good work from Robinho.
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MILAN – Here’s what Milan’s goal keeping coach had to say to the Milan Channel ahead of Cagliari-Milan:
"Myself and Allegri come back here all the time. It was an important step in our careers. It’ll be a tough game tonight, but we have to get the points. We’ll have to be careful because Cagliari have some good players. We’re in good shape. We have to focus on the game. Christian Abbiati is back tonight, he’s well. Marco Amelia did well, he was ready when called upon and showed it but when he's in shape, Christian is our starting keeper.”
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MILAN – pHere's how the teams will take to the pitch for Cagliari-Milan shortly:CAGLIARI: Agazzi, Pisano, Canini, Ariaudo, Agostini, Ekdal, Nainggolan, Thiago Ribeiro, Cossu, Ibarbo, Larrivey.MILAN: Abbiati, Bonera, Mexes, Thiago Silva, Taiwo, Aquilani, Ambrosini, Nocerino, Boateng, Ibrahimovic, Robinho.
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MILAN - The gates are open at the Sant0'Elia stadium in Cagliari where Cagliari-Milan kicks-off at 20.45. The temperature in the city is around 11° with light rain.
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MILAN – Here’s what Ballardini had to say ahead of Cagliari-Milan:“Milan is like an armored car with 22 amazing players. We’ll have to ferociously competitive. The Rossoneri are a team that I rate and doing our best this evening will be extra motivation. Football is a team sport but a player like Ibrahimovic makes it seem like a an individual sport. Barcelona is the only team that could do without him.”
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MILAN - Here are the photos that document today's visit to the Giovanni Paolo II recreation centre in Gergei, near cagliari: click here.
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MILAN - Many kids today at a Milan camp. Under the initiative "Milan and the recreation centres" which takes place with every rossoneri away trip, the club met Giovanni Paolo II from the San Vito parish in Gergei, a small commune north of Cagliari.
Massimiliano Allegri, Massimo Ambrosini and Alexandre Pato met chidren from the centre, signing autographs and getting thier photos taken with them. The pre-Christmas atmosphere made the occasion even more meaninful.
HERE ARE THE PHOTOS FROM THE MORNING, CLICK HERE:
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MILAN - In the lead up to the game against Cagliari, the players will listen to the technical briefing at 17.15, and a little later at 19.00 they will leave thier base and head to the Sant'Elia.
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MILAN - The wake up call was at 10.00 this morning for the rossoneri in Cagliari. At 11.00 they undertook a stretching session and will have lunch at 13.00.
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MILAN - Today is a sunny day in Cagliari. After rain yesterday, the Sardinian city will measure 12 degrees and there will be no wind.
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MILAN - Daniele Orsato will be in charge of tonight's match at 20.45 at the Sant'Elia stadium for the game between Cagliari and Milan. His assistants will be Simone Ghiandai and Michele Giordano. The fourth official will be Antonio Giannocaro.
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MILAN - Click here for the photos from the presentation of the trophies and medals at the Serie A dinner.
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(IN THE PHOTO: Bozzani Adriano Galliani and Braida Ariedo with the original trophy in 2011 in occasion of the Football League in Desenzano del Garda)MILAN - During the evening at Desenzano del Garda, on the Serie A League dinner there was a presentation of trophies for the 2010-11 season. Adriano Galliani, Milan's managing director, has along with Ariedo Braida taken the Serie A Trophy and the Super Cup, won in Beijing last August 6 against Inter.
All the winners were praised as were the finalists of the Tim Cup Inter and Palermo, while Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi has awarded of the silver Scirea Fairplay Cup. Sampdoria were given the Discipline Cup and a medal to President Riccardo Garrone.
Federation president Giancarlo Abete and the president of the League Cup Maurizio Beretta, were there with all the representatives of the Clubs and the President of Players' Association Damiano Tommasi.
For his part in the statements made to reporters, Adriano Galliani said he was certain of an open and fair fight for the title and expressed the hope that we can heal the deep wound of Calciopoli, "because you have to move on." The Rossoneri chief executive also spoke about the transfer market: "On Thursday we have a date with Manchester City for Tevez, but will probably not be the decisive one to conclude the negotiations. It will be almost impossible to take him with the rest of the team to Dubai. With Manchester City we are very far apart at this time."
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MILAN - The team have taken off from Malepensa airport on the way to Cagliari.
The normal 'menu' tomorrow with lunch and a team meeting before leaving for the stadium for the 20.45 kick-off.
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MILAN - After Match Day 16, according to the Panini Digital statistics for Leag Serie A, Juventus have the lead for shots on target (7.4) and dangerousness (68.3)
Milan is on top for possession (31.24), plays made (698.6), passes completed (73.2) and territorial superiortity (14.05).
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MILAN - Click here to read what Massimiliano Allegri had to say ahead of Cagliari-Milan.
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MILANELLO – Here’s what Allegri had to say at today’s press conference on the eve of Cagliari-Milan:"We have to do everything to make sure we don’t slip up. These are three important points for the league. We have to get back to the top of the table and to do that we have to push forward and win even if it’s tough to do that in Cagliari. They play different at home, they leave very little space. We can think about the holiday after tomorrow.
Our forward are scriing well and for that I feel calm. There could be a bit of mental tiredness but we have to give this one last push: you win the league when you’re not playing well but you manage to bring home the three points nonetheless. We started well against Siena and then we complicated things before pushing on in the second half. We should play with more aggression but we also have to be patient and also be aware of their counter attacks. Cagliari will be a different game from the others. It’s the city and the team that put me into the big time and I’m very tied to that city. I’m always happy to go back there and I have a lot of friends there as well.
I talk to the president on the phone all the time. We talk about the team and I explain to him the choices that I take. He sees things before they happen and of course the project goes forward bit by bit. The president likes to see good football. He always buys the classic number 10, talented players, but he knows that to win you need balance even if I agree with most of what he says. My doubts are in the midfield and up front. We’ll get Zamrotta and Antonini back, Mexes and Taiwo played well. Abbiati is available and he might play. There’ no problem with the contract. When we get the numbers right there’ll be no problem. We’ll find an agreement for sure.
Pato is a goalscorer. He has an average of a goal every two games. He was out injured for almost a year and he needs to play to get back in shape and he needs someone up front with him while with Leonardo, he played in a different position. He’s always started with me. He had two chances to score on Saturday and he showed the player he is.
Milan came out well from the two games against Barcelona. We played as well as they did in Milan and we showed that in Europe we’ve grown a lot and we can push right up until the end.
Seedorf played in front of the defence in London and we could do that again.We always play before Juventus lately. It would be nice to take the lead tomorrow and hope that they don’t catch up with us.”
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MILANELLO – The team was back at the Milanello sports centre for the last training session ahead of Tuesday’s match against Cagliari at the Sant’Elia.
After the usual team meeting held by Massimilaino Allegri, the Rossoneri started training on the central pitch at the Milanello sports centre.The first part of the session was taken up by a warm up and some calisthenics as well as some running through the obstacles and some stretching.
Training continued with some tactical work on how best to go into the game against Cagliari.
Training ended with Allegri’s players taking part in a practice match. Christian Abbiati and Gianluca Zambrotta did the session with the rest of the team.Massimo Ambrosini and Filippo Inzaghi trained in the gym.At the end of training, coach Massimiliano Allegri read out the list of players called up for the game against Cagliari:Abbiati, Amelia, Piscitelli, Antonini, Bonera, De Sciglio, Ely, Mexes, Taiwo, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta, Ambrosini, Aquilani, Boateng, Emanuelson, Nocerino, Seedorf, Van Bommel, El Shaarawy, Ibrahimovic, Pato, Robinho.
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MILAN - Daniele Orsato will be in charge of Milan away match against Cagliari on Tuesdya 20 December at 20.45 at the Sant'Elia stadium. He'll be assisted by Simone Ghiandai and Michele Giordano. Antonio Giannoccaro will be fourth man.
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MILANO - Here are the referees for Serie A Match Day 1 which was postponed at the start of the season and will be played between tomorrow and Wednesday:Atalanta-Cesena: RussoBologna-Roma: De MarcoCagliari-Milan: OrsatoInter-Lecce: GuidaLazio-Chievo: BrighiNapoli-Genoa: ValeriNovara-Palermo: DoveriParma-Catania: MassaSiena-Fiorentina: BantiUdinese-Juventus: Tagliavento
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MILAN – Home defeats hurt the worst. For the players who have let the fans down and of course for the fans themselves. But the San Siro has been a fortress this year with last year’s loss against Roma on 18 December a distant memory. Then came 13 wins and 5 draws.Here are the San Siro wins in 2011:Milan-Cesena 2-0Milan-Parma 4-0Milan-Napoli 3-0Milan-Inter 3-0Milan-Sampdoria 3-0Milan-Bologna 1-0Milan-Cagliari 4-1Milan-Cesena 1-0Milan-Palermo 3-0Milan-Parma 4-1Milan-Catania 4-0Milan-Chievo 4-0Milan-Siena 2-0Here are the draws:Milan-Udinese 4-4Milan-Lazio 0-0Milan-Bari 1-1Milan-Lazio 2-2Milan-Udinese 1-1Goal difference: + 36:46 goals scored10 goals concededOf the 46 goals scored, 8 came from Robinho who can be seen scoring against Palermo in the photo. This should be underlined as some television commentators have started decribing bad misses in front of goal as “alla Robinho”. If other players miss chances, it’s their fault, not his. The Brazilian wizard had already scored 15 goals in the course of last season and is on 3 for this season.
In the last two games won by the Rossoneri, the first goal was scored thanks to Robi’s work: In Genova for Ibrahimovic who scored from the penalty spot and at the San Siro against Siena for Nocerino. So there’s also the assist “alla Robinho”. Below we have a table proposed by the readers of the Gazzetta dello Sport the day after Robinho came back from injury:THE RETURNThree reasons why he’s indispensable for Milan:1 He makes the movements more dynamic. 2 He helps the team and is the forward who covers the most ground 3 He gets past men with ease as is his specialty. (Source: Gazzetta dello Sport)
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MILAN – Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Antonio Nocerino. The first almost set up two goals for the second at the Marassi stadium in Genoa and one one Saturday at the San Siro against Siena. Ibrahimovic providing the assists for the goal scoring Nocerino. Ans do we have Noceribra, half Zlatan, half Antonio. Milan has to best attack in Italy at the moment with 33 goals and half of them have come from these two. 10 for Zlatan and 6 for Nocerino.
There were only two; both at the San Siro when neither of the two scored and they were the game swhere Milan scored the least. Milan 1-1 Udinese with El Shaarawy scoring for the Rossoneri and Milan 1-0 Cesena, won thanks to Seedorf.Here is the list of games where both Ibra and Nocerino scored:Milan-Parma 4-1Genoa-Milan 0-2Milan-Siena 2-0Just Ibra:Milan-Lazio 2-2Roma-Milan 2-3Milan-Catania 4-0Milan-Chievo 4-0Bologna-Milan 2-2Just Nocerino:Milan-Palermo 3-0
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MILAN – Club CEO Adiano Galliani spoke on Italian sports radio this morning: Here’s what he had to say:
“You can win with organised play, or you can win with classy players. The league table says that Juve are on top with 33 points and we have 31. We have the squad to fight for the title. We’ll stronger than last year and we’ll fight to the finish. Apart from the deserved loss against the Bianconeri, we’ve done better so far. We won’t give in.”
“Milan can do it with the forwards that we have already. We have options but Tevez could be a big help. We’ll see what happens from now until the end of January, but we’re well used to dealing on the last days of the transfer window. An alternative could be Maxi Lopez. I consider him an important player. I like him and so does the coach. We’ve lost Yepes in defense but we’re getting back Mexes. Gattuso is back training and could be back for January. We’re waiting for Flamini as well.”
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MILANELLO - The team will start training tomorrow at 11.30 before departing for Cagliari in the afternoon.
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MILAN – According to the club website, the team trained today after last night’s loss at Verona. El Kabir trained apart. Ekdal trained but it’s unclear if he’ll play on Tuesday. Conti, Eriksson and Nenè all worked out in the gym.
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MILAN - Here are the results from Match Day 16 of Italy's top flight:CATANIA-PALERMO 2-0 CESENA-INTER 0-1 CHIEVO CAGLIARI 2-0 (Played yesterday) FIORENTINA-ATALANTA 2-2 (Played yesterday) GENOA-BOLOGNA 2-1 JUVENTUS-NOVARA 2-0 MILAN SIENA 2-0 (Played yesterday) PARMA-LECCE 3-3LAZIO-UDINESE (Kick-off this evening at 20.45)NAPOLI-ROMA (Kick-off this evening at 20.45)
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MILANO – According to the club website, Cagliari’s coach Davide Ballardini had this to say after his side’s loss in Verona:“What can I take from today’s game? The players showed commitment, even at 2 goals down they still tried to play. We dropped our attention levels in defence which is bad. The transfer window? We have a big game on Tuesday against the league champions; I prefer to concentrate on that."
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MILANELLO - Click here to see what the team did in training today after last night's win at the San Siro.
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