MILAN - Here's how the two teams will take to the pitch shortly for Milan-Novara:MILAN: Amelia, Zambrotta, Mexes, Yepes, Mesbah, Gattuso, Aquilani, Seedorf, Boateng, Ibrahimovic, Cassano.NOVARA: Fontana, Morganella, Lisuzzo, Centurioni, Garcia, Porcari, Pesce, Gemiti, Rigoni, Jeda, Caracciolo.
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MILAN - The gates are open at the San Siro stadium ahead of Milan-Novara at 15.00. Light rain is forecast and the temperture in the city is around 14°.
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MILAN - Casiraghi opened the sscoring for the Rossoneri on 10' and Genoa equalised from the penalty spot on 29' through Panico. The return leg will be played at the Vismara sports centre next Sunday at 11.00
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The 36-year-old Dutchman, who joined the club in 2002 from Inter, will be leaving the Rossoneri this summer, but has every intention of continuing his career elsewhere
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The Italy international admitted earlier this week that he can not work out why he was deemed surplus to requirements at San Siro by the Rossoneri boss
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The Rossoneri tried to sign the forward in January, while he was still in dispute with the Premier League outfit, but the deal collapsed over the asking price
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The 34-year-old, who has spent 13 years at Milan, revealed that he is keen on making a return to Scotland, but that a move is "difficult" because of the club's financial situation
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- Netherlands captain Mark van
Bommel will leave AC Milan and return to former club PSV
Eindhoven, the 35-year-old told the Italian club's TV channel.
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MILAN - Massimiliano Allegri is already looking ahead to next season when the team will start training on 9 July. “On 24 July we’ll play a friendly against Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen and then on 27 July we’ll leave for the States were we’ll stay until 8 August. We’ll have a game on 28th in Miami, and then we’ll move to Philadelphia where we’ll play another 2 matches.” The date for the Luigi Berlusconi Trophy to be played in Milan in August has yet to be decided.
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ITALY UNDER 19
Rodrigo Ely, Riccardo Piscitelli and Mattia Valoti have been called up by Alberigo Evani.
ITALY UNDER 17Luca Iotti, Ivan Rondanini, Mario Piccinocchi and Marco Pinato have all been called up by Daniele Zoratta
AUSTRIA UNDER 19Philipp Prosenik from the Primavera side.
HUNGARY UNDER 19
Kriztian Tamas from the Allievi Nazionali side.
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MILANELLO - Massimiliano Allegri held a press conference today on the even of Milan-Novara at the San Siro.
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MILANELLO - The end of an era with Rino Gattuso holding his last press conference as a Milan player.
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MILANELLO – Here’s what a visibly emotional Mark Van Bommel had to say to the Milan Channel: “It’s a difficult moment for me as well but different to Rino, Pippo and Ale who’ve been here for much longer and have won so much. I’ve only been a part of this great club for a year and a half. I can remember when Galliani said “Can you come to Milanello? We need you”. We won the title and the Italian Supercup and this year with the team that we had we should have won but that’s football. I’m not staying because I have to think of my family as well. My eldest son told me to sign for six months but now I have to go home, back to Holland. I’m going to PSV. For one seaosn, maybe two, then I’ll start coaching. It’s goodbye, not farewell. Maybe someday I’ll come back here to caoch. Milan is a great club and even in the past some players have left and continued winning. This club is like a family, the people at Milanello are extraordinary which is why I was able to integrate so easily when I arrived. My compliments to everyone. FORZA MILAN!!”
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MILAN – Here’s what Massimiliano Allegri had to say at today’s press conference ahead of the final game of the season tomorrow against Novara at the San Siro stadium:“Credit to Juventus who had an extraordinary year and they deserve this title. We hope to close on 80 points but that doesn’t mean that this campaign was a failure.”“We won the title last year and tried to win it this year and we’ll be back next season competitive in Europe and in the league as well as in the Italian cup.”“Today and tomorrow will be tough days as players are leaving the club who have made history with Milan winning everything and so tomorrow there should be a party for these players. I want to thank them as well as they gave all their willingness and for the management of the changing room that’s very important. You can’t fight time though and they’ll remain in the history of the club for what they did. Some will stay with the club, others will make other choices”“You need real personality to play for Milan; it’s a heavy shirt to wear. To stay and win for 10 years and this club, you need real mental strength. Tomorrow the season will end and a cycle will end with it because many important players will leave. We’ll have to get back by working.”“I had a lovely dinner with the President yesterday and it was a lovely evening. He’s in great form and will maintain the high level of the club. I left very happy. The evenings with the President are always pleasant. We didn’t speak of names as the season is not yet over. The President wants to maintain the team high level without losing the players that we have at the moment.”“I thank Pirlo for his willingness last season. I evaluate players when I have them available after that I’m not interested in what they say or do."“The squad will need changing for next season and I would have liked to win as well as the players. Unfortunately only one team wins at a time. We definitely dropped points along the way.”I spoke with Rino. He made a choice that has to be respected. I have a deeper relationship with him than I have with the other players. The strength of this club is in its values.”“Nesta will be on the bench tomorrow, he has a problem with his knee. Inzaghi will be on the bench as well and Mesbah and Zambrotta will play at the back. Gattuso, Aquilani and Seedorf will play in the middle with Ibra and Cassano up front. Boateng will be playmaker.”“I’m extremely happy with my staff and have never complained about anyone.”“It was hard to win last year and it’ll be hard to win next season with Juevntus as favorites. Inter will be reinforced. Napoli and Lazio will be in the fight and we’ll need to start off with the right mentality working better than this season.”
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(IN THE PHOTO: Rino to the fans)MILANO – Here’s what Rino Gattuso had to say in today’s press conference at the Milanello sports centre:“Thanks to all the journalists for coming. I want to thank to the club, all employees and everyone at Milanello for what have been 13 fantastic years. It was my childhood dream but life goes on and let’s hope my eye stay open (laughs). I still want to keep fighting and to show that I’m not finished as a player. For now I want to thank the club, the Berlusconi family and Adriano Galliani who showed such regard for me. But now the moment has come."“I’ve always said that I don’t want to be a cross to bear for anyone. The club wanted me to stay but inside myself, I felt the need to leave. The spine of the team is leaving and even though it’s not easy, you have to make choices in life. Let’s hope it’s not a mistake.”“It’s not running away. It’s just that when you’ve given so much, you make choices. I couldn’t give anymore as a player and I felt dead inside and no longer that combative player that could give something to this club. 5 or 6 months ago I had other plans. I wasn’t hoping to get back on the pitch and the plan was to stay at the club with another role. But then things changed thanks to the medical staff and doctors. I got the desire back to play again and here I think I’ve given all I can. I never asked for a fixed place. In my way of thinking, the only certainty is death. I did bad by Leonardo, but I assumed my responsibilities and I apologized. There was still place for me here otherwise they wouldn’t have given me a contract extension.”“I’ll leave at Milanello what Maldini and Costacurta left for me. Now there’s only Ambrosini left. I really regret the stupid things I did with Joe Jordan and Leonardo. I hope that the reputation for respect continues however, as it’s a part of the culture at the club and I hope it won’t die.”“To the players who stay here I say, when you put on this jersey, you need to win. I don’t forget that 4 months ago I was 5 kg overweight because of the cortisone. I wasn’t in good enough shape to play and it was a miracle that I made it on the pitch. I could feel inside myself that the time had come and after watching Nesta’s press conference I knew the moment had come because a cycle had finished.”
“I hope the club will build a competitive side but we can’t forget that economically it’s a tough time. Knowing the people involved though, I know they’ll do all they can.”“I have 60 people who work for me, I have a wide and two children and I have to decide with my wife what to do in the future. She’s the family captain. I have offers. My dream is to play for Glasgow Rangers who gave me the chance to play when I was a no one from Salerno. My wife’s mother lives alone in Glasgow and it would be nice to go back for a year. It would be my heart’s choice, a sign of affection for those who made me into a ‘half’ player, even if I know it wouldn’t be easy.”“For me Carlos Ancelotti was a coach, a friend, a father and a lover in football terms. I used to joke that they should put his statue in Milanello alongside Nereo Rocco because he was a great man in those years and raised the bar at the club. He wasn’t just a coach, he was an emblem of the club and when you took to the pitch, you did it for him. He used to day: “You get on the pitch and I’ll make you win”. He used to plan the matches with a cigarette in his mouth, incredible.”“I can’t forget last year with Allegri, we had a great campaign and he gave me the chance to play. We’re talking about two people completely different. Ancelotti knew the environment and it was a much simpler changing room than now.”“My team mates were a bit disappointed. I didn’t speak to anyone about this decision. It was something that was boiling inside of me for a month and a half, and it was right to speak first with the club and then the players. They’ve put up with me in these past few years. I can be a heavy personality, I’m Calabrese…“I would never join Inter or Juventus for the love of the club that I have and they wouldn’t want me anyway, but I definitely wouldn’t go.”“On Monday I’ll start a four week training course and I plan to do the second and third parts of the course as well.”“After the loss to Liverpool in 2007, I had nightmares for 5 or 6 months. The best win was in 2003. Beating Inter in the semi final and Juventus in the final was big for Italian football.”
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MILANELLO - Antonio Nocerino spoke exclusively to the Milan Channel and here’s some of what he had to say: “It’s tough. I got choked up as well and I just came to the club the other day. I can only speak for myself, but I think it’s the same for everyone. The players that are leaving are fundamental, great men who make the vital difference on and off the pitch. We’ll try to imitate what they’ve done in these years, but it won’t be easy. They’re incredible, monumental. I feel like I’ve been here all my life and I’ll never forget them. I’ve had the honor of playing with them and that’s something I can tell my grandchildren about. Players who won everything and who made world football history, great players who made the difference. Those who stay will try to do what these players did; few words and lots of actions. I’m happy with my season and my goals. I was the last to get here but myself and the club both believed and we were both right. If I’m called up for Euro 2012, I hope to play my best.”
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AC Milan's rebuilding project continued with the signing of Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo, while Mark van Bommel returns to PSV.
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(IN THE PHOTO: Thiago Silva with Antonio Vitiello, MilanNews.it director and Pietro Mazzara)
MILAN – On the margins of the MilanNews.it awards presentation at the Milanello sports centre, Thiago Silva spoke to spoke to the Milan Channel about the season to come:Thiago, this is the second year that you win this award, what does it mean to you?“It means a lot as it’s never easy to get the same recognition two years in a row. It always gets tougher year after year. I won this year by a 1 percent margin over Boateng and I hope to win it again next year and to continue to do well here. My motivation is high.”Yesterday, Nesta said the new Nesta was already at Milan and he’s named Thiago Silva. What responsibility does that give to you?“It’s a big responsibility. First of all I had the responsibility to be Maldini’s heir as he was leaving and now another great player has quit the club. Honestly, it’s difficult to describe such as great player as Sandro. He really helped me a lot in the last two years when we were playing together and I’m very sorry he’s leaving. He’s a big part of the group and an important player in the dressing room. Milan are losing a lot with him leaving.”You’ll be ever more of a leader at the back next season. Is it something you look forward to?“All great players have great responsibilities. I have my percentage as well, but I’m not the only one. Together with the team, if we’re focused on what we’re doing and on the objectives that we set, we can do big things. Milan is not just Thiago Silva, we have a lot of quality players and to get right back doing great things.”On Sunday, a piece of Milan’s history will come to a close. How much will those players be missed?“Milan will lose a lot with the loss of Nesta, Pippo, Clarence and Zambrotta. Losing these players, it won’t be easy to get back right away. By making a completely new team, or even bringing a number of new players in, it’ll be hard to be competitive right away. You need players with personality and quality, like Ibrahimovic to get the added value. With the players that we have at the moment, like Nocerino who has done really well or like I said before, Ibrahimovic, we can right back on track immediately."The two numbers on your jersey add up to 6 and many fans have pointed to you as Baresi’s heir. What do you think?“It’s a pleasure to be compared to him and I hope to continue to do well. I have a lot of motivation to do well here and I hope to continue to do well and repeat the history that Baresi and Maldini have made with the club.”
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MILAN – The first Milan top worn by Gattuso had the Italian flag on the chest symbolizing the league title won by the club in the 1998/99 season with 7 wins in the last seven matches, Abbiati’s save in Perugia and Alberto Zaccheroni on the bench.The same is true of the last Milan top the player will wear. Last year’s title put the tricolor on the chest and represented a new cycle in Italian football after the summer of 2006.Gattuso’s chest can be seen as a symbol of his career. Always pushed out with pride while tackling, celebrating or even on the few occasions when he almost came to blows with his opponents. Banal could never be a word used to describe the man’s career.Rino Gattuso fought and won throughout his playing career. Never one to hide his emotions, he always spoke directly and said what needed to be heard. An honest man, sometimes aggressive but always direct and loyal to his cause.Rino will always have a special place in the fans’ hearts. Not even the much publicized injury problems of this season were enough to slow down the wave of emotion that he inspires in the Rossoneri tribe the world over.A single moment in his long career spring to mind. 28 may 2003, the only all-Italian Champions League final and with both teams exhausted, Rino finds the strength to run the length of the field and press Buffon to put the ball back into play.A great player, no ‘ifs’ or ‘buts’. From this day forth, all players will have to give that bit extra for the good of the club, as Rino did throughout his career.
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The Rossoneri boss has claimed that the Fiorentina star, whose contract expires in June, will be plying his trade at San Siro in 2012-13, moving on the Bosman ruling
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MILANELLO - Coach Massimiliano Allegri took the team through its paces this morning and before training had a special word for the players who would be leaving at the end of the season.Fans who gather in the Curva Sud at the San Siro were pitchside to lend their support in particular for Rino Gattuso and Pippo Inzaghi.The players then got down to work with the session starting with a warm-up which included some keep-ball. The team then worked on tactics and finished with a match.
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MILANELLO - Coach Massimiliano Allegri took the team through its paces this morning and before training had a special word for the players who would be leaving at the end of the season.Fans who gather in the Curva Sud at the San Siro were pitchside to lend their support in particular for Rino Gattuso and Pippo Inzaghi and thus providing a colourful and noisey backdrop to the session.The players then got down to work with the session starting with a warm-up which included some keep-ball. The team then worked on tactics and finished with a match.
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MILANELLO - Here is the squad to face Novara tomorrow.GOALKEEPERS: Amelia, Roma, Piscitelli.DEFENDERS: Mesbah, Mexes, Nesta, Zambrotta, Yepes.MIDFIELDERS: Aquilani, Boateng, Flamini, Gattuso, Nocerino, Seedorf.STRIKERS: Cassano, El Shaarawy, Ibrahimovic, Inzaghi and Robinho.
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The Dutch midfielder is the latest to confirm his departure from the Rossoneri and states he will return to his homeland after this summer's European Championship
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In the space of just a few days, the departures of four of the Rossoneri's greatest pillars have been confirmed, making for an emotional farewell from San Siro on Sunday
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The three Rossoneri veterans will play their last game for the Rossoneri when Attilio Tesser's men make the short trip to the Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday
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The Rossoneri's legendary trio have all confirmed that they will leave the San Siro outfit in the upcoming transfer window, and received praised from the Bianconeri forward
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The former Bianconeri midfielder has attacked his Rossoneri counterpart for speaking about his hopes of securing a second golden star for his side in the coming years
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The forward also revealed he believes the Rossoneri would have won the title had they not been beset by injuries and that Pato is second only to Messi in terms of talent
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The Brazilian has nothing but respect and admiration for the World Cup winner, who confirmed at a press conference on Thursday that he will be leaving San Siro this summer
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