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Swede aims parting shot...
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Gennaro Gattuso feels Milan have narrowed the gap with Inter.
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MILAN – Title-holders Milan, after finishing second in their qualification group, beat Parma in the quarterfinal of the 21st Gaetano Scirea Memorial Cup for the National Giovanissimi yesterday: the Rossoneri won 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out, following a goalless draw in regulation. Mastalli, Lo, Galliani and Di Molfetta all converted their spot-kicks for Milan. The Rossoneri will face Juventus in the semifinal on Saturday evening, at 20.30 CET, at the Gaetano Scirea Sports Centre, in 50 Via Cilea, Cinisello Balsamo (Milano).
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MILAN - The sale of season tickets for the 2010-11 season continues and is open to everyone. Click here for further information.
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MILAN – The National Allievi of Milan, coached by Cesare Beggi, beat Imperia in the 53th edition of the prestigious Carlin’s Boys Cup, following their good start to the tournament that saw them defeat Slovenian side Luka Koper 3-0. The match against Imperia finished 11-0 in favour of the Rossoneri, thanks to goals from Speziale (4), Boateng (3), Piacenza, Spagnoli, De Fero and Zanini. Milan’s next fixture will see the team play against Parma this evening, at 20.30 CET, at the Stadio Ciccione in Imperia.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Massimiliano Allegri have promoted winning in style, and both claim it's sustainable.
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Jose Mourinho believes Milan have closed the gap with Inter following the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho.
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Fiorentina sporting director Pantaleo Corvino says Milan and Parma fared the best during the summer transfer campaign...
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You celebrates your birthday with us  for the fourth time. The first one, in 2007, you were still a kid, as you turned 18 as a Milan player. Then the second one, on September 2, 2008, after the Beijing Olympics and your first summer with us. Then, one year ago, in 2009, you became our greatest hope after Ricky’s departure. As for today, you are a great player, and even though Milan signed some other stars recently, we can’t forget about you! We wish you a very birthday! You are close to your 100th game with Milan, it’s great to see play here… and to see you grow! Happy birthday again!
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Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo believes the Rossoneri can rival Inter for the Scudetto...
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Jose Mourinho failed in his last ditch attempts to sign Samuel Eto'o from Inter because Florentino Perez did not want to spend.
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Barcelona director Andoni Zubizarreta has explained how the Blaugrana came to the decision to offload Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Milan...
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Roma coach Claudio Ranieri is pleased with president Rosella Sensi for convincing Marco Borriello to join the club...
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MILAN - In only today 757 season tickets have been sold for the Serie A 2010-2011 season. The total now stands at 23,370 ticket holders, compared to 25,720 last year. In the Champions League the number has reached 17,198: well above last season's 13,200.
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MILAN - Our own Andre Pirlo has been named Italy captain and the midfielder's comment can be found at the Italian football federation site. Click here

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Milan - Click here for the Milan squad list for the group stages of the Champions League.
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New Milan signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic has taken a shot at former coach Pep Guardiola, claiming he runs away from his problems...
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New Milan signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic has taken a shot at former coach Pep Guardiola, claiming he runs away from his problems...
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Milan have released their list of eligible players for the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League group stage
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Enrico Preziosi revealed Kakha Kaladze turned down a move to Juventus to join Genoa...
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Citizens could save a fortune despite losing money...
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MILAN - Tuesday, August 31st saw Milan's web news, Milan Time, record a new audience record of 7,000 viewers.

 

 

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Andrea Pirlo had this to say at the Italy press conference today: "Last year we played with the same formation as we are doing this year. The important thing is to sacrifice and for everyone to work in the same way, and for this to happen of course there's the coach. Are you asking me about Ibra joining? No problem, he has already been at the top with Barcelona and at Milan he has to logically stay at that level, we are very happy about his arrival. The new players are all very strong and will give us a hand to reach the goals we have set ourselves . We have so many good players in attack and at the back who all have the same mentality, last year we had the problem of change the formation after the injury by Pato."
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MILAN - From Wednesday, August 25 until Tuesday, August 31 Milan's official registered nearly 13 million hits. The figure was in fact 12,987,482. The total users in that period was 1,725,537.
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Before I get my tactics piece up tomorrow, I need to rant. This is not necessarily a positive or negative, but more a meandering strand of thoughts and mixed emotions from easily the craziest week I have endured as a fan of this Club.

A few weeks ago, we were effectively left for dead, our only notable transfers were Sokratis and Boateng, neither World beaters, and our team looked out of sorts. New coach, new system, and players coming to training out of shape and mentally under prepared. But as preseason went on things started to change, a sense of pace was instilled in the tactics and as the first game drew near even our transfer news started to get “faster.” In the span of around 72 hours Milan had pulled of two of the most amazing transfer market coups this decade basically getting Zlatan and Robinho for a steal, but more importantly far less than they are actually worth! We may have doubted Berlu and Fester, and while I am still not sold on their shiny presents for the fans, the moves must be applauded.

Let’s be frank here though, at least for myself I need to be honest; I don’t like these players, neither of them. When I look at guy like Kaka, the humility, the demeanor, and the mentality on and off the pitch are all the things you look for in a footballer. When I see Robinho and Zlatan, I see, in a sense, the anti-Kaka, and while I don’t think this is terrible, I fear a bit the cohesion and chemistry of a team with so many egos. The one thing that always cures a problem such as this one is winning, and going from mid table flounders to very real contenders in less than a week should help. It needs to be said that both Robinho and Zlatan will most likely feast on the Serie A minnows, but the true test will come in the CL group stage and see if Allegri and his shiny new toys can get the job done.

Was a bit sad to see Borriello go, but this helped alleviate the sadness. So now we move on with a new look Milan, an attacking Milan, not really my cup of tea, but who knows maybe in a few months we will have Inter in our wake and even a defensive minded guy like myself will be a believer…but only time will tell.

On a side note, I am still learning and struggling with the new comments system. This is a change for a lot of sites here on the Offside so we are all getting used to it. My comments will no longer show my name but my profile ID/USERNAME gb383, until I can find way to change it! If you are having problems let me know I will try and make sure all comments are approved from regular readers and that we can avoid a lot of spam going forward.

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Andrea Pirlo is hoping for the right start when Italy travel to Estonia on Friday.
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Zvonimir Boban feels Inter are on the path to failure after they struggled to match Milan in the transfer market.
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MILAN - The official Milan site is the only Italian team available in seven different languages and in the week up until the final day of the transfer market registered an incredible surge of traffic with the level increasing fourfold: 500,000 on average in the 2009-2010 season, 1.9 million in the last week of August. Six times greater, however, was average daily figure of unique visitors, increasing from 40,000 (2009-2010 season) to 250,000 (last week of August).
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Thiago Silva claims the outlook is good at Milan with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho.
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MILAN - The full squad numbers of the Milan squad have been released. Click here
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