After
some incompatibility problems with Fatih Terim, Francesco
Coco has been transferred to Barcellona.The players' manager,
who is Francesco's father, sealed the deal together with
Galliani at Barcellona yesterday. As a replacement Milan
are looking to sign Negro from Lazio.
Bonera
to join Milan
Promising
Brescia defender Bonera is a Milan player. The player
will remain with Brescia till the end of the current season.
Moreno unhappy
as well
Javi
Moreno is also anxious to play and said that he is unhappy
at the current situation at Milan.
27/8/2001
Rui Costa operation, a success
Rui
Costa underwent an operation this morning in his right
arm. The operation was deemed a complete success. The
player who broke his right arm in two places, was operated
on by Professor Cherubino. The player will return in around
40 days.
Bierhoff
to join Monaco
Oliver
Bierhoff has finally found a team to join. French side
Monaco have signed the player.
Milan
drew 2-2 away to Brescia in an incredible game played
in a 35C temperature and 80% humidity. An injury to Rui
Costa sent Milan into a shock suffering two goals in a
few minutes before half time from Albanian Ighli Tare.
Rui Costa dribbled past threee defenders before being
tackled from behind, only to fall awkwardly on his right
hand. With cameras and microphones close to the player,
one could hear too well the agonising cries coming from
the Portughuese playmaker and it was clear that the injury
ws a serious one. Coco came in for Rui Costa and Terim
changed the team around to a a 4-4-2 formation. Kozminski
wrecked havoc on the right with Chamot unable to cope
with the first goal coming from a cross for tare to beat
Coco in the header and score easily. The seocnd goal came
again from a Kozminski cross. This time Abbiati failed
to punch clear and Tare easily slotting home the header.
Terim
must have said a lot of things at half time. He inserted
Contra replacing Chamot and the Rumanian turned around
the game. His continous runs on the right procured free
kicks and even a penalty. Milan's first goal of the season
came when Brocchi pounced on a lose ball after Serginho
had crossed well into Inzaghi's path. The ball ended into
Brocchi's line of shot and he left footed into the net
after only 5 minutes into the second half. A Sergibho
free kick was then just touched to corner and a few minutes
later Inzaghi hit the bar with a header with Castellazzi
easily beaten. Another good Contra run then produced the
penalty. He went past two players before being brought
down. Shevchenko took the kick sending the keeper the
wrong way for a merited draw.
Rui
Costa's injury means that the player will be out for a
month. He has a fracture in his right hand and a damaged
elbow.
25/8/2001
Brescia - Milan tomorrow
Milan
kick off the Serie A season at Brescia tomorrow with a
number of uncertainties. Terim has decided to leave Coco
out of the squad and use Serginho on the left with Maldini
back to his normal role behind him. In the central positions
Laursen with start with Costacurta. Helveg is being preferred
to Roque Junior and Contra in the defensive role. Gattuso,
Kaladze will help Serginho in midfield. In attack the
usual Rui Costa, Inzaghi, Sheva will start the match.
In
this respect Coco is unhappy at this situation and has
expressed his desire to move away from Milan so as not
to jeopardise his role in the Italian national squad.
A number of options are available at this point since
Barcellona are very interested in the player and have
offered either Philip Cocu or Gerard.
24/8/2001
Milan to meet Bate Borisov in UEFA Cup
Milan
will play against Bielorussian squad Bate Borisov in the
UEFA Cup. The first leg is scheduled for the 13th of September.
20/8/2001
Albertini to resume training
Demetrio
Albertini is back. The midfielder will resume training
with the first team as from tomorrow.
Terim's
idea
A
rumour has it that since Inter have opted not to go ahead
with the transfer to obtain Enrico Chiesa, Terim has come
up with the idea to load Javi Moreno to Fiorentina and
obtain Chiesa. This would enable Moreno to play regular
football and get him used to the Italian game.
18/8/2001
Milan lose Berlusconi Trophy on penalties
Milan
lost the traditional Berlusconi Trophy after a penalty
shoot out. The match had ended on a 1-1 draw after ninety
minutes of mostly rough play. Buffon managed to save three
penalties out of the five Milan took producing saves off
Moreno, Donati and finally Inzaghi. Milan did not play
at all well in the first half after going 1-0 down after
only 5 mins when Contra failed to control a ball in defense
with Del Piero pouncing on the occassion to beat Abbiati.
Milan reacted but Juventus were very solid in midfield
and Rui Costa and company were no match for the Juventus
midfield. Terim changed things to the better in the second
half and Milan pressed forward creating some good chances.
It was however, only through a penalty on Javi Moreno,
that Milan equalised, Serginho shot home the penalty kick
to equalise with about ten minutes to the final whistle.
Milan:
Abbiati; Contra (71' Helveg), Laursen, Maldini, Coco;
Gattuso, Kaladze, Serginho; Rui Costa; Shevchenko (71'
Javi Moreno), Inzaghi. All. Terim
The
fans thanked "Zorro" Boban for the nine years
he spent with the club whilst he first walked part of
the pich, then had to run as he was overcome with emotion.
He then stopped under the Curva Sud and jumped up and
down with the fans as they called his name.
17/8/2001
Bierhoff could head to Naples
Oliver
Bierhoff could be close to accepting a transfer to Serie
B Napoli. After evaluating various options from England
and Spain the German's desire is to remain in Italy, even
though this means the Serie B.
Boban
last appearance
During
the Liugi Berlusconi Trophy match tomorrow, Zvonimir Boban
will make one last appearance at the San Siro to say goodbye
to the fans who have supported him over the last nine
years.
15/8/2001
Milan hit 20 past amateur side
Milan,
missing nine international players apart from those on
the injured list, played a friendly today again US Dairaghese.
Moreno impressed with six goals to his credit, whilst
Inzaghi scored five and Sheva scored four goals.
MILAN
– U.S. DAIRAGHESE 20-0 (10-0)
Scorers: Javi Moreno 6, Inzaghi 5, Shevchenko 4 (1 pen.),
Aubameyang 2, Aliyu 2, José Mari
MILAN (1°half): Abbiati; Brocchi, Costacurta, Maldini,
Coco; José Mari, Donadel, Kaladze, Serginho; Javi
Moreno, Shevchenko.
MILAN (2° half): Rossi (Aldegani); Brocchi, Costacurta,
Kaladze, Coco; Aliyu, Donadel, Aubameyang, Serginho; Javi
Moreno, Inzaghi.
U.S. DAIRAGHESE: Rossi (st Abbiati, poi Nicoli); Ateri,
Garofalo, Rubagotti, Bandera; Ferrario, Grolla, Zanardo,
Jacovino; Zanelli, Saporiti. All.: Sacchi.
Used during match: De Pascali, Colombo, Restelli, Venegoni,
Parmeggiani, Cozzi, Bonini, Carnevali
14/8/2001
Kaladze extends contract
Kakha
Kaladze has seen his contract extended till 2006. The
player was also rewarded with an increase in salary. He
said that he is very happy with this as it shows that
Milan are happy with his performance so far.
Moreno
happy at Milan
Javi
Moreno has publicly declared that Milan is truly a great
club. He was amazed at the level of professionalism reached
at AC Milan. One of his greatest surprises, he said, was
that Milan have an expert physiotherapist for each part
of a players body, a specialist for the knee, a specialist
for the ankle, so on and so forth.
Bierhoff
still in Southampton talks
Bierhoff
is still keen to move to England and talks are still in
hand with Southampton.
9/8/2001
Milan win Trofeo Tim
Milan
beat Inter 5-3 on penalties after a 0-0 result and then
went on to beat Juventus 1-0 through a Kaladze goal in
the second match of the Tim Throphy. Milan played very
well in both matches and Terim's work is clearly beginning
to show its fruit. Rui Costa was voted as the "Player
of the Tournament".
The
points standing at the end of the tournee read Milan
5 pts , Juventus 2 pts , Inter 2 pts.
7/8/2001
Beckham...a Milan player ?
David
Beckham could already be a Milan player according to British
press reports. The player has as yet refused to sign any
contracts with Manchester United since rumours have it
that he has a pre-contract with Milan which will guarantee
him an incredible 16 billion Italian lire per year. The
player's contract terminated June 2002 and therefore Milan
will be able to get him as a free Bosman ruling transfer.
Rumours have it that his wife, Victoria, has also signed
an agreement with Mediaset, Silvio Berlusconi's TV stations.
Dalla
Bona
More
news on Sam Dalla Bona seems the saga reaching the end
with the Chelsea player choosing Milan as his only destination.
It is expected that he will soon be in Milan to commence
training.
Kiko
for Jose Mari
Other
rumours from Spain are that Milan could swap Jose Mari
for Kiko in the next few days. The player is sought after
by Lazio but Terim is ken to have him on the reserves
bench rather than Jose Mari.
Milan
were again cheated in the last minute in the friendly
played in Istanbul this evening. Milan lead 1-0 at half
time with a Shevchenko goal and till all the first team
players were playing, the team dominated the pitch. With
changes in both tactics and players the team deteriorated
badly and lacked punch up front. Milan took the lead from
an Inzaghi - Shevchenko move with the latter being served
just outside the area and his low shot finding the net
to the right of Tugay. Milan created other opportunities
but Inzaghi was not in scoring mode today. The second
half saw the team change from a 4-3-1-2 set up to a 4-4-2
setup. Terim took off Inzaghi, Rui Costa, Donati, Laursen,
Gattuso, Maldini etc etc and the team never managed to
pick up pace. Towards the end javi Moreno hit the bar
but in the 91st minute after Besiktas had equalised through
Zoubaier and a Costacurta/Rossi blunder the linesman inexplicable
waved an infreingement from Rossi who was accused of kicking
the ball away from outside the box. From the resultant
free kick Besiktas took an unexpected and undeserved win
through Nihat.
BESIKTAS (3-5-2): Fevzi, Tayfur, Umit (1’
st Erman), Ahmet, Zoubaier, Nihat, Ilhan (25’ st
Arild), Mehmet Ozdilek (1’ st Tumer), Bayram (32’
st Sertan), Ibrahim, Yasin.
All.: Daum MILAN (4-3-1-2): Abbiati (1’ st Rossi); Contra
(24’ st Pirlo), Laursen (1’ st Costacurta),
Maldini (18’ st Brocchi), Coco; Gattuso (32’
st Donadel), Donati (1’ st Kaladze), Serginho; Rui
Costa (1’ st Helveg); Inzaghi (1’ st Javi Moreno),
Shevchenko. All.: Terim.
Referee: Ali Aydin
Spettatori: 32 mila circa
On
a positive note Laursen played well on his debut and the
whole Milan team is improving all the time and with every
game.
Latest
Milan moves
The
transfer market is still far from closed. Bierhoff is
close to a Premierchip club, probably Fulham since the
player has refused Southampton. Dalla Bona has declared
that he will rather join Milan than Inter and both interested
clubs are having talks with Chelsea. Daino could also
be on his way to England by joining Derby County on loan.
Amongst all this Milan have made a major capture in getting
an option on Ibrahimovic of Ajax. The young Swede, Bosnian
blood, impresed Milan so much in the quadrangular tournee
hald in Amsterdam that the club has decided to invest
in the player.
2/8/2001
Boban joins Celta Vigo
Boban
has finally said "ciao" to Milan after nine
glorious years at the club. He will be joining Celta Vigo
in the Spanish Liga with Milan's help since the Celta
could not fully compensate the player in respect of salary.
A hearty "Grazie Zorro" goes out from ForzaMilan.com
for all the years Zvone gave to the club.
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