Milan
have taken an option on Sao Paolo striker Luis Fabiano.
The player, Kaka's best friend, has chosen Milan as his
preferred destination after both Barcellona and Juventus
made strong bids to sign the talented forward. The player
will now stay another year with Sao Paolo and join Milan
next season. In the meantime, Milan will opt to sign Lazio
forward Corradi.
Milan
lose to Kitchee
Milan lost
theri opening match in the China tour by 2-1 against local
club Kitchee. Milan fielded a strong team which however
was saw the rossoneri take the lead through a Shevchenko
header. Numerous substirution were made and towards the
end Milan conceded two goals through Putiray.
30/5/2004
Milan in Hong Kong
Milan
have arrived in Hong Kong to play two friendly matches.
Obviosuly, the team is without certain key players who
have ben called up for national squad duty. Milan have
recruited a number of players to join them on the tour.
These are Signori, Diana and Dalla Bona. Line up for the
first match against Kitchee is: Abbiati; Diana, Costacurta,
Maldini, Kaladze; Brocchi, Redondo, Ambrosini, Serginho;
Shevchenko, Borriello.
26/5/2004
Shevchenko till 2009
Andrij
Shevchenko has decided to finish his career with Milan.
the Ukranian said in an interview that Milan is the top
club and that playing for the rossoneri is the highest
honour for any player. Shevchenko also spoke highly of
Milan's recent signings Stam and Dhorasoo.
Other
news
Ambrosini
has decided to stay with the rossoneri after Milan took
a decision, either Ambrosini or Davids. The management
opted to keep Ambrosini.
Rumours
are rife that Corradi will be joining Milan. Galliani
stated in various interviews that he is the club's number
one choice in attack. Corradi on the other hand, stated
from Coverciano that his first club preference is Milan.
In attack Boriello will be again loaned out to gain valuable
experience.
Abbiati's
position is more complicated. Galliani said that the chances
of him staying with Milan are at 51%. The player clearly
wants to play and with teams like Arsenal trying to lure
him to London the player is having great difficulties
taking a decision.
17/5/2004
Stam signs for Milan
Defender
Jaap Stam has signed a two year deal with Milan. The 10.5
million Euro deal is payable in two annual instalments
starting from next year.
In
the meantime in an interview Vikash Dhorasoo has declared
it as an honour to be playing alongside Paolo Maldini
next season.
16/5/2004
Maldini to stay home
Maldini
has reiterated that he will definitely not go to Portugal
with the Italian national squad. The captain stated that
Trapattoni is aware of his decision.
Brescia:
Castellazzi, Petruzzi, Di Biagio, Dainelli, Castellini,
Bachini, Brighi (67' Stankevicius), Matuzalem, Mauri,
Caracciolo (43' Del Nero), Baggio (84' Colucci)
Manager: De
Biasi G.
Referee:
Giannoccaro
Milan
honoured the celebrations at the San Siro for Scudetto
number 17 with a display of attacking football relinquishing
any defensive tactics. The order of the day was winning
and that is what the boys did. From the word go Milan
turned on their class and Abbiati was only beaten by two
spectacular long range Matuzalem efforts. Jon Dahl Tomasson
scored a brace of goals whilst Shevchenko scored his 24th
goal of the season thus enabling to equal his own record
at Milan and also winning the top scorer award.
10/5/2004
New sponsor
Milan
will have a new sponsor as from next season. The sponsor
will be "Casino di Lugano". Talks have been
in hand since 2003 and finally an agreement has ben reached.
Without
any sort of motivation whatsoever, Milan entered the stadium
with other things on their mind. It was clear from the
outset that this was "that" kind of match. Ancelotti
rested most players and inserted Simic and Kaladze on
the flanks and Serginho, Brocchi, Ambrosini and Redondo
in midfield. Milan conceded the first goal after only
8 mins from an incredible overhead kick by the talented
Di Michele and then proceeded to give away a penalty on
the 30 min mark.
The
second half saw a slight improvement on Milan's part which
was just enough for Andriy Shevchenko to score his 23rd
goal of the season and his 90th Serie A goal, equalling
the great Marco Van Basten.
7/5/2004
Latest news
The
latest from Milano is that Maldini has extended his contract
till 2006. The captain will therefore probably finish
his career at Milan. Players coming in are Dhorasoo, Stam
and most probably Zebina. Other rumours mention Luis Fabiano,
Chevanton and Ze Maria.
Roma:
Pelizzoli, Panucci, Zebina, Samuel, Candela (46' D'Agostino),
Mancini, Emerson, Dacourt, Lima (79' De Rossi), Totti,
Cassano (73' Delvecchio)
Arbitro:
Messina
Yellow cards: Samuel (R), Zebina (R), Kakà (M),
Lima (R)
Milan
are CHAMPIONS of the Serie A for the 17th time in their
history. In the match against only challengers Roma, Shevchenko
shot Milan into the lead after only 2 minutes.
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