Milan
and Perugia could be exchanging two players each next
January. The players in question are Baiocco and Ze Maria
who will move to Milan and Daino and Umit Davala who will
head towards Perugia.
Milan
fourth richest club
Milan
are the fourth richest club in the world according to
official statistics published today. Milan are the first
in Italy behind Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern
Munich who head the table.
Moreno
could be Fulham bound
Javi
Moreno has been requested by Fulham to go on a loan deal
till the end of the season. The Spaniard who never managed
to find good form in Italy could be well tempted to go
ahead with this move to gain some playing time in London.
28/11/2001
Easy control
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PERUGIA
(3-5-2): Tardioli; Rezaei, Maury, Milanese; Ze Maria,
Blasi, Gatti (18’ st Cordova), Ahn (27’ st Berrettoni),
Grosso; Vryzas, Samereh (1’ st Nalitzis). Manager:
Cosmi.
Subs: Mazzantini, Tedesco, Fusani, Dasoul.
MILAN
(4-4-1-1): Abbiati; Contra, Roque Junior, Costacurta (26’
st Laursen), Kaladze (23’ pt Helveg); Umit, Gattuso,
Donati, Brocchi; Pirlo (31’ st Kutuzov), Simone.
Manager:
Ancelotti.
Subs: Abbiati, Chamot, Serginho, Shevchenko.
Referee:
Pieri di Genova
Yellow cards: Contra (M) e Donati (M), entrambi per gioco
scorretto
Spectators: around 5000
Milan
easily controlled Perugia to get through to the next round
of the Coppa Italia after drawing 0-0 at the Renato Curi
Stadium this evening. Ancelotti fielded a second string
side with Rossi in goal, Kaladze and Contra as wing backs
and with Costacurta and Roque Junior in the centre. In
midfield Gattuso, Brocchi, Pirlo and Umit and Donati doing
the hard work in midfield with the lone Simone up front.
In
a match which Milan commanded from start to finish the
sole objective seemed to be not to concede any goals to
continue the streak to a total of 5 games. In the effort
milan managed to hit two posts through Pirlo and Simone.
Otherwise not much can be said on the whole match except
for some good individual showings. Roque Junior proved
to be a good central defender whilst in the second half
Umit showed that he is a good right wing who can produce
good quality crosses for our forwards. On a sad note Kaladze
was injured after a bad tackle in the first half. The
extent of the damage is not known yet.
Milan
were concentrated throughout the match and very well organised
in all the sectors of the pitch. Milan will now meet the
winners of the Siena/Lazio encounter in the next round
of the Coppa.
27/11/2001
Shevchenko declaration
Andriy
Shevchenko in a declaration in an interview said that
he is happy at Milan and intends to stay with the club
for as long as possible. He said that Real Madrid will
fail in their bid to lure him to madrid since he intends
winning trophies with Milan and not with any other team.
He said he is only honoured that Real Madrid are interested
in him, but nothing else.
Kuffour
/ Ze Maria
In
a bid to strengthen the side Milan could be obtaining
the services of two important players. Bayern Munich's
Kuffour, who today scored the winner in the Intercontinental
Cup Final, and Perugia's Ze Maria. Bayern are after Cosmin
Contra and it is up to Ancelotti to decide whether the
services of Kuffour are more needed than those of Contra.
After chasing Perugia's Dellas, the central defender seems
to have been offered a better deal by Roma.
Daino
to return to Italy
Daniele
Daino who was on loan to Derby County will be returning
to Italy very soon. The player has not managed to command
a first team place with Derby County after his injury
and is unhappy in England. Milan could be passing the
defender over to Chievo in a bid to be able to lure one
of their players later on in some other deal.
Maldini recovering well
Paolo
Maldini could be back sooner than expected. The probabilities
are that he will play a few minutes again Perugia in the
Coppa Italia this week and then be fully available against
Serie A leaders Chievo next Sunday. Ambrosini is also
training with the squad and is expected to return to the
team in a few weeks.
25/11/2001
Inzaghi again !!!
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Inzaghi 30'
PARMA
(3-5-2): Frey; Djetou, Torrisi, Cannavaro; Sartor (29’
st Diana), Appiah (35’ st Nakata), Boghossian, Lamouchi,
Junior; Bonazzoli (1’ st Milosevic), Di Vaio. Subs:
Taffarel, Ferrari, Falsini, Maini.
Manager:
Passarella
MILAN (4-3-1-2): Abbiati; Helveg, Laursen, Chamot, Kaladze;
Umit, Donati, Serginho; Rui Costa (45’ st Roque Junior);
Inzaghi (47’ st Simone), Shevchenko (22’ st
Contra). Subs: Rossi, Sarr, Brocchi, Pirlo.
Milan
got all three points after an incredible game at the Tardini.
In the moment when Milan were suffering from Parma's domination
Inzaghi managed to put Milan ahead for the team to then
be able to create a lot of good chances. Missing Maldini,
Albertini and Costacurta, basically all the old guard,
Milan still managed to hold on even without Gattuso, disqualified,
and down to ten men. This was Parma's first home defeat
of the season and Milan had not beaten Parma since 1995.
This makes the result even greater. Ancelotti had various
problems to solve with the players he had at his disposal.
He opted for the duo Chamot-Laursen in the centre, with
the Argentine playing a magnificent game. Helveg, the
captain today, was played on the right with Kaladze on
the left. Donati substituted Albertini in the central
midfielder role with Umit in for the suspended Gattuso.
Up front the usual Rui Costa, Inzaghi and Shevchenko.
After
Abbiati had to make at least two good saves off Lamouchi,
Milan came into their own with Inzaghi's goal. The first
shot of the game fell to Shevchenko who only slightly
troubled Frey. On the half hour mark from a free kick
situation on the left Serginho's weighted cross saw Inzaghi
clear himself from the pack, even though his shirt became
oversize, to head easily into the top corner to Frey's
right. A Rui Costa scorcher was saved with difficulty
by Frey. After this goal it was Milan, Milan and more
Milan at least until Umit was expelled from the game for
a bad tackle. Just before half time Milan could easily
have made it 2-0. A Serginho cros from the left saw Inzaghi
about to head home completely unmarked but Shevchenko
called for the ball only to see his header cleared.
For
the second half Parma seemed more determined and inserted
Milosevic in an effort to boost their forward line. After
a Di Vaio shot went close it was Shevchenko who had a
good chance from a Milan counter attack. On the 14th minute
Laursen had a free header but the ball was incredibly
cleared off the line by Frey. On the 20th minute Unit
was sent off for a foul on Cannavaro. Ancelotti took Shevchenko
out and inserted Contra to cover his right side leaving
Inzaghi alone up front. At this point Milan showed incredible
determination and seemed to double their efforts on the
pitch in true Ancelotti style.
On
the 42nd minute Boghossian equalised but his header was
from a clear offside position. Ancelotti made another
two substitutions. Roque Junior and Simone came in for
Rui Costa and Inzaghi in order to relieve pressure by
stopping the match. A very important win against a dangerous
team which is showing improvement.
23/11/2001
Bayern want Contra
Bayern
are chasing Milan for the services of Cosmin Contra. With
Milan wanting Kuffur rumour has it that an exchange deal
could be in the offing here.
SPORTING
LISBON (3-4-1-2): 12 Tiago; 22 Beto, 6 Cruz, 5 Babb; 29
Cesar Prates, 23 Rui Jorge (Tello dal 37' st), 25 Joao
Pinto (Luis Felipe dal 44' st), 15 Hugo Viera (Pedro Barbosa
dal 37' st), 17 Paulo Bento; 7 Niculae, 16 Jardel (1 Nelson,
26 Quiroga, 3 Dimas, 2 Diogo).
Manager:
Ladislau Boloni
Referee:
Fernandez Marin (Spain)
Yellow
cards: Serginho (M), Gattuso (M) Paulo Bento (S)
Spectators:
10.132
Ancelotti
fielded Milan with Laursen and Costacurta in the centre,
flanked by Helveg and Kaladze. In midfield Gattuso, Albertini,
Serginho and Rui Costa slightly farther back than usual
making up a 4-4-2 line-up with Sheva and Inzaghi up front.
The tactical idea was to create more space for Shevchenko
and Inzaghi to move into without cluttering the area just
outside the box. Another interesting solution was Serginho
continous help in the centre of the field, especially
when Rui Costa moved forward. This helped bridge the gap
between midfield and defence if Milan got caught.
Milan
dominated the midfield sector from the word go and rarely
let go. With Gattuso playing his heart out it was difficult
for Joao Pinto to settle down thus cutting off the supply
line for the danger men up fron Niculae and Jardel.One
of the best chances of the half came from a Serginho header
from a Helveg perfectly weighted cross which smashed into
the crossbar with the keeper well beaten. Milan continued
to dominate.
The
first goal came after 37 minutes from a good move down
the middle. Albertini, who had just switched with Rui
Costa as playmaker, provided a simple but effective through
ball to Shevchenko. The Ukranian controlled superbly,
moved into the centre and cooly lobbed the ball smoothly
over the onrushing Taigo for a merited lead. Milan took
with them a good lead for the second half.
Ancelotti
did not make any changes since the team was well balanced
although sometimes they all seem to lose concentration
thereby losing the connectivity between the three sectors
of the field. In the second half Milan played worse and
Sporting were starting to play a lot better, managing
to creat a lot more from the right side of the pitch through
Cesar Prates.
This
did not keep Milan from developing a few counter attacks.
The second goal came from a good move by Serginho on the
left. He beat two men and crossed a low hard ball which
saw Inzaghi flick into the corner of the net for a superb
second goal. A number of substitutions took place after
this. Ancelotti in order to defend the 2-0 lead and Boloni
to at least score a goal. Donati substituted Inzaghi so
that Milan can control midfield. Later on Contra came
in for Serginho.
At
the very end Brocchi came in for a tired Gattuso and Milan
controlled the added three minutes to score a merited
and important victory.
22/11/2001
Ambrosini back in two weeks
Max
Ambrosini is training with the rest of the team and should
be available in two/three weeks at most. After training
yesterday, he declared that he was now feeling great and
no pain whatsoever in his knee.
21/11/2001
Milan - Juventus
Milan
- Juventus will be played on the 9th December at 20:30.
The match will be the usual late match of Sunday night.
Milan
could only draw 0-0 with Piacenza at the San Siro today.
Ancelotti fielded the normal Milan with Costacurta and
Laursen in the centre and Contra and Kaladze on the left
full back roles. In midfield Gattuso, Brocchi and Albertini,
Rui Costa behind the attackers Inzaghi, Shevchenko.
The
best chance of the match for Milan fell after one minute.
With that opportunity it might have been a different story
when Brocchi was all alone with only the keeper to beat
within two metres of goal. However, Brocchi mishit the
shot and it went wide. From then on it was only Milan
attacking and Piacenza defending well. The balls fell
to Inzaghi and Shevchenko who did not have the scoring
touch today.
In
the second hald things got worse. In a piacenza counterattack
Costacurta fouled Volpi down before he could reach Abbiati
and De Santis had no other option but to send off the
Milan captain. Ancelotti inserted Chamot for Gattuso to
replace a back four line up. Rui Costa fell back but soon
afterwards Pirlo was sent in for the tired Portughuese,
who was clearly unhappy with the substitution. Meanwhile,
Cristante was sent off for a foul on Inzaghi.
At
this point the game went into utter confusion with both
teams trying to grab hold of midfield. Milan produced
a last effort trying in desperation to score a goal. However
Inzaghi and Kaladze were both unlucky with their chances.
All in all a good performance by the players, but a hopelessly
bad result.
18/11/2001
Probable line-up
This
is the probable line-up Ancelotti will field against Piacenza.
Milan
could be exchanging Mohamed Sarr for Mohamed Gargo of
Udinese next January. The bid to strengthen the defence
is prompting this solution in order to obtain Gargo. With
talk of Emiliano Moretti yesterday the probability is
that only one of these solutions falls through. Other
defensive solutions are Puyol of Barcellona, although
this transfer seems very unlikely since Barca will do
all that is possible to keep the defender.
New
players
Ancelotti
has added three players to the squad these are:
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Paolo Sammarco 40 Matteo Deinite, 41 Mirco Stefani
16/11/2001
Milan might have Moretti
In
a deal struck yesterday in a last effort to save Fiorentina
from going to the Serie B or C owing to bankrupcy, Berlusconi
bought 5 films for the sum of around 68 billion Italain
lire. Rumours have it that the transfer of promising central
defender Moretti formed part of this deal.
14/11/2001
Perugia want Kutuzov
Perugia
have made an offer for Kutuzov. This was revealed today
in some of the Italian press. Perugia seem likely to losr
Vryzas next January to either Juventus or Inter who have
made bids for the Greek player.
Sacchi
had resigned ... in 1989
It
has NOW transpired in an interview on Milan Channel that
way back in 1990 Sacchi had written a letter of resignation
from the post of manager at Milan. This occurred after
Milan won the Champions league final against Benfica,
but came second in the Campionato to Maradona's Napoli.
Sacchi was so disappointed with the second place that
he resigned. The letter lay idle on Berlusconi's desk
for a whole week before our President convinced him to
stay on as manager.
A
good solid Milan showed up at the San Siro this evening
and virtually booked a place for the next round of the
Coppa Italia. Ancelotti's first appearance was build around
a hard working midfield and a very solid defence, basically
leaving nothing to Perugia. With all the national players
missing and also the injured like Maldini, Ancelotti fielded
a back four defence with Helveg on the right and Kaladze
on the left. In the central defender roles Ancelotti fielded
Costacurta and Laursen. The hard working midfield of Gattuso,
Brocchi and Albertini guaranteed that Perugia would find
it extremely difficult to penetrate and get to the defence
in the first place. Rui Costa was played just behind the
attacking duo of Inzaghi and Simone.
It
was in fact Simone who produced the best chances in the
first half with some good shots, but the best chance fell
to Brocchi after a good exchange with Inzaghi, but his
shot was too central and saved by Mazzantini. Otherwise
chances were few and far between but Milan were already
showing better quality. The team however, lacked spirit
and was too slow in its manouvres. Other chances fell
to gattuso and Rui Costa.
The
second half saw Milan come out with renewed spirit. The
fact is that Milan had been beaten by Perugia in the last
four outings. Inzaghi saw to that with two goals in 15
minutes. The first came from a header of a Rui Costa assist.
the second came from another header off another Rui Costa
cross. Both opportunites were similar with Inzaghi and
Laursen able to get the free header. This meant that Milan
were utilising a set piece, and it actually worked twice
in a row !!! It was then Abbiati who saved the day with
a great save onto the post to avert a certain goal. In
the 81st minute a helveg cross destined for the onrushing
Inzaghi saw Sogliano anticipate SuperPippo from a hatrick
and score into his own net for a merited 3-0.
09/11/2001
Peschern to ref Milan - Perugia
Peschern
will referee the match between Milan and Perugia this
weekend. The match is valid for the Coppa Italia.
Other
news...
Real
Madrid president Perez insists that he is ready to pay
millions to lure Shevchenko to Real Madrid. He said
that he will also manage to get Vieira, another ex-Milan
player, to Real Madrid as well.
Ambrosini
has resumed training with the squad.
Ancelotti
asks Milan to get Crespo.
Milan
reportedly after Fredrick Lyungberg of Arsenal.
07/11/2001
More signings ??
Milan
seem to have finally agreed with Chelsea for Sam Dalla
Bona. The player should be joining Milan's ranks in January,
in the next available transfer window. Another name being
mentioned is that of Ancelotti's pupil at Juventus, Birindelli.
Milan have already started transfer talks with Juventus
for this transfer. In defence there is new talk about
the posibility of Cannavaro joining Milan. It seems the
player is unhappy at Parma and Ancelotti's arrival at
Milano could push the player in our favour.
Terim ....
Fatih
Terim cancelled his meeting with Galliani and did not
turn up at via Turati as was originally planned for a
press conference. The Turkish manager proceeded to Milanello,
picked up his personal belongings and left.
06/11/2001
Ancelotti presented at via Turati
Carlo
Ancelotti was today presented at via Turati. Milan's new
manager expressed his feelings by stating that the decision
to manage Milan was a choice made from the heart since
he has never actually felt that he left Milan in the first
place. Getting back to Milanello and to meet his ex-team
mates feels much like coming back home, he stated. Ancelotti
has signed a two year deal running to 30th June, 2004.
05/11/2001
Terim sacked...Ancelotti new Milan manager
Terim
will in all probability be sacked later on tonight. The
definite details are being defined for Carlo Ancelotti
to return to Milan, this time as manager. The decision
was taken after yesterday's disastrous display and a number
of incomprehensible substitutions by Terim. More details
later.
Milan
lost another golden opportunity against an incredibly
motivated Torino with Inzaghi missing a crucial penalty
kick with two minutes remaining. The match was another
rough tussle with Milan totally unable to play football
and with Torino defending thorughout the ninety minutes.
Chances came few and far between but it was Lucarelli
who luckily found the ball into his path, after a melee
in the box, alone infront of Abbiati to beat him for the
only goal of the match.
Milan
had a few chances with Inzaghi as the only striker. When
Terim inserted Simone to help him out nothing much improved.
Milan continued to attack but in no co-ordinated manner
and Torino found it very easy to just clear the ball away
and wait for Milan to get back. After an Inzaghi header
was saved by Bucci, Inzaghi was fouled in the area for
a penalty in the 88th minute. He took the kick but he
sent the ball well over the bar, much like Salas did from
the same spot a few weeks ago for Juventus. A draw would
have been a merited result, since Torino hardly merited
the win, but Milan came out of Torino with nothing to
show.
02/11/2001
UEFA Cup Draw - Sporting Lisbon
It
was the draw Milan wanted to avoid, but it happened. From
the four teams Milan could have picked in the draw held
today Portughuese side Sporting Lisbon will play Milan
in the next round of the cup.
Milan
played a very good match in Sofia and walked out winners
in a very difficult and rough match against CSKA Sofia.
Milan have now scored nine goals and conceded none in
the UEFA cup.
CSKA
were very nervous and at one point CSKA player - president
Lubo Penev even kicked a ball and hit Terim who was furious
with the treatment the Bulgarians were giving to our players.
Letchkov was shown the red card towards the end with a
bad foul on Donati.
Milan
controlled the match quite easily despite the provocation
and with time ticking away the Bulgarians become increasingly
nervous. After 62 minutes Inzaghi broke the deadlock.
A Serginho free kick found Inzaghi flying through the
air and heading in a beautiful goal. Inzaghi scored again
but had his totally legitimate goal disallowed for offside.
In the meantime, Abbiati managed to produce a super save
off a shot from outside the area.
The
match ended with an increasingly nervous CSKA and with
Milan easily in control.
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