Hahahahahha yes I saw! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif)

These are our possible options for the round of 32

Red Star Belgrade
Dynamo Kiev
Krasnodar
Olympiacos
RB Salzburg
Young Boys
Molde
Slavia Prague
Benfica
Granada
Real Sociedad
Sporting Braga
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Antwerp
Wolfsberger

Didn't know the CL teams drop into the 2nd seeds...

Hopefully we avoid those and get a good draw which we could hopefully kill off in the first leg. Ideally we avoid Salzburg, Prague, Benfica, Sociedad, Braga, Olympiacos and Dynamo

Give me Krasnodar please, whoever they are.

A bit better meaning he can kick the ball without losing it, but he still remains downright mediocre. He's a Genoa level kind of player, so to speak.

Krunic is Serie B material, on the other hand. Really frightening stuff.

By the way, I really liked Kalulu. So concentrated and determined. He really cared to have a good performance and it showed. Kalulu > Duarte.

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It's surreal.

Rangers also won our group but the only side I'm a little wary of is indeed Lille. And Rangers fans aren't worried about anyone in the group of unseeded teams in general.

A little strange to see Milan fans being worried about who to avoid in the Europa League. Despite leading Serie A on merit.

There are many factors for my thinking here

I don't want to face a side that could potentially put us out if we have a bad night. And I want to see us kill the tie off in preferably the first leg. The easier these first draws are for us, the better for us not just in the EL itself, but in the league as well.

Look at yesterday. We basically put out an entirely new 11. It's stuff I would do on Fifa when the fitness bars on the players are low.

Killing the tie off in the first leg allows for rotation. This is hugely important now with Inter out of Europe and having nothing else but the league to focus on.


So basically, if we can get the semi pro teams still left in the comp I would be immensely happy.

The likes of Benfica, Leipzig, etc would be worrying for several different factors.


Rangers basically have the league wrapped up already imo. I understand why you would be bullish in the EL. We don't have that same luxury. Our 5 point cushion can be easily wiped out. We need to thread carefully in the league, and for me, EL is a bonus and if it's going to hinder our title chances with difficult draws that would be both physically and mentally draining for the players, I'd rather we bow out early

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Good one.

I'm partial to either them, Antwerp, Wolfsberger or Molde.

Those would all be ideal.


Agreed. I think I mentioned Kalulu in my post match post. He looks good. Also physical and fast which is something we lack in our current crop of CBs


Btw, how far has Musacchio fallen to not even get ahead of Kalulu or Duarte for this game? I read somewhere that he is fit, so I don't understand what the issue is. He was never a great defender but was always serviceable before.

It's Wolfsberger??? I thought it was Wolfsburg. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)



I guess because he hasn't played in ages.

Have not been on this forum for a while, so I had to catch up :-)

@CrazyMilanFan - glad to hear you beat COVID. My mom did as well. She is in her mid 80's, so I was real worried for a while.

As for the rest ...

Lots of negativism and a few "meltdowns" in the last couple of months. They have started giving out awards for this kind of behavior in a different forum :-)

This is how I look at the current situation:
- We are ahead in Serie A, 5 points clear (not counting Sassuolo's game earlier today)
- We won our EL group (despite getting a single point out of two Lille games)
- We play as a team
- We have one of the youngest teams in top European leagues, lots of potential for the future
- We won (or tied) matches with direct competitors in Serie A
- We won games against teams where we would have tied in recent years (or even lost in the final minutes). Yes, we struggled in some of these games, but nevertheless we came away with 3 points.
- We have been winning even though some of our key players have been out
- Hague is a monster (perhaps not the "next Kaka", but huge potential), Tonali is starting to prove his worth, Kalulu surprised me in the last match (I had written him off in pre-season), Cala and Gabbia are solid options. Not to mention other players that were already performing last season (Kessie, Benna, Zlatan, etc.)

Had you told me at the beginning of the season that this is where we would end up mid December, I would have not believed you (yes, I hoped, but did not really expect).

I regularly read comments on CM (and elsewhere). Indeed, lots of "rosicare" from the Intereisti, and some (though less) from Rube fans as well.
- We are "Bilan" and our players are "scarsi"
- Just wait until the end of the season, we will be 20 points behind Merda / Rube
- We were supposed to fall apart after a few games
- We were supposed to fall apart after Zlatan got injured
- We were supposed to fall apart by November or December (well, someone on this forum believed this as well :-))
- Now the tune has changed to "the refs are helping us" and "how can we be so lucky"

Do I truly believe that we will win Serie A and/or EL? Probably not, but I am a fan, so I am compelled to hope (and even allow myself to believe).

Do I believe our team is playing great? Not really, but we are playing as a team (more than what I can say for Merda or even Rube), we are consistent, and we have bounced back when in past years we would have fallen apart.

Are we back to our glory days? No way, not even close. But we are rebuilding, and doing so on a solid financial basis (something we did not really have with B&G).

To look at this differently, this is the best we have seen in a decade, so here is my advice to some of you:
- Chill out
- Enjoy the moment (it may not last :-))
- Stay positive (we are fans, after all !!!)

Forza Milan !!!

Looks like Ibra won't be called for tomorrow's game. Disappointing, thought he would have recovered by now.

At least with Rebic CF we have Hauge on the left.

Yeah Austrian side 'better known' as RZ Pellets WAC.

Pioli: "Between Leao and Rebic I think the latter is more suited to play as CF"

I couldn't disagree more.

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Excellent post. And I agree. Let's enjoy the moment.

For me. Top 4 is still the absolute must get goal. Anything else is icing.

Of course the "S" word has crossed my mind a couple of times, but then I reign myself in. I think our squad is too thin to make it that far. Now if we're still first in January and make those 3 signings we need, I might actually let myself hope


I'm thinking they won't risk him until the Sassuolo game at this point. I'm eager to see him back in the team, but anything that would cause his absence for the more difficult games should be avoided.


I agree with your disagreement.

Rebic has really struggled upfront. Especially since we've faced teams who stay very compact. And it will be the same against Parma and Genoa.