Milan rocked by injuries Thursday 1 February, 2007

Milan have suffered a double blow after Pippo Inzaghi and Nelson Dida picked up injuries in their Coppa Italia semi-final with Roma.

The Rossoneri have been plagued by injuries this season and their problems are not easing after last night’s 3-1 loss.

Dida has picked up a shoulder knock just weeks after he made his Serie A comeback, following a two-month lay-off because of knee ligament damage.

The Brazilian has undergone a preliminary examination and is set to be out for at least a month, although pessimistic reports suggest that the goalkeeper’s season may be over.

The No 1, who has yet to sign a new contract with the Rossoneri, fell on his shoulder after making a fine save from Daniele De Rossi. He’ll undergo more tests over the next few days.

Marco Storari, who joined the club from Messina last month, may now make his debut against Ascoli at the weekend.

Turning to Inzaghi, the striker limped off the Olimpico turf just 14 minutes after coming on as a substitute for Massimo Ambrosini.

The No 9 suffered a muscle strain which may keep him in the treatment room for three or four weeks.

Milan will visit Celtic on February 20 in the Champions League and Coach Carlo Ancelotti is desperate to have him back for that last 16 clash.

The Rossoneri only have Inzaghi, Alberto Gilardino and Ricardo Oliveira available in attack for Europe as Ronaldo is Cup-tied.

(channel4.com)

Oh... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

GREAT!!! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

fu*ked up.

UCL is gonna be really tough
we'll need alot of luck to beat celtic

what is all this crap with dida getting hurt so much? the man had a flair thrown in his eye and finished out the season.

Luckily we managed to sign Storari, otherwise, with Kalac injured, we'd had to play Fiori. The same with Ronaldo, even though he cannot play in the Champions League.

Storari is a good goalie so I'm not as worried as I was when Dida was injured the first time and we had to play with Kalac

Pippo getting injured could be a good thing, now maybe Oli can finally play next to Gila against Ascoli

Come on, we all know that Carlo is going to play with one striker hte next match and also against Cetlic (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

THE INJURY SITUATION
2/1/2007 3:40:00 PM
Medical director Jean Pierre Meersseman gives an update on the current injury situation and the condition of the Rossoneri's newest arrival

Milan medical director Jean Pierre Meersseman takes a look at the current injury situation and at the condition of the newest arrival in red and black, Ronaldo.

As far as Kakha Kaladze goes: 'the defender is doing well and will be available in time for Ascoli. He seems to have overcome any problems. He trained well this morning and is no longer experiencing any pain, so he should be recovered in time for Ascoli.' On the other hand, his partner in crime Alessandro Nesta, will need a bit more time before he is back on the field. Meersseman said: 'He is doing better. According to the initial evaluation, it will be another month before he can return. He is preparing but when he has a problem with his tendon he must respect the natural time needed to recover. We hope that his injury will be totally resolved by the first day of March and to have him available to play between March 5 to 10.'

Cristian Brocchi is close to coming off the injury list: 'I just spoke to Cristian and he is doing well in training. He has no more pain and we can even hope that he will be ready in time to go to Ascoli. However, we don't want to force things so if he feels even a little pain again then we won't have him play. It depends on what he says as well, but in any case from a technical point of view everything is ok.' Serginho will also return at about the same time as Nesta: 'He is doing truly well. He is back from Brazil and started running again. Certainly, it's only his second day back and it's too soon to start jumping with joy but the visit with his surgeon went very well. He can start doing more intensive training and, if everything continues to go well, he will be back approximately between March 10 and 15.'

Then a final word about Ronaldo: 'He is doing better than he was yesterday, he only had some small problems to resolve. Today he underwent a more intense training session, so I hope that the time is shortening. I thought that we would need at least a month before seeing him on the field, but today we can hope for an even faster comeback. Ronaldo needs to train a bit and do some basic preparations. However, it is already a positive thing that he is training without any type of problems. We hope he will return in the upcoming days. He must do some strength and aerobic work, basic kind of preparations.'

He didn't say anything about Pippo and Dida. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Strange...

Storari will be a good replacement for Dida so no worries there, obviously inzaghi being injured is a concern as we are running out of fit and available strikers so it will probably be the xmas tree formation for the ascoli game.
I hope pippo will be fit for the celtic games as we surely need to progress in this seasons ucl!!

Oli should be playing next to Gila. No more xmas tree we play badly with it especially with 2 defensive mids

Well not just minutes to oliveira, but aubameyang should have also some minutes on the field, we can see if the kid has potential and perhaps he becomes a hero or something , you never know.

Thats what I would like to think, unfortunately carlo is in charge and anything could happen!!!!