[misha]

Marcos Cafu has recovered from injury and could be ready to return to playing as early as Sunday.

The Rossoneri defender has been out since the match with Empoli on November 18, but has been training well and surprised everyone by going through an intense fitness session on Thursday.

“I am fine, really fine and I hope to be available for the Coach on Sunday, if needed,” said the Brazilian to Milan Channel, confirming his hopes of making an appearance against Torino.

“This is not a great moment for us, but we have to shrug it off as soon as possible and return to being the Milan the fans deserve, a team which can always make them dream,” added the 36-year-old.

The Rossoneri have been under increasing pressure to turn their season around and were again handed an embarrassing defeat on Wednesday as they were beaten 2-0 by underdogs Lille in the Champions League.

“Maybe the defeat was due to the fact that we had already qualified, whereas they were playing a crucial game,” explained Il Pendolino, who was forced to watch on from the stands by his injury.

“They deserved the victory for the way they played. It’s not that we weren’t motivated, but maybe they were more eager than us.

“The next round will be difficult, but from now on we can't and we mustn’t choose which matches we would like to play. We will aim to get as far as possible and we have to be ready to play whoever we draw,” concluded Cafu.

The draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League will take place on Friday December 15 in Nyon.

Six-time champions Milan will play one of Real Madrid, Porto, PSV Eindhoven Celtic or reigning champions Barcelona, with the first leg scheduled for February 20.

Football Italia

[misha]

Finally some good news. Hope everybody will be fit after the New Year break

[han2503]

Let's hope the little break did him some good and he will help out in the attack.

[dst]

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