[misha]

Carlo Ancelotti condemned the “serious” pitch invasion at Parkhead, but was more concerned with the state of the field itself.

The big headlines came from a fan who struck Nelson Dida as he ran on to celebrate the winning goal and the ‘keeper was stretchered off.

“I haven’t spoken to Dida and did not see what happened. We’ll have to ask Dida how he is, but it is serious for a fan to come on to the pitch,” noted Ancelotti.

“This really should not happen. I don’t even want to think about legal ramifications, that has nothing to do with me.”

The club has now confirmed it will not lodge an appeal against Celtic, nor will Dida press charges against the unidentified fan, who escaped the clutches of the authorities.

Ancelotti had other concerns on his mind after yet another dismal result for his team, losing 2-1 away to Celtic.

“We played well enough on a very wet pitch that made it difficult for our style of play. Things went alright in terms of the team performance and we allowed Celtic only two shots, one of which was from a corner kick. They are better at the physical side of things and it worked for them.

“I do not think we were inefficient upfront, because we could not play our usual way. It was simply impossible, so we had to try to be more physical and not play the ball quite so much to feet.”

The driving rain throughout the match made conditions tricky in Glasgow and that inevitably affected the standard of football from both teams.

“Celtic are certainly very different at home than they are away. They had the advantage of playing on a pitch we just weren’t used to, as it was extremely difficult to control the ball on such a slippery surface and there were many errors caused by that,” continued Ancelotti.

“Scottish football has improved a great deal, just look at Rangers’ 3-0 win at Lyon last night. It would have been unthinkable a few years ago.”

Without a Serie A win since Week 1 and suffering a rare Champions League defeat after their opening 2-1 over Benfica, it is crisis time for the Rossoneri.

“We must slowly improve. We played in an organised and fairly focused way for most of this match and that is what we have to stick with. That is the path to improvement.”

[Rossoneri7]

I don't know where to put this since I read it off of a site and not sure of the source ...


Silvio Berlusconi stated that..

"This is the worst period that Milan have been through since he became president. And that the team are faced with controversial refereeing and bad luck."

He also stated "Wait for Ronaldo to come back and Pato will make a huge impact on the team, based on the reports that he is getting from the technical department."

If you read arabic .. This is where I got it from

I don't blame Silvio, Galliani or Carlo for backing the team during this bad patch. After all, they have to back the team no matter what! As there is nothing they can do (they could have done this and that in the summer .. but summer is gone, so lets drop that..) now. In January, by the looks of things, I wouldn't be surprised if a new face came. But expecting anything other than the management and coach's support for the team is .. well (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[bigmacmtl]

I don't know where to put this since I read it off of a site and not sure of the source ...
Silvio Berlusconi stated that..

"This is the worst period that Milan have been through since he became president. And that the team are faced with controversial refereeing and bad luck."

He also stated "Wait for Ronaldo to come back and Pato will make a huge impact on the team, based on the reports that he is getting from the technical department."

If you read arabic .. This is where I got it from

I don't blame Silvio, Galliani or Carlo for backing the team during this bad patch. After all, they have to back the team no matter what! As there is nothing they can do (they could have done this and that in the summer .. but summer is gone, so lets drop that..) now. In January, by the looks of things, I wouldn't be surprised if a new face came. But expecting anything other than the management and coach's support for the team is .. well (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

theres a difference between backing the team and making excuses. bad luck? give me a break you create ur own luck, you dont draw and lose 4-5 games ina row cuz of bad luck. and we've had 2-3 bad calls our way and we've had 2-3 bad calls go our way like that penalty at celtic park.

[milanista1899]

The driving rain throughout the match made conditions tricky in Glasgow and that inevitably affected the standard of football from both teams.

What about when we beat Man. Utd. 3-0 @ home last season? It was p***ing it down then too! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

you dont draw and lose 4-5 games ina row cuz of bad luck. and we've had 2-3 bad calls our way and we've had 2-3 bad calls go our way like that penalty at celtic park.

No, I don't think he was saying it was all down to that - just partly. You're joking right - you don't think it was a foul on Ambro? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

[kurtsimonw]

What about when we beat Man. Utd. 3-0 @ home last season? It was p***ing it down then too! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

No, I don't think he was saying it was all down to that - just partly. You're joking right - you don't think it was a foul on Ambro?  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

A foul on Ambro? I was laughing when it was given, it was a shocking decision.