[arivanjj]

Carlo Ancelotti has named his 23-man squad for the Club World Cup in Japan, including the injured Ronaldo and Marek Jankulovski.

Milan are participating champions of Europe in the tournament that runs from December 7 to 16.

Although Ronaldo and full-back Jankulovski are currently out of action, the Coach hopes to have them both back in time to play in Japan.

Il Fenomeno has been ruled out of Saturday’s Serie A match with Juventus and most likely the Champions League decider with Celtic on Tuesday evening due to a recurring calf problem.

Under FIFA rules Milan can bring 23 players, but Alexandre Pato cannot take part, as the 18-year-old’s registration can only be made official from January 2008.

The Rossoneri only enter the competition from the semi-finals on December 13, where they will face one of Sepahan, Waitakere United and Urawa Red Diamonds.

Boca Juniors enter from the other semi-final and the trophy will be assigned in Yokohama on December 16.

Meanwhile, Boca Juniors have been told they cannot use new signing Juan Roman Riquelme in the Club World Cup.

The Argentine just completed his move from Villarreal, but is not eligible because he missed the “strict deadline of Friday November 23 2007 for submitting a final list of players,” explained FIFA.

Riquelme was not on the preliminary list handed in last week.

Milan squad: Dida, Kalac, Fiori; Cafù, Maldini, Kaladze, Nesta, Simic, Jankulovski, Bonera, Serginho, Oddo; Emerson, Gattuso, Seedorf, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Brocchi; Inzaghi, Gilardino, Kakà, Ronaldo.


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[Tennie]

Jack, our beloved Turtle may well need the gym. He was hurt before the Benfica game (I think during the Cagliari game?) and wasn't 100% in Lisbon. He didn't look great against the Zebras either, and then he took a couple of nasty hits from Celtic in the CL game.

In any event, today's training was open to the public. There were a lot of fans out to watch, it seems. After a warmup, there was what was essentially a practice game and the crowd went into raptures when Pippo scored during the practice game. Today, the following players trained in the gym/pool at the hotel where Milan are staying: Dida, Seedorf, Simic, Serginho, and Ronaldo. link

In the first game of the CWC (being shown live at dead o'clock on the Fox Soccer Channel), Sepahan defeated Waitakere 3-1.

And...the sky is falling. Here's a headline quote from today's Gazzetta: 'Tifo per il Milan, sono italiano' [I'm supporting Milan, I'm Italian.] The speaker? A Milanese businessman named Massimo Moratti. link

[misha]

And...the sky is falling. Here's a headline quote from today's Gazzetta: 'Tifo per il Milan, sono italiano' [I'm supporting Milan, I'm Italian.] The speaker? A Milanese businessman named Massimo Moratti. link

Can you imagine Silvio saying something like that? Milan fan would never say that about Inter.