[Rossoneri7]

Tomorrow is a unique day for all Milan fans, where the celebration will be at the San Siro which will display the 18 trophies that place Milan as the number one ranked club in the world.

Gazzetta dello Sport took this important date and had an exclusive interview with President Silvio Berlusconi, who talked first about Pato, saying: "With him I remember Gullit and Van Basten, I know that there is still a long way to go and that tomorrow is his first match and he must remain calm when taking the pitch. But he will be available for this team for the next ten years, as we don't have any reason to sell our players, and as everyone now knows Shevchenko was a special case".


Q. Will you not sell Ronaldo ?

"Why? I have a lot of confidence in that he will come back to being 100% fit, and for that I think Ronaldo will remain with us for a long time to come. Because with him, we have a very strong attack as we have three big attackers, and as Galliani says 'if we play in front of Napoli with all three of Kaka', Gilardino and Pato we will have the youngest attack force in Serie A'".


Q. Are you still interested in bringing Ronaldinho to Milan ?

"When we think of Ronaldinho or other strikers, we ask ourselves the question of who is best suited for the team, and not who he may be. And the answer now is rather difficult, as we are content with Pato".


Q. This means that you will concentrate on Zambrotta ?

"Zambrotta will be a helping hand for us in the future, as he is able to integrate in several positions. At the same time, we want to concentrate on our young players, where we depend on Gourcuff, Kaka' and Pato. And without forgetting the youth players who have shown a lot of promise: Marzoratti, Matri, Borriello, and Pozzi".


Q. The speculation surrounding Dida ?

Let's not forget that we won the Champions League in 2003 because of him, and even in Athena he produced a performance that is of the grade of a Milan player. Still, unfortunately he is suffering from an injury in his shoulders, and if it was another player instead of Dida, he would have stopped playing. Still, in spite of this Dida continues to play, through the pain. And Dida has our complete faith and trust.


Q. What is more difficult from your point of view, the fourth place finish or the Champions League triumph ?

"In football everything is difficult, because it depends on 50% skill and 50% luck, like Galliani had said, we have reached 2nd place 16 times. We are Milan, and we want to continue winning and we will fight to reach fourth place and Moscow".


Gazzetta Dello Sport

[han2503]

And let's not forget we lost the Istanbul final because of his slumber on Gerrard's header that led to a bloody 6 minutes... [Buffon would probably save that header!]

I would trade that rather boring Manchester final, and maybe even Athens final, with an Istanbul win anytime. because in that game we produced one of the best games in the history of football, while in Athens and Manchester we did not. that's my opinion at least...

Don't forget letting Smicer's shot go through him when it was easy to save (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Zed.D]

Don't forget letting Smicer's  shot go through him when it was easy to save  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Could he? I've always thought that was a great shot... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[kurtsimonw]

Could he? I've always thought that was a great shot...  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

He tried to push it past the post, and made a complete mess of it.

[milanista1899]

He tried to push it past the post, and made a complete mess of it.

Probably because of this:

There was a 'fool player blocking his view & it should have been disallowed.

[kurtsimonw]

Probably because of this:

Baros moved out of the way, Dida saw it - hence the fact he actually got to the ball - but made a very weak attempt to save it. I'm not sure why you're saying it shouldn't have been allowed, it's not like Baros was offside.