[weeeow]

Mon 19th Feb

Beware The Fighting Dog - Nakamura

'Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura has labelled AC Milan star Rino Gattuso a "fighting dog" ahead of their midfield battle in Tuesday's Champions League clash at Parkhead.

Gattuso, a former Rangers player, flies into Glasgow on Monday afternoon ahead of the first leg of their last-16 clash with the Bank of Scotland Premier League champions.

In an interview for Japanese television, Nakamura, who played in Italy with Reggina, said: "They are a big club with international players in every position and they've won the league many times.

"I played against them many times when I was at Reggina and they seemed almost impossible to beat. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

"They are very strong and have many intelligent players who know their football.

"Gattuso is like a fighting dog. Kaka is fast and tough. Dida, I think, is the best goalkeeper in the world." (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

But the Japan international, who scored a trademark free-kick in Saturday's 2-1 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie, believes Milan's main threat will come from midfielder Andrea Pirlo.

He said: "I think the key to Milan is Pirlo."

"He positions himself in front of the back four and makes accurate passes - he can turn the tide with one play.

"They are very good at that kind of counter-attacking. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

"Milan will go on if we can't stop Pirlo."' (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

"http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/19022007/4/beware-fighting-dog-nakamura.html"

I agree with him. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

FORZA MILAN!!!!

This post has been edited by weeeow: Feb 19 2007, 06:08 PM

[han2503]

I saw a longer version of this interview somewhere but I can't find it. If I do I'll post it.

It's a very interesting read.

But this only means they figured us out (like every side in Europe has unfortunately) I was hopeing that they would pay more attention to Kaka and forget about Pirlo and to some extent Seedorf, but it looks like they've done their homework