[I_Rossoneri]

Milan President Silvio Berlusconi insists he is delighted Massimo Moratti knows how to count given he keeps adding up how many penalties the Rossoneri have won.

Yesterday Berlusconi said Milan would be just one point behind Inter if the crucial goal Adriano scored with his hand in the last derby had been ruled out.

Moratti responded by saying Milan are only still in the title race because of the 'record' number of penalties they have been awarded.

“It's a useful exercise in arithmetic that does everybody good,” Berlusconi quipped. “Inter prevailed in the last derby because of a very dubious goal without which we would be just a point behind them.”

As it is, Milan are seven points behind Inter with just five games left of the 2008-09 season. They travel to Catania on Sunday.

Channel 4

Silvio back to his best! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[Jack Sparrow]

Hahahaha.....honestly personality-wise Silvio is one of the best owners around. He's got a sense of humour and balls of steel.

[dst]

Ha-ha! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(in truth though without Adriano's goal it would be a draw. And who's to say we would not have lost anyway?)

[Zed.D]

What about Inter's second goal? who says without Adriano's handball goal we wouldn't have lost? what kind of a retarded logic is that? no one knows what would have happened.

[Warchant]

What about Inter's second goal? who says without Adriano's handball goal we wouldn't have lost? what kind of a retarded logic is that? no one knows what would have happened.

tactics change being down 1-0 then being tied 0-0

not saying we would've won...but the type of game you play changes when you get behind.

[dst]

tactics change being down 1-0 then being tied 0-0

not saying we would've won...but the type of game you play changes when you get behind.

It's be a totally different game that's for sure.

What Berlusconi says there does not make sense. How can we say that without Adriano's goal we'd be 1 point behind them? Without that goal it'd be a draw... so we'd be 4 points behind them.

This is a ridiculous idea though it does not even makes sense in my view.

[I_Rossoneri]

It's be a totally different game that's for sure.

What Berlusconi says there does not make sense. How can we say that without Adriano's goal we'd be 1 point behind them? Without that goal it'd be a draw... so we'd be 4 points behind them.

This is a ridiculous idea though it does not even makes sense in my view.

I think he thinks that we would have won. Even if it doesn't make sense it is always funny to take the piss out of the merda (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Zed.D]

tactics change being down 1-0 then being tied 0-0

not saying we would've won...but the type of game you play changes when you get behind.

Usually the plan is not to concede more goals and we did 15 minutes later.

And Silvio needs to be reminded of how we ourselves won the 1st derby (offside goal). I just hate biased opinions, even if they're stated by my favorite club's owner.

It's be a totally different game that's for sure.

What Berlusconi says there does not make sense. How can we say that without Adriano's goal we'd be 1 point behind them? Without that goal it'd be a draw... so we'd be 4 points behind them.

This is a ridiculous idea though it does not even makes sense in my view.

Looks like he doesn't even know how many points his club's got in the standings. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

[MizNelson]

Apparently, Silvio's wife is filing for divorce after he attended a female friend's 18th (!) birthday party, among other reasons. (Why the hell does he have an 18-year-old female friend in the first place?)

Heck, this also probably means that the management now have another excuse not to spend in the summer transfer window.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8031520.stm

[han2503]

Apparently, Silvio's wife is filing for divorce after he attended a female friend's 18th (!) birthday party, among other reasons. (Why the hell does he have an 18-year-old female friend in the first place?)

Heck, this also probably means that the management now have another excuse not to spend in the summer transfer window.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8031520.stm

She'll probably take him for all he's got...

18 year old female friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) tsk tsk Silvio

How old is he again?

[Jack Sparrow]

I heard, it was because he was fielding all air-headed models for candidates. Either way, I don't think things have been well between them for some time now.

[Tennie]

Only one of the models actually made it to the candidate list, perhaps a little surprisingly.

Berlusconi has made a statement today in which he said he was at the 18 year old's birthday party because he's a friend of her father. He also stated that he was retaining counsel, etc etc etc.

[I_Rossoneri]

Berlusconi demands wife apology

Silvio Berlusconi has demanded an apology from his wife after she accused him of "consorting with minors" and said she wanted a divorce.

The Italian prime minister, 72, told the Corriere della Sera that he did not think their marriage could survive.

Veronica Lario spoke out after her husband attended the 18th birthday party of a friend's daughter.

She has also clashed with her husband over his choice of inexperienced but attractive female election candidates.

"Veronica must apologise publicly - and I don't know if that will be enough," Mr Berlusconi said in an interview with the Italian daily newspaper.

"It is the third time she has done this to me in the middle of an election campaign. It's too much," the billionaire prime minister said.

Asked whether his 19-year marriage to Ms Lario could survive, he added: "I don't think so. I don't know if I want it to this time."

'Unwittingly misled'

He insisted he had done nothing wrong and said his wife had been unwittingly misled by the media.

"Veronica has believed many inaccurate things written in the press, unfortunately," he said.

I read in the papers about how he has been hanging around a minor - because he must have known her before she was 18
Veronica Lario

La Stampa newspaper quoted Mr Berlusconi as saying he had handed the matter over to his lawyers and that his wife's comments might even warrant legal action.

"To tell the truth, there may even be conditions to sue for defamation, but it's best to leave that alone," he said.

The row began last week when Ms Lario, a 52-year-old former actress, wrote an open letter complaining about her husband's choice of young, attractive female candidates - some with little or no political experience - to represent his Freedom Party in June's EU elections.

But the final straw came when Ms Lario read that Mr Berlusconi had attended the 18th birthday party of the daughter of one of his business associates.

The teenager is reported to be an aspiring TV starlet from Naples who calls the prime minister "Daddy".

Mr Berlusconi was reported to have bought her a golden necklace studded with diamonds as a present.

"That's enough, I cannot remain with a man who consorts with minors," Ms Lario was quoted as saying in La Repubblica.

"I read in the papers about how he has been hanging around a minor - because he must have known her before she was 18 - and how she called him 'Grandpa' and about their meetings in Rome and Milan.

"This is no longer acceptable. How can I stay with such a man?" La Stampa quoted her as saying.

She also said Mr Berlusconi had failed to attend his own daughters' 18th birthday celebrations.

The BBC's David Willey, in Rome, say the spat between Mr Berlusconi and his wife is filling the pages of Italy's newspapers.

Even one of Mr Berlusconi's political allies, Umberto Bossi, is quoted as saying "if I had a starlet as a girlfriend, my wife wouldn't let me back into the house!".

The current dispute is not the first time Mr Berlusconi and Ms Lario have aired their differences in public.

In 2007, Mr Berlusconi issued a written statement apologising to his wife for flirting with other women after she demanded a public apology.

Ms Lario is Mr Berlusconi's second wife. The couple have three children, all in their 20s.

BBC.co.uk