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Super Coppa Italiana - Juventus - Milan, Date: 23/12/2016 Time: 17:30 CET |
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Dec 23 2016, 08:32 PM
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Prima Squadra
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Oh and if any of you guys think Juve weren't giving their all and didn't want to win this badly, think again
I don't see this as the write off you guys are making it out to be, it's another official title for us
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Dec 23 2016, 11:16 PM
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Allievi Nazionali
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I saw this as no importance but the players didn't, the manager didn't, and they gave it their all, and frankly earned an important win - a second win in 2 months over Juve.
The gravitas of the trophy is minimal but the psychological impact on our club from this result is huge.
The players were looking jaded leading up to this match, with a form slide quite tangible - and even in the first half the quality of the play was lacking from us up till the equaliser but Montella's organisation was quite obvious and it worked too, then after that goal we were amazingly the better team. That all gave those knackered players and the manager a big lift going into 2017, and if we can do some business next month in some badly lacking areas, such as central defence, central midfield, left wing and striker, we can start to look toward the rest of this season with hope.
UCL may still be beyond us as things stand, but a place in Europe isn't.
This trophy didn't consistently matter to all fans, it didn't to me, but I was happy to win, but the importance of it upon the players was huge and to that extent, you have to say good job.
Except the director with the penalties - that viewing angle from the opposite end of the pitch is vile and should only be used for replays.
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Dec 24 2016, 02:12 AM
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So I haven't been around here for quite sometime... lol
But I have still been following Milan all throughout still, just been very busy.
We haven't yet fully recovered, but I will say this, I am pleased with our side presently and what we have been doing.
The pride of playing for Milan seems to be making a return with the current bunch of players.
And while we don't have any 'World Class' players at the moment, we have a lot of very good ones in my opinion.
Definitely potential ones to look forward to though... Romagnoli, Donnarumma, Locatelli, De Sciglio, Bonaventura, Suso... Man I really like this our side at the moment.
And yes while this isn't the biggest accomplishment of the club, its the best one we've had for 4+ years. So I'll definitely take it. Its an 'official' trophy that we won against great opposition.
We have more success to come... Forza Milan!!!
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Dec 24 2016, 10:24 AM
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It is not the most important trophy, but it is a trophy, and it is Juve !!!
I only got to watch the end of the game (91st minute onwards), but what made it enjoyable is that I was watching it with a huge Juve fan. Got to hear complaints about a penalty (on a clear dive), a goal (on a clear offside) and another penalty (on a questionable handball). Penalty shootout was painful to watch, especially with Lapa's miss early on.
But what matters is that we won, and I believe it will help going into the rest of the season.
Now all we need is a couple of decent players to get us through the Summer transfer market, when we will (hopefully) have money to spend. And at this point, I would have no problem selling Bacca if that is what it takes to raise some funds. A poacher that cannot score even when he has a golden opportunity is not worth hanging on to, IMHO.
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Dec 26 2016, 12:29 AM
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Big win. Hopefully a good sign to usher a new era of Milan prosperity.
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Dec 26 2016, 05:57 AM
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Great win. Thrilled. Yes, it's Serie A's Community Shield but so what?
We did well. And the players were really up for it.
And I hope against hope Bertolacci is turning a corner. He's been out for the entire season and has come up against some very tough games as soon as he returned. And good to see him hold his own.
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Dec 26 2016, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE (Danny @ Dec 26 2016, 10:07 PM) It'll take an entirely new team bar Suso, Romagnoli & Donnarumma to achieve that. We have so far to go, it'll take years to catch Juve. I disagree. I think we have some very good foundation players and a few players like Abate who can take the role of senator players for rotational use.
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Dec 27 2016, 04:37 PM
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Oh cool. So he's roughly the same age as Cafu when we were dominating the world! (IMG: style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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