@R7... I can't believe I'm reading this from a guy who's seen Sacchi's Milan! I don't want another such CL don't you understand already? I don't want us to not even compete in the league in order to win the CL, I just don't rate such a success highly. It would make me happy but not satisfied!

This is a club who could and more importantly SHOULD be fighting on all fronts. Maybe it's enough for you but not enough for me! I prefer the 04/05 squad and season to the last one! Back then we failed on everything but at least we went out fighting... that's when I was satisfied! No win but spirit, no triumph but blood and sweat on the f@cking shirt... to me it's not just success that matters, the way you win and lose is as important as anything else!

And that's what separates Milan from the rest... not just cold numbers!

"I wasn't expecting this kind of gap," admitted Mancini. "I thought that they would be right behind us at this stage but sometimes football is strange and unexpected things can happen."

"I didn't expect to see us this far ahead, but sometimes football is strange and unexpected things happen," he said. "However, I expected Milan to be behind. But I don't think it will be championship where, in a short amount of time, we will be able to have ten points more than our rivals. I wish it were that way."

Napoli 3-1 Juve.. 10 min to go

   

goal.com is posting some rather wierd contrasting comments from mancini.

Yeah...the Inter coach.

Last season, we'd done pretty well in the beginning. We wiped out the deficit really quick.

When the Disciplinary Commission introduced new rules allowing video evidence to be used against divers, it was greeted with praise from all quarters. At last, the cheats will be punished and discouraged from doing it again! Yet nine weeks into the season and we have hit our first impasse. When is a dive not a dive?

Marcelo Zalayeta made no contact with Gianluigi Buffon – this is beyond dispute – but whether or not he had a tiny shove from Nicola Legrottaglie makes little difference. He catapulted himself over the Juventus shot-stopper and simultaneously dragged his foot along the ground to seek contact. Let us for the sake of argument take Napoli’s word for it, that the Uruguayan was only trying to avoid a dangerous collision with his former teammate. “He jumped over him in a gentlemanly fashion, immediately getting back up without making a meal of it,” said director general Pierpaolo Marino. So why didn’t gentleman Zalayeta tell the referee that when the penalty was assigned? If it was purely to avoid hurting an opponent, should he not have piped up with that explanation instead of dooming the team he had represented for eight years to an unfair defeat?

Apparently not, and here is where we find our fundamental problem with the way football is viewed. “Referring to the fact Zalayeta didn’t tell the referee there was no contact sets a dangerous precedent,” added Marino. “From the next match everyone will want to point out the players who didn’t confess to the referee.” Maybe I’m missing something, but wasn’t that the point of this rule change in the first place? If we are to stamp out simulation and encourage players to help the officials rather than con them with Oscar-worthy performances, a large part of that involves dialogue and honesty when someone gets it wrong.

It’s not that hard to imagine a world where “gentlemanly” conduct involves admitting to a mistake. In Milan’s defeat to Roma on Sunday, Paolo Maldini asked the referee and linesman to reverse a throw-in, as it had come off his leg rather than the Giallorossi player. He didn’t need the threat of punishment over his head to make such a gesture, but clearly for some clubs even that is not enough to make gentlemen out of cheats.

And Serie A has lost a lot of respect after calcipoli.

If Zalayeta was only 'falling down' to not hurt Buffon, he should also not have allowed the penalty to be taken. Wtf was all that about.

I'll say.. Juve. And I think they will win it, too.

Juve !!!!

They will win it ... It will be a chance to take revenge

Juve !!!!

They will win it ... It will be a chance to take revenge

Trezeguet Tells Inter: We Have Waited A Year For This Game 

David Trezeguet has told rivals Inter that Juventus have been counting the days for a whole year to play against them.

The Bianconeri were infamously relegated to Serie B and revoked of two Scudetti after the Calciopoli crisis last summer. 

While Inter were cantering to the Serie A title last campaign, Juventus had to make do with playing against the likes of Albinoleffe and Frosinone. 

Italy’s most successful club has now returned to the top-flight and are raring to go ahead of tomorrow’s Derby d’Italia. 

“Perhaps for Inter it is just a normal game, but for us, well we have waited a year for this match,” Trezeguet told La Stampa. 

“We are playing the champions of Italy and the most complete squad at the moment so this game will reveal to us how far this Juve can go this season. 

“We have already had a positive signal in Rome [during the 2-2 draw with Roma in week four]. It will be an attractive game to watch and an attractive game to play in. It will also be important. 

“Juventus have a winning mentality and a desire to win everything in the end. This will also be the case tomorrow night.”

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=468229

Inter Winning Thanks To Ibrahimovic, Says Moggi

The former Juventus General Director spoke ahead of tomorrow's clash between Juventus and Inter during a television program on LA7.

Luciano Moggi explained how he felt over a year ago when the whole Calciopoli scandal erupted and he ended up as the centre of attention.

"I felt like a derailed train and I used to talk to myself," admitted Moggi at 'Le Invasioni Barbariche'. "From the triumphs and an important activity, I hit rock bottom.

"I was afraid to leave house because I didn't know how the fans would take it," he continued.

"Then I reacted, even with spite, in an abrupt way, even though I had thought of killing myself, but in front of the family that I had to protect, I reacted."

The focus then went to tomorrow's game between eternal enemies Juventus and Inter, and the winless past of the Nerazzurri.

"Inter were not winning, but it was enough for them to buy Ibrahimovic, who alone makes the entire team and now they win," he opined.

"I had Ibrahimovic and if I was still there I wouldn't have sold him to Inter."

On the one million dollar question of who will win the match, Moggi still showed his Bianconeri heart.

"I hope Juventus wins, but objectively Inter are stronger."

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=468047

Ok...I'll agree with you, you have a point dst. Maybe he was putting his team first. I'm thinking of Kaka against Bayern. Was it the second goal in the home leg. He wasn't even looking for a penalty.

Cruz. 0-1 Inter

Here they go again...

So easy. Not even playing their best team. Stankovic, Suazo, Adriano, Vieira, Materazzi, Maxwell, Crespo...

How under-rated is Julio Cruz. Great finish.

I picked Juve to win the league at the start of the season. I think I must have had brain damage or something. Inter look so comfortable. 

I picked Juve to win the league at the start of the season. I think I must have had brain damage or something. Inter look so comfortable.