LOL! If you stayed with me for a week, you'd be surprised at the rigamarole I come up with.


No, but I have a new ritual now whenever I work on a drawing: I watch the Athens final at least once.

Which Athens final? 1994 or 2007? The 94 one is quite a good match, not least because of the despairing expression on Cruyff's face after Desailly's goal (the fourth of the game for Milan).

Do you know if Kaka plays tomorrow?

I hope he'll get a rest so that Gourcuff can finally play!!

I also hope Gourcuff will get his time so that we eventually figure out if he really can do it or,..

One other thing, that Antonini guy, he was a Milan player too, right? Lino, Pozzi, Saudati, many of them,..

The current gossip (nothing reliable yet) is that Kaka will be rested or only play part of the game so he's fresh for the CL game at midweek against Shakhtar. Gossip also indicates that Milan may just play a 4-3-1-2 and that God will play a bit of the game, coming on as a sub.

4-3-1-2 with who?

So if Kaka don't play, we're going to field only two forwards in Gila and Seedorf!

Again, this is from the less reliable sector of the Italian press, but they're suggesting Gila-Pippo. Then again as dst points out, Seedorf is now considered a forward so.....

F@ck Gourcuff...give Willy more playing time. No no wait...I wanna see Ba!!!

Seedorf played 90 mins for Holland, so I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't play the whole game either.

Hm. Looks like the gossip rags got part of it right. Kaka will be rested tomorrow.

From acmilan.com's Italian page, here are the call-ups:

MILANO - Ecco i 18 convocati di Carlo Ancelotti per Milan-Empoli:
PORTIERI: Dida, Kalac;
DIFENSORI: Cafu, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Maldini , Nesta, Oddo;
CENTROCAMPISTI: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Emerson, Gattuso, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Seedorf;
ATTACCANTI: Gilardino, Inzaghi

Seedorf played 2 90 minute games for Holland this past week and he's nearly played every minute of every game since the start of the season. He's going to be run into the ground by christmas and we can' give him a half and Kaka a half since the latter wasn't called up


hmm thin squad....

Either we go with 4-3-1-2 with Yoann playing in the midfield 3 and Seedorf in support of the 2 stikers of we go with a 4-3-2-1 with Yoann and Seedorf in spport of either Gila or Pippo, pretty much we are very limited on options with that squad.

Ance said Pippo-Gila probably starting with Seedorf behind them... he's trying to do anything to not start Gourcuff

I hope Gourcuff gets in for Seedorf at HT, allow Seedorf some rest but only way that'll happen is if Milan has a big lead at HT, which is doubtful IMO.

4-3-1-2


Dida - Oddo - Nesta - - Janku - Gattuso - Pirlo - Seedorf - Gourcuff - Inzaghi - Gilardino


OR a 4-3-2-1

Dida - Oddo - Nesta - - Janku - Gattuso - Pirlo - Ambro - Seedorf - Gourcuff - Gilardino



Both cases Maldini and Gourcuff are starters. Though the Inzaghi - Gilardino partnership is not exactly something I am comfortable with ...

Oh well, I predict a 4-0 win for Milan


Forza Milan !!

no its forsure 4-3-1-2. Carlo had said hes using 2 FW

I just hope gourcuff plays because i will be so fckin mad if he doesnt. Give ambro or seedorf some rest. We do not need them against small clubs like empoli with the CL coming up this week. Goddamit carlo use your brain.

The way he used it to win us the CL last yr

Oops...I meant the one this past May.

The day they signed Gourcuff: "we have bought the next Zidane, a great talent, an important step forward in being more Arsenal than Chelsea, blah blah blah...!"

And what Carletto said yesterday: "Gourcuff's problem is that he has the best midfielders of the world in front of him (does that include Brocchi?! ), so he has to find motivation by always sitting on the bench...!"



I get embarrassed when I think about what MILAN did to a talent like him (we're not talking about Inter or Real). honestly I don't see a way back for him, he has to leave Milan for his own good. I just wonder who's the next one? could it be Pato?

ya well our midfield includes kaka, pirlo and gattuso which is the world class part since it's so balance but IMO seedorf is easily interchangeable with grourcuff. like we all know seedorf should only play the big games.

Don't forget, he considers Seedorf a forward now.

What did Milan to a talent like Gourcuff? For christ sake, the player is 21 years old!!!!! He's not finished, not dead, not transfered, not released. Why do we have to act like everything is over, like his talent will fade away??

Ohhh my,..I mean, we are not Arsenal. There is much time left for Yohann,..

Don't try to deny it Filip... Rest In Place of Brocchi, Yoann!


...

Of course they're interchangeable with each other, and it's obvious Yoann should be played against smaller teams and leave the big ones to Seedorf; but the problem is that if Seedorf is alright and ready, he plays in EVERY single match.




There's no way. Yoann is finished in Milan IMO, at least unless something big happens. like we sack Carletto and in bring Rijkaard or seedorf breaks a leg!

Since it's a matter of time, we shall wait and see whether he will turn into the new Zidane or not.

Official formations:
MILAN: Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Maldini, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf; Inzaghi, Gilardino.
EMPOLI: Balli; Raggi, Vanigli, Piccolo, Marianini; Buscè, Marchisio, Moro, Antonini; Pozzi, Suadati.


Oh my God... it's God!!!!


Forza Milan!!!

(no Yoann again... I'm utterly disappointed!)

God bless God!! welcome back Paolo!

I'm really happy Maldini is playing again

Now that we have our captain with us, we'll definitely win this one

But I hope Yoann will get his chance to play again when we lead with some more points...

Forza Milan!!

WOW!! look at that defense!

**** showtime and **** aljazeera. Why the **** did they have to make a seperate card for it? now im gonna miss ANOTHER match

Can't believe yoann AGAIN didn't geta chance

www.bet365.com is showing the game

players walking out...


edit: Pato in the stands

PAOLO

nice cross by PAOLO cleared and another chance coming in from the left wasted...

anyone has a good stream?

nice play between Seedorf and Gila. Seedorf shot deflected off defender and saved by keeper.

that shot deflected by the defender was infact a hand-ball

really nice chip-pass played in by Gila to Pippo, but defender gets to it...

wonderful pass by Pirlo to Pippo, but wasted, then Pippo scores from the rebound play but offside

Inzaghi, the man of offsides...

Is the official site's live audio working for any of you?

Milan controlling the game so far... but no creating as much chances

None of the streams are showing the game...

Truesport one working for me..

Pato in the stands <3

Can you give me the lick, the bet365 stream keeps freezing evey second

Link?

Mine is speaking Dutch...

tvants://www.p2psports.cn/tvants/?k=277e83ab79e4482e28cc49fac4383ee5

Is that what that language is??

thanks Darunia

The Milan Channel English-language commentators are doing double-duty. They're the ones doing commentary for the game on Fox Soccer Channel.