I'm quite sure they did not even watch the game... Pato unlucky not to score?? He did not have a single chance!

The description of the game is ridiculous


That's all our class?? Oh God... The whole team was mediocre today except for Kalac, Gattuso and Gila. I don't think we would be unhappy with one point from this game and besides the stoppage time brilliance by Pato, Kaka and Gila we never really showed our class.

Of course we lacked his creativeness. He is an extraordinary player but if the gap between the two displays by the trio is justified only with the absence of Pirlo then they are unfairly praised so much in my view...

You're too cricical mate.

Gattuso was our best player today
Seedorf deserved more than a 4 (probably 6)

BTW, also Emerson deserved more than 10

Maybe... but the the team played badly.

Maybe he was.
Seedorf never justified his presence in the game.

Just saw Porty's goal cap.

Hee hee...where's han and kurt...we need to throw some kinda party.

dst you can come in too.


Well it was obvious we were gonna miss Pirlo. I said it in the beginning of our thread. The idea that we don't need cover in our mid-field and that it's complete is only on the basis, that Pirlo is present most of the time.

Pana, I think the fact is the magic Brazillian trio of ours are basically goal scorers. Kaka is creative, but he does not have Pirlo's range of passing from deep.

Not to forget we don't have the Deschamps, Nicky Butt kind of 'water-carrier' (in the words of the great Cantona) players in our team. Carlo keeps putting Ambro in, hoping he can pull of all those versatile roles, but obviously he's not upto it.

Clarence and Kaka are creative in the last third of the field. But from anywhere behind we need Pirlo. Because Clarence and esp Kaka are not too good with packed defences. In a crowd I think the only players in our squad that we have are - Pirlo, R99, Pippo and to a lesser extent Gila (if for nothing else, coz for about a season and a half, he's been given hands on training on how to get mugged by Serie A defences).

Pirlo is a very important part of the side....and absolutely crucial, if the oppponents are playing with a packed defence.

There is a lot of unfair bashing towards Kaladze. He didnt play badly at all, he is an uncompromising defender who contrasts well with Nesta's elegance.

Jack, I agree with everything you said. All I am saying is that since the trio are so dependent on another player the get more credit than they deserve.

Please get us Montolivo!!


No he was not so bad today. He avoided handing a goal to the opposition as he usually does. Nevertheless Udinese could have scored in three occasion because he was not focused on his player. Had they scored in on of those occasions you would be bashing Kaladze too... sometimes he gets away with it but in my view he's never totally focused on the game.

edit: not never, he has had some great games in the Milan shirt in the past years but those he is usually not Milan quality.

The highlighted paragraph is ridiculously extravagant in my view. I don't think Gila was already on his way out and I don't think his place is secured now.

I think Davide asked his dad about getting a new hair cut...and this is the reply he got.

I'm back from my "5-day finals isolation"..
Course, I did watch the Milan game, and..


..you put this description really nice up. But..Kaladze is a rustical defender who eventually works as a LB, but is a disater as CB.

Have you seen him play today? The ball skipped him numerous times and cause us many troubles, his decisions are rough and uncontroled and his positioning is very bad too.

Who caused us trouble? Quagliarella! Only his poor finish saved us..

And what to say about the game? I'm very happy, that's our old winning mentality! Scoring a winner in the last minute,..I'm even happier then after the Napoli game.

My ratings:

Kalac - 7; excellent match, no mistakes and a few very nice interventions as well.

Bonera - 5.5; does awfully bad as a RB, for g'sake, why do we give Simic that chance? Dario is better then Bonera as a RB!
Kaladze - 5.5; his bad positioning was not punished today, we were more then lucky.
Nesta - 6.5; Di Natale caused some problems, but Nesta was on level. And his role in our midfield for the last 10-5 minutes was very good! He really made a nice DM,..
Favalli - 6.5; had a hard job with Felipe but did well. Made a few runs up, but wasn't that notable in the offense.

Ambrosini - 6; wasn't bad, but everything he treid today went wrong.
Gattuso - 5.5; didn't do anything at all,..it's probably his worst season for the past 5 years.
Seedorf - 6; had some nice shots, but was too lame in the first half. Nothing special,..
Kaka - 7; brilliant assist, great play. As usual...

Pato - 6.5; tried and tried, participated in the last-minute goal, did well.
Ronaldo - 7; he was a constant thread; but I miss his speed.


At last...Gilardino! God bless you! Finally he gifted us a winner,..!

what i take from this game:

finally a break! milan has had lots of sh!t thrown at them, mostly down to their own fault but hey lets take the three points.

Udi could have easily won this game because the def again was shaky, mostly down to kaladze and his poor marking. the guy is alright but he isnt good enough to start for milan, pure and simple. = we need a world class CB.

we also need a rb and lb cuz janku and oddo are the only fullbacks we have that can attack (guys like bonera and favalli cant provid any real width).

we obviously missed pirlo and theres no other player in the world like him but we could really use a fresh injection of creativity in midfield, we get stuck in so easily, meaning the days of seedorf starting should be numbered.

when you think of it, how many clutch goals have we had this year? 0, over the past 2 years really. we have one tonight and yeah gila saved our asses (great finish), great play buy pato and kaka.

I am not saying Bonera played bad, but he had a worse game than Kaladze. His positioning wasnt always great, but i suspect that was down to him being played RB rather than CB

Like I said R7, it's not that Gila is a bad player, it is the system we often use that makes him look a bad player. Look what happened toady when he had a strike partner.


Oh, so it was a coincidence? Nah, I don't buy that.

Some people find a way to have a go at Gila no matter what he does.

Did I say it was coincidence? did I say it was luck? did I say Gila is crap? NO. I just said he barely played 10 minutes and had his only shot into the net. what makes you think he scored because Milan were playing with two strikers?!...

look at the play dude. it doesnt start unless pato steals the ball, pato being the 2nd striker.

lets say pato wasnt playing, and kaka was then 2nd punta and he happens to rob the ball off obodo? well he has no one to thread the ball too cuz gila is isolated. it took that middleman to complete the play, 3 guys to link up pato to kaka to gila to the net kaka cant and gila cant do it alone.

off point a lil, some like to call our midfield the best in the world and gila should be scoring lots well. how many easy chances has he missed this year? 4-5 ok so that means he would still have less than 10 goals! considering he's been by himself up front and has played 60% of time he should have 20 goals if our midfield is as good as some say. the fact of matter remains gila hasn't had many goal scoring opportunities . the rest of his chances are so hard to put away cuz ot's him vs 4 defenders. this is down to our midfield, we really have to question guys like gattuso and seedorf and ambro in our midfield. they can still be useful but we cant start with those 3 all the time, we neeeed more creativity/speed/youth.

good post and i especially agree with the rino,seedorf and ambro in midfield. Gourcoff needs some play time and either Rino or Ambro need to be dropped and on current form it has to be Gattuso

I never said you said Gila was crap.

What makes me think he scored because we were playing with two strikers? I've been saying all along that's what Gila needs, and was his strike partner involved in the goal? Yes, so I think it's a sensible assumption.


Anyways, it's not important, Milan got the 3 points while playing poorly. That's what top teams should be able to do.

But not all three of them play when Pirlo is available. So if Gourcuff is to play then it will be in place of Ambro/Gattuso or Seedorf. He'd have to play in Seedorf's place in order to maintain balance in the team... but it's not going to happen any time soon.

Well, maybe you two are right let's wait for Wednesday and see how Gila plays.

Hey guys is there any way i can get the highlights because i didn't watch the match please?

Kodus to Gilardino .... Getting the 3 points when it was likely that Milan would leave the field with 1 point, he turned up and delivered ! That is what I want to see !!


Where should I start, Udinese were above average, they played a highly tactical game and knew how and where to stop Milan, especially given that Pirlo's absence was a HUGE boost for them. That said, they were up to the task of stopping Milan's attempts.

Obviously when given space Milan are deadly, Udine controlled the middle of the park well and went for the break on several occasions (Antonio Di Natale is truly a danger man) . But Milan's superior tactical play undid any threat from their part.

Their defensive set-up was based on Zapata (whom I highly rate, especially with his young age) and the usual six man defense which Italian teams almost always use against Milan.

On Milan's part, I wouldn't say Milan were mediocre to their standards .. But Milan were getting into the usual mess of being faced with a congested midfield and a crowded 18-yard box, which is a rather difficult situation to be in when your trying to play football. Nevertheless, Milan did show sparks of brilliance and class when permitted space.

Of our players whom stood out amongst the rest, I would hand Seedorf the lantern as he was extremely important when controlling the play and building up the attack. Kaka' is no doubt a winning card, especially since he almost usually attracts three of the opposition's players with him. Then there is Kalac, who made some brilliant saves and kept the rear guard calm on several occasions. Nesta, nuf said. Ambrosini and Gattuso were like the throbbing heart of Milan, they were never shy of a tackle and at times took the action right to Udine's defense. Ronaldo stood out today, his shot that smacked the cross bar, the way he brought in Kaka' and Seedorf into the danger areas, he truly is the 'phenomeno'!

Gilardino. That is what I am talking about !! I am glade he scored, more so that he got Milan a much needed 3 points to help the team cut the distance and reach the top four. It is true that I had been critical of him, and I still am, but if he lives up to what I expect of a Milan striker, then there is not much for me to say but, Grande Gila !

i think we should get Zapata i am just crazy for him !

I couldnt watch the game , was working till 6

I only saw the goal and I must say congrats to Gilardino. Thats his first ever match deciding goal for Milan i think Im still not sure about his qualities , but if he keeps scoring , I'll be happy nonetheless .

I heared Kaladze played good , but still gets bashed ...

then it's obvious you dint see the game
what you used goal.com as a ref?

In all fairness, Kaladze was not bad today. He did not do anything wrong but there are things he did not do. Things a Milan defender should be able to do...

Yeah, I feel the same way. This shouldn't be a one-off from the lad, he is at Milan and must live up to the coach and management's expectations before ours. That said, I hope he is consistent.

well bothh you and me know that the things he should be doing are important.

his lax marking to say the least handed them a great chance that should have been put away then it's 1-0 and we probably lose.

anyways i never said he was terrible today, but it's been an accumulation of errors that have cost us points. but to say he played good

guys can anyone please post the highlights of the match please?

here mate !

I really appreciate you helping but it is not working

oops my bad... here!


or you can always find highlights in the video clips section

Thanks ..but where's dis video section u talking bout?

In his post, there's a link. Just click on it.

if you click "video clips section" link in my previous post it takes you there

ait imma check it out thanks..

There are a complete bunch of idiots at goal.com. Any of you read the comments at the end of the match report. Ugh!

He speak the truth.

oh btw Bonera is NOT A RIGHT BACK!!! why wasn't Oddo or Cafu playing ?

Have u seen the other stuff. Ancelotti....and this is my personal favourite...

'Ancelloti is sh!t...Milan have only won all that they have because of their players. '

What does he expect...Carletto to pull on the red and black again...and send in those missiles from the mid-field??

^^

Would not be a bad idea...I'd love to have a Carletto type player back in the field. Maybe we can sell Kaka and pull MvB out of retirement as well?

*runs*

..is that so hard to ask?

@ari: I guess Oddo is out of touch with his fitness and all that.

Actually this has been a sh!tty first half of the season, where everything that could possibly go wrong has.

Strikers getting injured, fullbacks out of action. GK out of form. Yeesh!!

Inter on the other hand, have their mid-field impacted. Which really doesn't mean much, since they're all about their forward line anyway.

It's some kind of karmic relation. It's impossible for both Arsenal and Milan to do well in the same season. Karma's gonna explode in the CL Can't wait for that.

Exactly, the goal we scored yesterday was like a replica of the goals we used to score when Sheva was with us. Look at the goals from the 05/06 season and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Imo the fact that there was Pato playing was the most crucial part of the goal.


Very true. And it's sad really when there are other players who because of their terrible performances have cost us much more then the fact that Gila hasn't been consistant


As I previously said that fact is the most crucial in the goal. Look at the 3 attackers' positions on the field, and how they made that goal from nothing because of how they where positioned. If Gila was alone upfront in the xmas tree I couldn't see that scenario being played out


Exactly


Sums up our entire season in a paragraph


Rino will be kept in the squad, no matter how off form he is, he is still crucial, Ambro is a different type of DMF, And the work Rino puts in when we play with just 1 defensive mid is invalubale. Ambro can't do that.

Hiho.

Saw the game on Spanish tv and watched the postmatch Sunday night thingy on RAI as well as reading the Itailan papers this morning.

It's all 'Gilardinho' in the Italian press now. And Gazzetta gave Gila MOM (both he and Kalac got 7.5 ratings but Gila edged it with his goal). In the RAI program, there was talk of two things: Gila's goal and Nesta more or less pulling down Quagliarella in the box (and it not being called).

We REALLY missed Pirlo in this one. But still...3 points won and a beautiful goal by Gila.

I was in Udine watching the game live (paying 50€ for the ticket). The game was nothing special, but most important are 3 points.

Oh... and nice action for the Gila goal.

FORZA MILAN!!!

Oooh. Hope you had fun going to Udine! It's quite near the Slovenian border, isn't it?

Yes Tennie, it's very near the Slovenian border, but actually I came to Udine with my father from Trieste (I was visiting him and my grandmother during sunday - they are both slovenian but have been living for many years in Italy now).

Well the game was nothing special as you know (have been to better games when Milan playing - especialy at San Siro), but the happiness when Gila scored was immense. 3 points were all that mattered.