'Seedorf will be the Man of the Match' is not exactly a prediction.


EDIT: not going to continue. hopefully Seedorf will prove me wrong and win us the derby with his brilliance in big games.

deflected shot seedorfs fat @ss to win the game. why not? he's done it before

(Fishdoll wonders if Seedorf is trying to win dst back!)

What? Did he admit he does not deserve a starting spot? Did he say he'll leave in the summer? What is it?

this is the right time for ronaldinho to steal the show (again),
last match he did a decent comeback...
and for nesta i aint expect he will be the starting eleven, it's too risky 4 him.
i'm confident milan will win, in derby everything could happen...

I guess this maybe the right time for ronnie to prove his worth after being benched for a while..
hope this match will bring back his confidence and give us another strength in midfield. Now we have to rely on seedorf and dinho to help pato at the front side. Honestly i dont expect seedorf to do anything 'special' in this match..
God help us!!!

I don't think it's fans of the particular player predicting things.

All of us know that Seedorf likes these types of games, he's a monster, especially when it comes to playing Inter and Juve. What I don't like is that he only deems it fit to offer his all to the team on nights like this.

My concern about Seedorf is that recently he hasn't showed up for some of these games either, the last few games against Juve and the games against Inter last season and the one before that he was just as complaicent as he usually is. Maybe with losing Kaka he will feel more pressure on himself to perform, this goes for Dinho as well who I think is just as much a big game player as Seedorf is. Yet atm is not being allowed the luxery to pick and choose his games like Seedorf is.

Snippets from Al-Jazeera on how the derby is building up

You're all worked up over this ain't ya?? You can't wait for this one can you?

Hey, we'll be the lucky ones.

Apparently some unions (I think that's what they are) who work for SKY Italia are not happy with union contracts, with how some categories of workers are being treated (specifically women who go to or return from maternity leave), and negotiations have broken down. They've called a strike for this weekend and if it goes ahead, SKY Italia may not be able to broadcast the game inside Italy.

So today's training has taken place, for those players who aren't off with their respective national teams.

Training started with warmups and then a brief mini game. Following this were drills on ball possession and attack-versus-defense.

Finally there was a 6 v 6 practice game.

Favster, Gattuso, Mattioni, Borriello and Kaka trained in the gym.

NESTA TOOK PART IN THE ENTIRE TRAINING SESSION WITH HIS TEAMMATES.

Lalaralalalaralalalalaralalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!

... Alessandro! WELCOME BACK!!!

Poor Favalli!

He's a cool cat, like you said. Fav can take it, he's built for such occasions!

Fishdoll bets 1 cookie that Kaka plays this match.

Kaka almost made the Juventus match too, but he couldn't make it and we lost 4-2 =/ .... hope this isn't the same situation.

i just wanred to write this one down!! Maybe this is a tactical move! Maybe Carlo is smarter than we think..... And maybe we just cant accept kaka isnt going to play and we will lose....

Its the Derby !!

I was walking home, thinking about the derby when I realized something...THIS IS MALDINIS LAST DERBY.

I hope Il capitano leaves us with great and positive memories of this upcoming derby by leading the team to another victory.

wow you are absolutely right. we better send him off like he deserves.

I wanted one more year from him!

Was "Inter" not capitalized in the thread title on purpose?

Whaddya think? It's the master of grammear and cosmopolitan...you think he makes mistakes??

All the time, but that's another story.



I don't think it's possible that I have more respect for anyone that him. He is truly and undoubtedly more than a legend. I'm just glad that he is healthy and is able to play the remainder of the games. It's something I am going to miss. Just to think that a few years back we had a back line that included Maldini, Nesta and Costacurta and by next season, only Nesta will have remained. And not for long.

Maldini has already won so much. He is at the end of his career and the team is going through a slow transition. He has accepted that, I can tell. Anything more will be a bonus.

I'd like to hear that some day.

Damn, I hadn't thought about that. too bad we're in a condition that a derby win looks more unlikely than ever. hopefully guys gives their all; above all Seedorf! if he plays very well, we have a chance.

So today's training has taken place.

After warmups the team divided into groups.

Maldini, Pato, Emerson, Jankulovski, Flamini, Bonera e Cardacio worked on repetitions in the sand pit.
Antonini, Favalli e Seedorf worked on variations of rhythm.
Ambrosini, Mattioni, Ronaldinho e Zambrotta worked on specific exercises in the gym
Thiago Silva, Nesta e Pirlo did sprints.

After this, the team reunited (except Ronaldinho, Pirlo, Pato and Zambro) for a ball possession drill and a 7 on 7 mini game.

Kaka worked in the gym and Borriello and Gattuso worked on rehab drills.

i think we can sack our rehab staff bczo borriello wil have enough experience to help everyone else with rehab

Yeah. inter have a long way to go before they earn that right to have it capitalized.


Now you're learning.


Exactly.


Maybe I should invite you for some well-mannered green tea party, me and you?


Quote of the funking month!

R80 should get his chance to play at derby according to his appearance in Brazil vs Italy match...

You sound rather optimistic !

Corrected.

Gosh, the sarcasm and snarkiness is out early this week.

As soon as he realises he hasn't got his Brazil shirt on his performance will drop

If you're referring to me I actually meant what I said. I believe we will do it!


You'll never like this guy will you? You probably remember I was objecting to his transfer but now he's a Milan player and while I still don't like him as a man very much, I think he can do great especially next to Kaka. I surely believe those two can play together and produce miracles. You are right no your criticism though I agree that even if he has scored important goals, his displays have been mediocre. I think he'll get better though and next season he'll be back 100%!

It's not that I don't lie him, it's just that he's come here all glitz and glamour and just hasn't impressed me with his onfield play. Take away his freekicks(which have been excellent) and there isn't much left. I also think that because of him the club were willing to sell Ricky, even after all he has done for us!

I would rather have someone like Becks who is prepared to work rather than R80 who just likes to look good.

Any day. Though I don't think what you say about Ricky is true. Or at least I don't want to believe it's true.

I wasn't referring to you, dst. I think we can pull a win too.

^
count me in...

(For zeddie)

The referee for the game will be Roberto Rosetti.

Hah




EDIT: my prediction: Inter win. sorry dudes, can't see us winning this game...

On paper, if both sides play to their usual strengths, Inter will win, or we will have a fighting draw. But the biggest thing in our favour, is barring Zlatan, Inter have no magical players. Milan have Zee, Ronnie, Becks and Pirlo. All of whom besides the usual play by numbers, can also produce that special something out of nowhere (regardless of how much we like them). So if we win, that's where the key will lie. One of them produce something magical.

I'm not putting Pato on that list, coz I want to piss Zed.D off.

However I can see Inter really looking to graft, since a draw is good enough for them to throw Milan out of the scudetto race. While Mourinho will like to win, he knows he can afford to draw this match without taking any risk, in the quest for his big prize-the scudetto, rather than risk it on an open game.

It's hard to say, but I think a 2-2 draw or a 3-1 loss.

Here's Milan's projected lineup from Gazzetta:
Abbiati
Zambrotta Kaladze Maldini Jankulovski
Beckham Pirlo Ambrosini
Seedorf Ronaldinho
Pato
(Bench: Dida Antonini Senderos Nesta Flamini Shevchenko Inzaghi )

Here's that of the cugini:
Julio Cesar
Maicon Materazzi Samuel Santon
Zanetti Cambiasso Muntari Stankovic
Ibrahimovic Adriano
(Bench: Toldo Cordoba Chivu Vieira Mancini Figo Cruz )

Here are the projected lineups from Mediaset:
Inter (4-3-1-2): Julio Cesar; Maicon, Cordoba, Samuel, Santon; Zanetti, Cambiasso, Muntari; Stankovic; Ibrahimovic, Adriano. A disposizione: Toldo, Materazzi, Chivu, Vieira, Mancini, Figo, Crespo.

Milan (4-3-2-1): Abbiati; Zambrotta, Maldini, Kaladze, Jankulovski; Beckham, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf, Ronaldinho; Pato. A disposizione: Dida, Antonini, Senderos, Flamini, Cardacio, Shevchenko, Inzaghi.

I can't see how Beckham is magical, but Maicon is not...

(Edit: not to mention Cesar and his magical saves)

It's true through; we have more magical players. while they have more hard workers. usually hard work pays off better. but sometimes magic wins too... we shall wait and see.



I know the real reason...

Maicon may be a doubt for the game. He left training early with a thigh injury today. (according to Mediaset)

And that being?

I hope Maicon misses this game, for obvious reasons...







Forget about it

Pato can surely do great damage to their shitty defenders. If we have a CB problem, they have a 10x CB problem.

so now suddenly adriano is a doubt according to TMW so i think inter are playing mind games first maicon and now adriano

I think Inter having Samuel back is HUGE for their defense,i don't think he has played in the last 2 Derbys that we won.

They're pretty much at full strength for this one we're going to really need to pull something out of the hat especially because we're using a similar setup as the Juve game where we got trounced.