whenever Emanuelson gets the ball 2-3 people press him recklessly. I have no doubt the Malmo coach identified the fct that of all of the team, only taiwo and emanuelson can link to the attack.

Him and Rino are starting to be a nuisance and a bad image for the club, they're supposed to be captains, yet they keep acting like reckless little brats everytime I've seen them recently


Doesn't take a genius to identify that, and imo we'll be seeing the same problem this season if the midfield situation is not improved

Mini Boateng for Zlatan

I've always been in agreement with you on this, i think ANYONE from our primavera would offer more then them, and that's not to highlight the Primavera...

To be fair, we usually have Flamini, abate and both CBs that are good at linking attack.

As I type this, Zlatan is having his leg taped up

HAHA the kid that Taiwo tossed tryed to push him and flew backwards

Brilliant play by Ely, 1v1 breakaway and he ends up with a perfect challenge, picks it up and plays it quickly

Emanuelson, spoiled by the fact that 3 people arn't holding his shirt, tries a 55yarder

Mini-boat is getting bullied

Oddo letting someone go right by him without moving...(abate warming up)

the Kid i keep talking about (he who thought clipping Taye's ankles who go unppunished) has started to bleed from his nose

-Oddo is getting destroyed

-Amelia Brilliant save!!

-Abate on for Ely!?!!?

-Taiwo (MotM) off for De Sciglio

-Oh dear god Oddo as CB

None of them really help though in keeping possesion or supporting the forwards that much, Flamini and Abate are mostly all about the running. From what I saw in today's game through the laggy stream is basically the same thing I saw all pre-season only a bit worse due to the back 4 and both Ambro and Rino being involved in there.

Ambro is nauseating he is playing like a dirty drunk, he's making Barton look like the Second coming of Christ. He grabs a player's arm, twists it, kicks him and throws him down, only to get in his face and complain to the ref, i have never hated a AC Milan player more then him, i can't understand, we're suppose to be the classy side of the city. How we came to think Ambro can play the same role as Zanetti i will never know. JESUS, As i type this he goes upfield to aid the attack, gets the ball loses it, and leaves the player a whole pitch of space.......Brilliant save Amelia!

ambro loses it again, and naturally... another yellow worthy late tackle....

Oddo loses the ball after a great play by emanuelson

with my new crap net i am going to struggle big tim watching games

Say what you want about abate being one-dimensional but he is playing agaisnt a really fast LB and beating him everytime for the cross

Cassano looking gassed, he's played all game and covered alot of ground

Brilliant exchange with Eman and Cassano on the left, poor finish by cassano

poor mini-boat, running around with no one passing him the ball

good tackle oddo

ambro tries to clear the ball from outside our box... misses...ball doesn't make it past midfield...

Goal Comi!!! (one of our kids!!!!)


Edit: Offside

GOAL!!!!!!!!! MINI BOAT!!!!!!!!! Cassano and Eman combined again for the setup

sweet...Ambro diving without anyone around.... i swear i'm not making this up

Eman and Cassano seem to share a brain, backheels, perfectly timed runs...I said from day one he could be our LM

FT 2-2 (pens?)

Top 5 stories of the game

1.Eman and Cassano are amazing together

2. Ibra's left leg is seemingly in a thick cast-like bandage after countless dirty tackles

3. Ambro/rino are beyond useless, whereas Oddo just flirts with uselessness

4. **** with Taiwo and you will bleed from your face

5. The kids look good, no one stood out, but they look solid

Cassano was great today,his workrate was impressive.

pens

Cassano and Eman both score (they even shoot after each other )

oddo makes his PK, we win(?) 3-2

I think that's why Allegri wanted him on the pitch for 90 minutes. Because Cassano's only problem is his fitness. To be honest, he looks like he's lost weight.

i still think he looked a little stocky, but yes he is riding so good form as of late and has shown to have great understanding with Ibra as well as Eman. Next step would be for him to get some confidence to shoot once in a while but all n all a good performance indeed.

There were penalties?!

yeah it was weird... poeple just stood around for the presentation of a rather sad looking trophy and it was settled by a best of 3 pens... Even after we won, players just walked off the field, no cremony, no hand shaking, it was really culty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDR2fjHn4RE...player_embedded

Thanks for all the updates


He looked good from all the highlights I saw and against Spain last Wednesday, he's doing well in the fitness department from what I can see, which is great. Hopefully he'll be close to 100% by the start of the season, he's got a couple of friendlies coming up as well which should help him out in that department

Good outing for the kids

Any highlights for Taiwo &/or the kids ?

Taiwo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yekT22hFxr8

Squad for Trofeo Tim:

Amelia, Roma, Piscitelli (51), Abate, Antonini, Bonera, Nesta, Oddo, Taiwo, Zambrotta, De Sciglio (52), Ely (53), Ambrosini, Boateng, Emanuelson, Flamini, Gattuso, Van Bommel, Sampirisi (62), Fossati (54), Cassano, Comi (58), Kingsley Boateng (59), Ganz (61).

Copa America players are still on vacation, which strated after the international friendlies last week. Also, no Abbiati, Pippo, El Shaarawy and Ibra but Flamini is back.

Yes! I hope we get to see Fossati play, i've been waiting for this

Basically, Cassano is the only forward from our roster. He should play both games.

Welcome back, Mr. X. Hope you enjoyed Turkey.

Thanks my dear, I certainly did. Way too many Russians though.

Cool. Nice to hear that. Russians, huh? They sure are taking over the world. Along with the Chinese, hehe. Turkey, for all reasons, is a beautiful, beautiful place with awesome food - heck, even the Turkish restaurants back in the Middle East are great. Always liked it as a country, and plan to visit in the very near future.

And you said we wouldn't need him

He's probably going to be our only creative asset against Cagliari when the season starts if Ibra does not recover in time

Why there's no thread for Tim Trophy ?

We'll just use this one. No need for a dedicated thread.

Ah, ok .

So, Pato, Robinho, Silva and Yepes are resting, right ?

Yep, still on vacation I think.

Pirlo will be playing against his former club today.

Actually former clubs

Oh yeah, forgot about that. The blue and black team's name was not registered in my mind.

How long until the game?

And who are we playing first?

Thursday evening at the San Nicola stadium, Bari, the Tim Trophy will be played for. The tournament starts at 20.45 with Inter-Juventus, then at 21.45 Milan versus Match 1 losers, and at 22.45 Milan versus Match 1 winners. Each match lasts 45 minutes and the teams involved traditionally are the three biggest teams in the country. Inter have triumphed six times, Milan three and Juventus once.Milan won in 2001 in Trieste, 2006 at the San Siro and 2008 in Torino.

Massimiliano Allegri has called up 24 players for the Tim Trophy in Bari:
Amelia, Roma, Piscitelli (51), Abate, Antonini, Bonera, Nesta, Oddo, Taiwo, Zambrotta, De Sciglio (52), Ely (53), Ambrosini, Boateng, Emanuelson, Flamini, Gattuso, Van Bommel, Sampirisi (62), Fossati (54), Cassano, Comi (58), Kingsley Boateng (59), Ganz (61).

Pato was not called up as he is spending his last days resting in Brazil. Robinho and Thiago Silva are not called up too. They are expected to come back from holidays on 25 August.

soruce : http://pato7.net/matches/tim-trophy-pato-n...es-on-holidays/