Must-win match. "Easiest" fixture till season end.

Reggina are struggling way more than us.. an easy win i would say

Nothing will do but a victory.

2- 0 Kaka' , Pippo

lets not even think about not winning to put it easily...

As unoptimistic as I am about Milan recently, this is a definately a win.
We'll have our defenders back, Pa7o (hopefully), nd we are starting to play like MILAN again

If we don't win this one...

I really hope Pato plays. I miss him!

I am not too keen on this "home" match and we have several players suspeneded aswell (Bonera, Ambro and Gattuso)

Reggina played quite well today, so i am going to be pessimistic and say this will be a draw

Jefri's predicting a win.

Therefore, the fish doll and I will do so as well.

yeah we'll win.

Forza Milan !!

which idiot said we'd lose?

FORZA MILAN!!!!!!!!!

The team has a day off today, so no new training information.

Bonera and Ambro will sit this one out with suspensions. However, we do get Nesta and Kaladze back.

Here's the (very early) possible lineup from Gazzetta:

Kalac
Cafu Nesta Kaladze Maldini
Gattuso Pirlo Gourcuff
Kakà Seedorf
Inzaghi

I'd give Pirlo a day off, start Gourcuff, and play with 2 strikers:

Kalac
Cafu Nesta Kaladze Maldini
Gattuso Gourcuff Seedorf
Kaka
Pippo Paloschi (assuming Pato isn't fit)

So we're basically back where we started! Nesta will help the defense, but Kaladze will make it worse.

I'm not even going to predict a result for this one. We should beat Reginna, but they had a good result at the weekend.

We need to win and we will
win

I said draw. Not really sure if the good or the bad Milan was gonna turn up, so I went somewhere in the middle!

What happened to Pato he fell off the face of the earth??
It scares me that he is injured so frequently.

3-0.....Kaka 2 and Seedorf
a game we cannot even contemplate anything else than a win ans thats what i expect

Forza Milan!!

Thigh strains are nasty man. He'll probably miss Reggina but he should be back for Livorno.

i expect a win . and a favor from palermo. viola will loose or draw
100%

He's the new Ronaldo after all...

dp

Somewhat encouraging news.

Though there was no team training yesterday, acmilan.com reports that Pato underwent a double training session and that Janku went through a good work session too.

Today's training is at 4pm Milan time.

Haha

What you intend here is scary!

... he does not remind me of Ronaldo at all though!

Alrighty then, this is the end. Make or break game. A negative result (draw or loss) here, friends and neighbors, and UEFA Cup will be a very healthy reality. I'd go in with a 3-1 result - in our favor, of course.

And oh, Pato reminds me more of Pele than anyone else. There can be only one Ronaldo.

The most encouraging news I've heard in days! thanks.
People wouldn't believe if I told them how much I like the boy! of course not THAT kind of liking... I appreciate him footballing-wise. beside Kaka, he is the only one that encourages me to watch a Milan game nowadays. he's exciting!!


Same here!!


Seriously I think he is a class of his own. he will become an all time great if you ask me.

Against Reggina I'd give Paloschi the starting chance and rest maybe Pato and ecen Inzaghi for Inter. On the other hand, if we approach to this match as a must-win and if we consider that there are chances we loose a 4th strait derby..maybe we shouldn't play around and start seriously..

Double training today.

In the morning session, there was a variety of work in small groups, e.g. sprints, Sand Pit Of Doom, woods, etc.

In the afternoon session, there was more tactical stuff, ball possession drills, and a practice game. No individual player was named in the description of the afternoon session so no guesses on anyone's state of health.

As noted in the Oddo thread, today is Oddo's first day back after knee surgery. He's stated that he doesn't think he'll be ready for Saturday's game but leaves it up to the coaches regarding his availability for next weekend's game (v. Livorno away).

Come on, give Pato some credit! You might as well say Pato's as good at football as a rhino if you're gonna make comparisons like that!

I'm really not sure on this game, Milan are just too unpredictable. We'll just have to wait and see, but it's a must win.

Heh.

It should be quicksand. Anyone who has a bad game gets chucked in.

You're right, but comparing someone to another player doesn't really undermine their capabilities, though the press loves to pin anyone as the new Pele, Maradonna, and whatnot. For Pato the comparisons are there: getting in the playing XI at such an early age, scoring on debut, etc. And all this without taking anything from the boy, and his individual talents. I'm fairly certain if everything goes well for him, he'll become an all-time great, and join the others in the footballing hall of fame. The signs are all there.


Gee, I've been quoted. I feel so, so flattered!

Nothing wrong with comparing players. I just think Pato looks a great player, while I don't rate Pele at all.

@ Kurt .. I hope your not talking about this Pele

I stopped watching after Benfica, the defending in that was.. awful. If he played against top teams consistantly I'd agree he was great, but he didn't. It is fact that he never played in Europe, and my opinion that because of that he's not as great as everyone else thinks. And I've seen thousends of videos, my opinion isn't going to change.

I'm sure there are lots of very below average Serie A strikers that've scored goals past Inter, Milan and Sampdoria before anyways.

To be honest, I'm not too mad about Pele either. For all the gajillions of goals he scored, he should have at least tried his skills in Europe. Serie A in particular (as it was the best league at that time). The Argentinian at least played quite a lot for Napoli, but then again I'm not mad about Maradonna either.

That's not taking away the fact that they were good players, and for most even great. For me, I'd take Paolo over them day in and day out.

If Pele wasn't Brazillian, you wouldn't hear so much about him. Just how often do you hear about Gerd Muller, and he scored ridiculous amounts of goals!

A good player? Yes, Pele was. Nothing more than that for me.

Good news from today's training!

Pato followed the entire training with the group!

Janku trained separately, however. So did Seedorf. Nobody else was mentioned by name. That said, the published photos of the session. The players whose health/status has been questionable (Oddo, Sergio, Cafu, Emerson, etc) were ALL in the pictures. No Czechs or Turtles, however.

Tennie updates are really good ! thanx

And somebody said they had trouble with creative writing. Wonder who that was?

Pato is said to be back and 100% fit.

He might even play in this match.

Don Paolo got injured and he could be out for the rest of the season, at least that's what I understood

Source

Could someone confirm it, please?

Today's training from acmilan.com:

Il Capitano pulled a muscle (doesn't sound serious) yesterday and didn't train.

Seedorf and Pippo trained in the gym. Janku did individual training.

The rest of the team went through a regular training session. In the practice game at the end of training, Oddo scored what acmilan.com describes as 'a lovely goal'. Maybe Elena Grimaldi DID help him recover

Tomorrow, training, Carletto's press conference, and the call up list.

As regards the mediaset article, it's claiming that people are concerned about the muscle pull Maldini got at the end of yesterday's training. Nobody's sure of anything yet and tests will give an indication of the extent of the damage (if any). If the results show stuff like a muscle tear, then yeah...season's over for Il Capitano.

Thanks Teenie

Let's hope it's nothing serious. We can't lose him for the remaining matches.

Uhoh.

MILANELLO - L’A.C. Milan comunica che il calciatore Paolo Maldini è stato sottoposto oggi a esame strutturale che ha evidenziato una lesione ai flessori della coscia sinistra. Lunedì prossimo Maldini, che nel frattempo svolge un lavoro fisioterapico, si sottoporrà a un’ulteriore indagine per stabilire i tempi di recupero.

[AC Milan announces that Paolo Maldini was examined today. The examination showed a lesion to the flessor (?) muscle of his left thigh. Next Monday Maldini, who in the mean time will do physiotherapy, will be evaluated to determine recovery time.]

Sh1t...

Let's hope Janku makes a faster recovery...

God will be back!