Ronaldo will miss Sunday’s match against Genoa because in training (as usual this season) has injured his muscle. This is not the first time this happened to Ronaldo and we know how much he was out of the field when he was injured early at the start of this season. Again nobody seems to know if the injury’s serious and will have yet to wait a confirmation for that. Now Inzaghi’s injured too that means we have only Pato and Gila, with other words Milan will feel the hell this month. With only two available strikers (which by the way the Gila is not a world class player and he belongs to a middle table team and Alexandre Pato is very inexperienced young player who has yet to learn about Italian football) Milan’s chances to reach the 4th place are very very slim and the chances some miracle to happens which will save Milan from hell are 1 to 10.000. The situation to be more rediciouls Milan’s management it doesn’t seems like is worried about this terrible situation and is taking no action or whatsoever to improve that. Fans are loosing their patient with Milan board especially with Galliani who’s passiveness seems to have reached to the boiling point. Me as Rossonero, I don’t see where or in which direction Milan’s headed, I don’t see any logic on the way Milan operatives are finishing (or should I say not finishing at all) their jobs. Dida’s injured, now Milan has a 36 years old GK as first choice behind the goal line and the 39 years old Fiori as bench GK. Shevchenko had good timing when he left Milan now we can see that because hes departure to Chelsea was the start of Milan departure. Yet again beside the fans who spend a fortune to buy tickets, Milan shirts and sports clothes nobody seems to care.
After the friendly match against Lugano, Pippo Inzaghi its unsure about starting against Genoa because he left the match to examine his injury. This should have been a fitness test for all players, and seems like Pippo failed to impress. However Pato is available to start together with Shevchenko at the attack line. Experience and youth maybe its the right formula that will bring Milan back on the wining days.
I had no chance to watch this match but while I was reading players ratings it was easy to finish- Milan played one excellent half and the second it was opposite with the first one. The players got tired, Pirlo was once again a genius with the ball, Pato good first half “nowhere to be found” second half, Oddo’s continuing with his terrible form, another 3point cost error from Kaladze (he did the same against Inter) and what should we say about Gilardino?!? Milan is loosing the breath for the 4th place that will be a disaster for a team with Milan caliber. And Ancelotti as allways has a “face” to comment stupid errors rewarded by also humiliating defeats: “We played very well in the first half, opened the scoring and had the chances to extend our advantage. It was very negative to go into the break with a 1-1 scoreline, we deserved more.In the second half we tried to get back in front, but a defensive error allowed Atalanta to score their second goal and then close up all the spaces, so it became far more difficult. The second half was a step backwards, but I must say this team has not played a better first half this season in Serie A.It was a mistake [by Kaladze], the pitch was slippery and this can happen. It was a mistake that cost us dearly.” Well Mr. Ancelotti those errors Milan has paid with two defeats and now when Dida took a “break” will Kaladze overtake his role of doing stupid 3point costing mistakes?!? isn’t it enough? Is it that hard to ask from the board few new YOUNG players to be bought, and confessing that Gila has no future at San Siro?!? He is risking a lot by putting on fire young Pato, thats a lot of pressure. LEAVE THAT KID ALONE, give him time and space I dont think he should be a starter in every match. Just as Kaka took Rui Costa’s place step by step the very same should be applied for Pato too. This can damage his carrier and it’s not fair expecting from him miracles from the start. This is all I had to say….. We can say goodbye to Champions League next season…..
The last few days that left from January transfer window will show if the speculation about this trade is about to happen or is just another rumor like a lot other that has to do with Milan. Personally I think or should I better say I hope this will go through, because of numerous reasons and one of them is Gila’s not Milan type of an attacker he proved that a lot of times and only blind incompetent football personalities cannot realize thats whats obvious. Milan needs a high quality GK and Frey fits there, although I don’t think Dida will accept a bench GK role that means in the summer Milan will also have to search for an bench GK and let Dida go.Latest informations say that Frey has started the search for a new house near San Siro. I hope Frey is the starting point of Milan’s new team, mixed with a lot of young players that will be able to compete in every front line next season because this one is in mark question can Milan secure the so wanted 4th place in Seria A?
Finally after few weeks of journalistic drama, Beckham came out and answered on his own website and explained the loan move to AC Milan:âOne of the reasons I want to train and play in Milan for a few months is the fact that MLS season doesn’t run as long as the European season and my body is programmed to actually not have that amount of time off. During the off season, I’m hoping to go to Milan to train and play with them.â He also explained why this time he choose Milan as his “adventure” destination: âAC Milan is one of the biggest clubs in the world,â he said. âI’ve a great chance to go there, keep fit and play with some of the best players in the world. They’ve got Kaka, Ronaldinho, Seedorf and also a player with one of the best records in football, in Maldini.â And finally he said that he committed his future to Galaxy by saying: â[Playing for Milan] also gives me a chance to keep my fitness up and also carry that on for when I come back to the Galaxy and for the MLS season,â he said. âI’m still very committed to being a Galaxy player. I came to the Galaxy to win trophies and I want to do that” Also we should say that new Fifa rules does not allow short deals, this means Beckham in case signs loan deal with Milan he will miss the first 3 months of MLS season. Resource : www.davidbeckham.com
Not a good 1st half totally different 2nd half after Kaka’s entry instead of Pato’s place. Ronaldinho slowly but surely discovers his form hope he continue to be more consistent on the matches to follow.
Plenty of chances, chaotic second half for Milan, one missed penalty by Kaka and an own goal scored by “our hero” Denis. Milan is in a excellent form on last 11 matches and that leads them up to the top of Serie A table. Next match is against Lecce, hope it will be another win for our team. P.S. Napoli’s Lavezzi’s great prospect, demon speed great technique all in all hope Milan Board consider in signing him. These are words that Galliani and Ancelotti said after the match: âWeâre satisfied, Iâm not celebrating yet, I will need the entire night to remove the adrenaline. We won against a great team, Napoli with Iezzo who saved various situations and played a great game. In this wonderful evening I saw extraordinary players. I would start from Christian Abbiati who finally returned to us. For the entire summer we were after him to return. Heâs the wonderful goalkeeper who following a great save at Perugia, awarded us the Scudetto. And then I would also add some words on professor Favalli. Heâs fantastic, he always understands what can happen, he proved this tonight. He predicts every situation. Gattuso? In an angry way I told him that I command her and that he wouldn’t have left. I remember well what happened last summer. We could not lose Gattuso, he must remain calm. To leave this squad he must stop playing football. He motivates everyone, the environment and the dressing room, he cannot leave for all that he does during the week and not only for the grit and the charge who puts on the pitch. Many compliments also to Bonera, a player who is improving a lot.”- Galliani
âWe are very happy, after a long time we returned to the top of the standings. I am happy because following the difficult start to the season, we recovered quickly. I’m very proud of this group. Tonight we played in particular conditions, for this reason I tried to field a tactic we had used against Bologna and exposed us in defence. Our full-backs moved with balance, Gattuso was a filter whereas Bonera and Favalli were not rightly aggressive. With these situations we managed to play a great second half, but already towards the end of the first half,. 11 and 11, we managed to impress a good rhythm. Napoli takes advantage of the counter attacks and in the first half we controlled. Iâm proud of everyone. Now we must be more courageous and I donât think there will be people relaxing. Favalli? Heâs very intelligent, more than the norm. Heâs playing great with Bonera, heâs manna for us, in a critical moment for the defence. The competition is motivating, at times Iâm often to choose forced to make painful decisions like that of leaving Shevchenko in the stands. Zambrotta and Jankulovski? Good game by them, they had to wait for their wingers and they played very well wit intelligence. The handball? It was evaluated as healthy, but better that it went like this.” -Ancelotti
More and more problems to come for our team, Kaka has been playing under injury and he’s substitution during Fiorentina match last week is clear. His injury became even worse but the doctors from Milan Lab say thats not too serious and they are not that concerned. I wonder how can we trust them when they still haven’t found where the problem lies in Ronaldo’s injury. Pato will be out for 3+ weeks that means he will miss the first leg in the Champions League against Arsenal, Ronaldo, Inzaghi are injured too and Gilardino has collected to many yellow cards and he will miss next Sunday match against Siena. It means Milan will play without attacker on Sunday, Kaka may be forced to sit and cure his injury for 4 months. This is strong feedback for devastating Milan transfer policy for the last 3 years (after Shevchenko’s departure) Milan is in the highest scale of passiveness in buying new players. This what should have been “historical season”(Galliani’s words just before the start of the current season) for Milan is getting too ugly to watch and Milan yet again in Italy is a none Scudetto factor and barely can reach the fourth place which will satisfy the board but not the fans too.
Yes this time this information is also confirmed by Milan VP Adriano Galliani who said: ” Beckham will join Milan in January transfer window on loan until the end of Calcio season and then we will try and make the deal permanent”, so the obvious question that most rossoneri and Italian soccer fans ask is: “Is this a smart move by Milan management?” From economical point of view this could actualy work out well for Milan, Beckham is a brand and could also attract other players like Fabregas to join Milan maybe even next summer. From playing point of view depending on his age (33 years old) maybe he has no pace he had once but he still has the type of long passes and together with Pirlo and Seedorf they will “feed” Pato and Borriello with precise passes and create lot of scoring opportunities for them. Watch the video that reports CNN about Milan latest signing, David Beckham.