Milan 3-0 Sampdoria (The Race To End Serie A Title Drought )

The Blucerchiati were staring defeat in the face from the get-go as Marco Borrielo put the ahead in the first minute of the match before Clarence Seedorf adding a second in the 21st minute.
Ronaldinho was in inspired form, creating the first two goals, and fellow Brazilian Alexandre Pato completed Milan's fifth straight win in the 23rd minute to pile the misery on the Luigi Del Neri's side.
The visitors have now lost three games in the last week following a 3-0 reverse in the Genoa derby last Saturday and their elimination from the Coppa Italia at the hands of Livorno in midweekMilan got off to a flying start when former Genoa striker Borriello nodded in the opener

Antonio Cassano's weak pass was cut out by Luca Antonini, who raced forwards before spreading the ball wide to Ronaldinho.
His cross was lifted right between Sampdoria's two central defenders where Borriello was on hand to head in from seven yards out.
Ronaldinho was at the heart of every Milan attack, and looked a threat every time he touched the ball.
It was the former Barcelona man's pass in the 21st minute which led to the second goal.

He threaded the ball between two Samp defenders and into the path of Seedorf, who provided an emphatic finish to leave Luca Castellazzi with no chance as the ball flashed past him.
It was the Dutchman's 50th goal in Serie A - and surely one of his best.
Two minutes later Pato's determination earned him his seventh goal of the season.
He latched onto a Borriello header and, although his first shot was saved by Castellazzi, the ball fell kindly for him to place a shot into the net to end Samp's hopes with only a quarter of the match gone.

Milan coach Leonardo allowed himself the luxury of withdrawing Ronaldinho 10 minutes before half-time as the Brazilian felt a slight muscle twinge.
Ignazio Abate was introduced as Leonardo preferred not to risk perhaps his most important player ahead of Tuesday's decisive Champions League game away to FC Zurich.But there appeared to be no respite for Samp.
Abate sent in a cross which provided Pato with the chance to make it four, but his shot hit the back of Daniele Gastaldello from eight yards.

Another Abate cross almost gave Borriello his second goal, but Gastaldello again intervened to take the ball off the Milan striker's head.
Samp tried to respond and Antonio Cassano's long cross found Reto Ziegler at the far post, but the Swiss midfielder's shot was blocked.
It was the only shot of note Samp had all match as Milan defended their lead with ease and without having to expend too much energy ahead of Tuesday's match.

Hunterlaar Hits 2

In a tense and largely tame encounter at the Stadio Massimino, only Ronaldinho really managed to perform at the kind of level Milan fans have become used to from their side in recent weeks.
Catania failed to muster even one shot on goal, but they still deserved a point which was cruelly taken from them in stoppage time by Huntelaar, who broke the home fans' hearts with two goals to take Milan to within seven points of league leaders Inter Milan.
With Juve losing at Cagliari earlier today, Milan knew that a win in Sicily would take them up to second in the table and make them the nearest challenger to Inter.
But tiredness in the legs after being made to run for the full 90 minutes of their Champions League tie with Marseille on Wednesday meant they were not quite as sharp as usual.
Apart from Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian has recently found his best form since joining the Rossoneri from Barcelona almost 18 months ago and he single-handedly led Milan's search for three points.
His new-found confidence was illustrated by a number of skilful tricks, but the problem was finding team mates who could keep up with him when it came to providing the killer ball.
Clarence Seedorf offered himself as often as possible, but he was always a step behind the Brazilian playmaker and was restricted to shooting from distance by a Catania defence who constructed a wall around their penalty area.
The Dutchman found the side-netting with his first shot while his second was a few feet over the crossbar.

The closest he and either side came was in the 77th minute with his 25-yard effort just inches over the crossbar.
Catania were unable to test Milan goalkeeper Dida, but he still had to be alert in the 15th minute when Jorge Martinez was just inches away from making contact with a low cross.
Nicolas Spolli wasted a good chance to trouble Dida when he chose to just help a long ball forward rather than taking it down when he had time to do so after beating the Milan offside trap in the 71st minute.

Ronaldinho was one of the few players on the field not to show any tired legs late on and he came within millimetres of giving Milan the lead with a corner which landed directly on the top of the crossbar.
And just as it seemed like both sides had settled for a point, Milan substitute Huntelaar volleyed in his first goal for the club from edge of the area, although Catania goalkeeper Mariano Andujar will have to explain how he let the ball squirm under his body.
The goal lifted a huge burden from the Dutchman's shoulders and he added his and Milan's second moments later, lobbing Andujar from just inside the area with a goal that Ronaldinho would have been proud of.

AC Milan 1--1 Marseille( Now The Real Milan Will Be Tested)

AC Milan dropped to second in Group C of the Champions League on Wednesday as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Marseille at the San Siro.

Marco Borriello scored 10 minutes into the match for Milan, but his opener was canceled out six minutes later by Lucho Gonzalez.

Marseille then had two chances to win the match in the second half when Brandao struck the crossbar from close range, while Souleymane Diawara nodded the ball off the post with four minutes to play.

The result, combined with Real Madrid's 1-0 win over FC Zurich on Wednesday, leaves Milan two points back of the Spanish side, while Marseille is third, three points behind Real.

Milan nearly scored six minutes into the match when Gianluca Zambrotta was denied at close range by Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, but Mandanda was unable to keep out Borriello's effort four minutes later.

The Milan striker took a pass inside the box on the right, and after beating a defender, he drove the ball underneath the keeper from a tight angle.

It took Marseille six minutes to respond, however, as Mamadou Niang got to the end line and crossed the ball towards the front of goal. Milan goalkeeper Dida got his hand to the cross, but it ended up on the foot of Gonzalez, who smashed the ball into the empty net.

Mandanda needed to make a good save on Borriello midway through the opening half, while Pato chipped the keeper from the top of the box and the ball ended up on the roof of the net.

The home side controlled the early part of the second half, but they were fortunate not to fall behind in the 65th minute when Niang's cross was met in front of goal by Brandao, who somehow shot first-time off the crossbar from six yards.

A Marseille corner kick with four minutes to play nearly won the match for the French side as Diawara's header beat Dida but came back off the far post.

The Great Form Continues..Milan 4-3 Cagliari

Ronaldinho scored the game-winner on a penalty kick and AC Milan edged Cagliari, 4-3 on Sunday for its third straight win and fifth in its last six to climb to third in Italy's Serie A.
AC Milan won just two of its first seven league games this season, and dropped a Champions League match to Zurich in late September at the San Siro, but is unbeaten since in nine straight in all competitions.
Milan's run includes a 3-2 win at Real Madrid in the Champions League, and has the 17-time Italian champions within seven points of first-place Inter Milan.

AC Milan scored at least twice for the eighth time during its nine-game streak and Sunday's outburst was the first time the club has scored four goals this season.
Clarence Seedorf and Marco Borriello combined on the opener in the fifth, with Seedorf finishing from the center of the area to beat Cagliari goalie Federico Marchetti.
Alessandro Matri answered for Cagliari in the ninth, and Andrea Lazzari fired past Dida to hand the visitors the lead in the 30th before Milan scored three straight.

Pato helped set up Milan's third goal when he forced Marchetti to make a save, and Borriello was in the right place to head the rebound into the net in the 39th.
Pato found the net himself two minutes later, accepting a pass from Ronaldinho before shooting into the top corner.
Borriello drew a penalty in the 62nd that Ronaldinho converted to put AC Milan up two goals but Nene's 69th-minute goal for Cagliari left the result in doubt up to the final whistle.

It has been a fun of good result for Milan and great form showed by some of the players.Kaladze is totally ruin the chance given by Leo to him and put the most pathetic defending last night,with Nesta out injured it clearly show us how vulnerable we will be when the best in world isn't there to protect the defend.Thiago is looking nervous without Nesta guidance too and it also show how vital Nesta is to us.

With Ronnie,Pato and Boriello in superb form we manage to take this one in good attacking fashion.Dida is looking slightly shaky in the first with some unconvincing saves,but he redeem himself with a superb 2nd half.Something we should be focusing is Leo's act by introducing Strasser and Abate and refuse to slow down the pace of the match and intent to keep attacking and playing good football.Strasser come on to the surprise of us,Leo prove he is wiser in managing the youth players that we have by giving them a chance to at least show some of their ability.

A good run of great form by us and something we should continue come the Champions League Clash with Marseille in 2 days.Lets cheer forza Milan to them and hope for the great to not stopping till the end of season!!

Lazio 1-2 AC Milan

Thiago Silva put the Milan ahead in the 21st minute before Alexandre Pato extended his team's lead before the break.
Lazio reduced the arrears in the 64th minute when Silva deflected Mauro Zarate's strike into his own goal.
The hosts had chances to level the score but Milan held on to claim all three points.
The outcome means it is four wins in the last five league games for Leonardo's Milan while Lazio are still searching for their first triumph since August 30.
The hosts went into the game on the back of a 4-1 midweek humiliation at Villarreal in the Europa League.

Davide Ballardini's men enjoyed a good start and should have taken an early lead.
Roberto Baronio's pass found an unmarked Tommaso Rocchi inside the area and he fired wide.
Shortly after, Aleksandar Kolarov's left-footed strike forced Dida to make a good save.
At the other end, Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera did well to keep out Massimo Oddo's strike from the edge of the area.
There was little Muslera could do to prevent the Rossoneri taking the lead as Silva latched onto a free-kick by Andrea Pirlo and nodded past Muslera.

The Rossoneri maintained the pressure and almost doubled their advantage soon after.
Pato did well to get behind Pirlo's cross from the right but his weak header proved an easy catch for Muslera.
The home side reacted and almost levelled the score on the half-hour mark when Zarate smashed in a powerful free-kick that Dida managed to palm over the bar.
Ten minutes before half-time and Pato made it 2-0.
Ronaldinho's cross found his fellow Brazilian inside the area and Pato's header went inside the top right-hand corner of the goal.

Dida made sure his team went into the break with a 2-0 lead, diving to his right to parry away Matuzalem's stinging drive from distance.
Ballardini made his first substitution after the re-start, with Julio Cruz replacing Stefano Mauri, but Milan's dominance continued in the second half.
Pirlo's curled free-kick went just over the bar.

Shortly after, Marco Borriello did well to control Pirlo's pass inside the area but was unable to fire on target.
On the hour mark, Massimo Ambrosini made a crucial clearance inside the area with Cruz ready to strike from close range.
Lazio reduced the deficit soon after, with Dida having no chance to save Zarate's deflected shot.

The goal inspired the hosts, who surged forward looking for an equaliser.
They were almost rewarded with 15 minutes remaining.
Meghni's cross from the left found Rocchi inside the area but his header went wide.
The visitors dominated the closing stages of the game.
Muslera made a great save to deny Flamini while the Lazio keeper was forced to fully stretch to clear Pato's bullet strike from the edge of the area in what was the last chance of the game.

Milan 1-1 Madrid

Karim Benzema gave Real the lead in the 29th minute, but Ronaldinho replied with a penalty ten minutes before the break.

Alexandre Pato had a goal controversially disallowed moments later before Dida denied Raul a late winner in a dramatic game at the San Siro.

Both coaches chose form over tradition with their team selections. Filippo Inzaghi, just one goal short of Gerd Muller's all-time record of 69 goals in European competition, was left on the Milan bench with Leonardo preferring Marco Borriello, who scored both goals in the 2-0 win over Parma at the weekend.

And Raul, who is just one goal behind Inzaghi on 67, was also benched as Real coach Manuel Pellegrini keeping his faith in Gonzalo Higuain, whose brace earned three points against Getafe.

Kaka was given a warm reception on his return to the San Siro but, after he inspired Real to a bright start, that applause soon turned to jeers.

Sergio Ramos and Benzema both sent shots inches wide of the post, with keeper Dida clearly beaten on both occasions. Milan threatened against the run of play when Clarence Seedorf sent Pato clear on Iker Casillas, but the Real goalkeeper kept his composure to save with his right hand.


Real then took a deserved lead in the 29th minute when Kaka skipped past Seedorf, who practically invited him to shoot. His effort took a slight deflection off Thiago Silva, which probably did enough to prevent Dida from holding onto the ball. It spilled into the path of Benzema, who shot into the far corner from a tight angle.

Milan responded and were gifted the chance to equalise when Gianluca Zambrotta's cross hit the arm of Pepe, just a yard away from him, inside the penalty area. Referee Felix Brych pointed to the penalty spot and Ronaldinho blasted the ball into the roof of the net.

The game was transformed and Milan looked to capitalise with Pato scoring what looked like a perfectly valid goal, but Brych saw something he did not like in the build-up and ruled it out.

There had been such a pace to the first half that the second 45 minutes simply could not carry on in the same manner, and so it was that the game lost its way slightly.

The best chance for Milan was squandered by Inzaghi - who, like Raul, was sent on as a final throw of the dice.

He was on the end of an inviting cross from Massimo Oddo in the 84th minute, but Pepe did just enough to unsettle the Milan striker, who lifted the ball over the crossbar from point-blank range. And Dida saved Milan in the 89th minute with a fine reflex save to turn Raul's shot behind for a corner when it looked like the Spaniards were going to steal victory.

Boriello Time To Shine!!

Marco Borriello netted both goals as AC Milan moved up to fourth in Serie A with victory over Parma at the San Siro.
Borriello was the Rossoneri's hero in a lacklustre clash between two sides who showed more tiredness than lucidity in their third game in six days.
Borriello opened the scoring in the 12th minute and added the winner in stoppage time to give Milan the best possible result in preparation for the visit of Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Milan perhaps had an eye on that clash but that did not tempt coach Leonardo into making any unnecessary changes to his team.
The in-form Ronaldinho kept his place in attack, where Borriello replaced Filippo Inzaghi with Luca Antonini in for the suspended Ignazio Abate.
Parma lined up with Paloschi, who is half-owned by Milan, leading their attack alongside Valeri Bojinov.


And Paloschi had the first chance of the game in the 10th minute with a fine dipping shot from 25 yards that needed a fingertip save from Dida to divert onto the crossbar.

Milan went ahead from their first attack of the game two minutes later, with Ronaldinho given the freedom to cover 50 yards before threading the ball, via a deflection, into the path of Borriello, who placed his shot between the legs of Antonio Mirante.

Parma still looked dangerous, with Bojinov forcing a fine save out of Dida to keep the Rossoneri ahead in the 23rd minute.
Pato should have doubled Milan's lead after half an hour but he lacked the conviction to reach Massimo Oddo's cross from eight yards out and his tame header went wide of the far post.

Daniele Galloppa should have done better at the other end when he was found himself free in the penalty area but his shot was weak and straight at Dida.
It seemed like nobody was really determined to score as Borriello allowed the next chance to go begging when he just stood pondering his options rather than shooting with only Mirante to beat after he was found by Ronaldinho.

Milan should have had a penalty in the 69th minute when Pato slipped the ball between two Parma defenders and was tripped by Francesco Lunardini as he tried to follow the ball through but the referee waved play on.
That decision almost proved costly for Milan, who saw Paloschi break through at the other end and volley just wide.

But Parma simply did not have the ideas or the strength to make a game of it in a tedious second half in which Milan looked to conserve energy for their midweek Champions League game and Parma showed they are not used to having to play three games in a week.

Thiago Silva almost wrapped up the win three minutes from time when he headed against the crossbar from point-blank range.
Borriello did seal the win in stoppage time with a scissor-kick goal from another Ronaldinho assist.

Kaka Who? Who Cares When We Have Pato!!!

Its the richest vs the poor,the striving vs the problematic,the stars vs the old legs but who cares?
at the end, it felt like a classic but mostly it had not been. Sixteen European Cups, two European Footballers of the Year, over a thousand European goals, and hundreds of millions worth of signings and yet for long periods this was a game defined by two goalkeeping errors. But two wonderful strikes and a final 15 minutes played in increasingly wide spaces led to a dramatic 88th-minute winner from Alexandre Pato that elevated the game to a status fitting of its billing as the “Derby of Europe”.

By the time the whistle went mistakes from Iker Casillas and, especially, Dida were forgotten. A wonderful goal from Andrea Pirlo had equalised Madrid’s opener.

A superb strike from Royston Drenthe equalised the goal that put Milan in the lead, to set up a rousing finish and a huge victory for Milan. Madrid had one disallowed for offside; so, more mysteriously, did Milan. And then, in the final minute, Pato volleyed home to make it 3-2.

After 15 minutes Gianluca Zambrotta appeared to go through Karim Benzema’s legs to challenge for the ball as the Frenchman closed in on the six-yard box. It looked like a penalty, but the Belgian referee Frank de Bleeckere signalled a goal-kick.

The decision bought whistles from the stands but Madrid did not need to wait long for the opening goal. It came on 19 minutes, thanks to an extraordinary mistake from Dida.

He easily got behind a weak shot from Esteban Granero, patted the ball down on to the turf and took a step forward only for the ball to hit his thigh and drop loose. Fifteen years and 711 Real Madrid games later, Raul’s legs may be slower, but there is nothing wrong with his mind and he dashed in to apply the finish for his 66th European Cup goal.

Watching Ronaldinho grow increasingly frustrated, unable to produce the magic he once could was a sad sight; Milan’s impotence looked complete. And then, suddenly, incredibly, just after the hour they were level. Pirlo collected the ball from a throw-in 35 yards out and took aim and the ball dipped and whistled past Casillas at his right-hand post. The silence spoke of surprise. It was only Milan’s second shot on target.

Their third came only four minutes later and with the same outcome. Ambrosini’s curling ball dropped beyond the hesitating Raul Albiol, Casillas came for it and misjudged it, allowing it to skid beyond him. Pato maintained his balance to roll it into an empty net.

We Are Back!!

Ronaldinho inspired 10-man AC Milan to only their third win of the season with a come-from-behind 2-1 success against AS Roma at the San Siro.While the first half in Milan belonged to Roma's French winger Jeremy Menez, it was Ronaldinho who starred after the break, scoring one and creating the other -- and quite possibly saving countryman Leonardo's job as coach -- before captain Massimo Ambrosini was sent off late on.

The result moved Milan up to eighth in the Serie A table with Roma dropping to 11th.Roma, and Menez in particular, tore Milan apart in the first half.But it was with a helping hand from Milan centre-back Thiago Silva that the visitors went in front as Menez pounced on his fluffed back pass on three minutes and shrugged off the Brazilian's shirt pulling before beating goalkeeper Dida.A minute later Menez surged into the box again but this time his angle was more difficult and he shot straight at Dida.On 20 minutes he was in behind the defence a third time, however under pressure from Silva he shot wide as he fell.Moments later Daniele De Rossi drove forward unchallenged from midfield and brought a fine one-handed stop out of Dida.Menez burst into life again on 38 minutes as he teed up Mirko Vucinic, whose first touch was sublime to take him past Alessandro Nesta but he then hesitated and Dida blocked his weak shot.

Finally Milan created something on the counter-attack a minute later and Roma goalkeeper Doni had to tip a shot from Clarence Seedorf onto the post after the Dutchman benefited from a fortunate ricochet in the box.Leonardo had to react and he did by bringing on evergreen striker Filippo Inzaghi for midfielder Ignazio Abate and within two minutes Inzaghi's header from an Andrea Pirlo corner had been cleared off the line by David Pizarro.
Milan needed a helping hand to get back into the match and they got it with a highly contentious penalty award after Nesta crumbled under Nicolas Burdisso's challenge in the box.
Ronaldinho despatched the penalty on 56 minutes and the winner came from a moment of quality on 67 minutes as Ronaldinho's long diagonal ball found Pato, whose control on his chest was sublime and took John Arne Riise out of play before he rounded Doni and slotted home.

Its Ronaldinho night for sure,with Nesta as strong as ever we manage to overcome tough challenge from Roma.Pato,Abate,Thiago and Seedorf is at top form for this match too and its add to a more confidence display from Milan.
A step to the big clash with Real and i must say its a promising look comeback from the international week.
Some players is still looking doubtful but with Leo guide lets pray and hope for a big win and great showmanship in the match to come!!

Its The Pippo Factor!!

Filippo Inzaghi scored twice, including the match-winner in the 74th minute, helping AC Milan pick up a huge road win Tuesday in its return to Champions League play, 2-1 at Marseille.
AC Milan missed the Champions League last season, but Inzaghi returned to form with his 67th and 68th career goals in European competitions.
Inzaghi scored the opener at the rainy Stade Velodrome, and shocked the French side with his second goal midway through the second half - which Marseille had dominated.
Gabriel Heinze scored Marseille's goal in the 49th, but now the French club is in a big hole in Group C, which also features Real Madrid.



Milan got control of the first half in the 28th when Inzaghi, an Italian World Cup winner, managed to stay onside before latching onto a perfect cross to the right post from Clarence Seedorf. Inzaghi placed a right-footed shot from just a few yards out inside the right post for his 67th goal in European play.
Marseille nearly answered before half, but AC Milan goalie Marco Storari made his only save in the opening 45 minutes to deny Benoit Cheyrou. The Marseille midfielder found enough space at the top of the area to unleash a left-footed shot, but Storari dove to his right to knock the ball wide.
The French side took control less than five minutes after the break, though, when Heinze headed a free kick from Cheyrou through Storari's legs in the 49th minute.

Lucho Gonzalez, who nearly leveled seconds earlier, earned a free kick on the right side and Cheyrou delivered a perfect pass to Heinze. The Argentine raced away from AC Milan defender Massimo Oddo and used the pace of the pass to snap a header down and past Storari.
Heinze's goal ignited the sold out crowd in Marseille, and the energy was also apparent on the field as the home side continued to pressure Milan in the hard soaking rain.
Cheyrou had one of the better chances in the following 10 minutes but his shot from the right, that was dipping inside the far post, was saved by Storari.

Although Marseille dominated the first 30 minutes of the second half, AC Milan created a quick scoring chance in the 74th and Inzaghi buried his second goal. Off a short free kick on the left, Milan found Seedorf on the top left edge of the area, and he chipped a quick pass to the far post to a charging Inzaghi.
Inzaghi slid in just in front of a Marseille player and poked the ball toward the left post from 10 yards out, hitting the back of the net for the 68th goal of his career in European competitions.
AC Milan held on the for the win, and sits behind Real on goal differential.

Fucking Bad Sign!!

AC Milan were held to a dull 0-0 draw at promoted Livorno.

Leonardo's side, hammered 4-0 by Inter Milan in the derby before the international break, gave a first start to former Real Madrid striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar with Marco Borriello injured but they could not break down an organised defence.

Milan, who won their opening encounter at Siena, lacked creativity early on with Andrea Pirlo spending the first half on the bench after recent exertions for Italy.

He came on for the again ineffective Ronaldinho early in the second period and soon hit the bar with a free kick but it was the closest the visitors came. Huntelaar was also replaced by Filippo Inzaghi.

Livorno, who had two players with their names spelt incorrectly on the back of their shirt, threatened sporadically and could easily have won.

Stuttering Milan must now prepare for their return to the Champions League in the clash at Marseille on Tuesday.

This game resemble how bad things are for us now,The lack of idea,creativity,pace and penetration nearly cause us badly.Livorno is at the same level with us at every position,we failed to work it as what the hype before the season started that Leo will play an attractive type football.

If this is the attractive way of playing football perhaps we should quit staying up(for asian) just to see such an disgraceful display from the team.
Imagine if we dont have Thiago Silva to conduct the defend,we would have lose this match easily.Ronnie dont show any improvement(still bullshitting on the pitch)the wingbacks is horrible the midfield is jaded the striker lacks confidence.

The question is how long can we rely on this kind of form and hope to conquered Serie A and UCL?
Theres big problem from the top to the bottom of AC Milan but who is the one to blame??

Its 4-0 Defeat!!

Inter Milan made clear their intention to retain the Serie A title, drubbing AC Milan 4-0 Saturday in a city derby that the Devils played for the most part with 10 men.
Brazilian Thiago Motta and Argentine Diego Milito, two arrivals from Genoa, had already put Inter up two goals when Gennaro Gattuso was sent off with a second yellow card.
A third goal sank the Devils' hopes before the break as Brazil defender Douglas Maicon beat Marco Storari off a Milito assist.

The win was secured in a matter of 15 minutes through an impressive display of offensive power that made Inter fans forget the embarrassing 1-1 home draw against promoted Bari that they had to watch a week earlier.
Milan had produced a good pressing in the first 20 minutes, threatening with a spurt from Frenchman Mathieu Flamini, while Brazilian Ronaldinho misfired off a precious feed from his fast compatriot Pato.
A further threat forced Inter's Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar to slap a dangerous cross to prevent Marco Borriello's close-range flick, but Inter gradually improved their game and secured the outcome before the break.



Motta opened the scoring on 29 minutes, stunning Storari with a classy volley off a piercing assist from Milito, who on 36 minutes converted a spot kick after Gattuso floored Samuel Eto'o as he headed for the goal off a long Maicon feed.
Inter's win was virtually secured 10 minutes later with the dismissal of Gattuso, who received a second yellow card for downing Dutch newcomer Wesley Sneijder.
With Milan on the ropes, Brazil defender Lucio had a tight-angle shot blocked by Storari before Maicon's third goal off yet another great assist from Milito.
There was little thrill in a second half that saw Inter control the game and beef up their tally through a
smashing long-range shot drilled by Serb Dejan Stankovic in the top right corner.

Its 11 vs 10(evev when 11 vs 11 we are pretty much pork shit),Some players looks a bit lost,Pirlo was not the creative head he always be,Borriello is stuck in upfront,Ronnie shows his unconsistant display once again.Flamini is the reason to smile for our midfield.The central defend lead by Nesta and Thiago looks steady but Janku is bullshitting out there on the pitch,perhaps now the baldie is starting to regret his decision to not buying any wingback this transfer season,Leonardo's early worries have come true thats his demand for Berlu to get a rock solid attacking wingbacks,as usual Berlu will deny his request and this first 2 match peformence by the wingbacks is a total disgrace.Theres a weakness in Milan's squad and no doubt about that but the 4-0 beating is a NIGHTMARE but if i can give a comfort word to us,i'll say we lose because Gattuso wasn't there(bad comforting words).2nd match and its the early sign of the bad beating to come through out the season.Pray for the last minutes buy Milanista. (^_^)

First Game..First Win..First Step

Alexandre Pato scored twice, each time set up by Ronaldinho, as We opened our Italian Serie A season with a 2-1 win at Siena on Saturday.
Pato opened the scoring in the 29th off a direct assist from fellow Brazilian Ronaldinho and added the game-winner early off an assist from Mathieu Flamini, who easily set up Pato after a brilliant pass from Ronaldinho.

We have lost the former FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka to Real Madrid, handed new coach Leonardo a win in his debut.
Milan had a few chances early, with Ronaldinho setting up Pato in the 29th on a perfect pass to open the scoring. Ronaldinho delivered a pass to the right side of the box for Pato, who picked out the left side and drove a shot off the hands of Siena goalie Gianluca Curci and into the left side of the net.

Our defensive players should be the one to blamed as Abdelkader Ghezzal tied the match just five minutes later. Lukas Jarolim set up the easy goal with a hard blast, which AC Milan goalie Marco Storari could only knock down in front of the net. Ghezzal slid in at the right post and drilled the rebound into the net.
Milan regrouped at halftime and regained the lead in the 47th when Ronaldinho set up Flamini and he provided Pato with an easy finish for his second goal of the match.

Massimo Maccarone had Siena's first scoring chance of the second half, but hit a shot well wide from just eight yards out.
Ronaldinho continued to display his vintage form in the 68th, settling a pass at the top of the area with his right leg and, with his back go goal, got off a bicycle kick that Curci had to knock away from the upper corner.



The first match that signified how comfortable Ronnie is as the Trequartista for us,his always sharp passing technique have made a clear different towards the match outcome.Pato's maturity is so vital and he have certainly shows the kinda result as we expected from him since the departure of Kaka.Pato have bring the sweet memory of watching the old Sheva,the passion and the awareness that he puts on is the reason we should not even think about selling him,the most lively player of the game.
Thiago Silva is the one that caught my eyes and his contribution last night brings a little bit of hope to out defensive line up and his strong display significantly improve the quality of the weaken backline of Milan.Nesta have been a little bit off form since he is just back from bad injury and is not looking good at the preseason game too.
The midfields is a little bit frustrating to see with Gattuso looking shaky and so do the Pirlo of all people but Flamini gave the most impression with the best match he have play for us,hardworking as ever and the engine behind Ronnie.Goodbye to seedorf if he continue playing like this and consistently making milan more and more steady at the midfield.

We have the players and the wise Leo to ensure a wonderful season ahead,but doesn't the squad look a little bit lacking in terms of subs if the Ronnie,Pato and Thiago get injured?

Huntelaar For Us..

AC Milan reached a deal with Real Madrid to sign striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, ending the player's unhappy eight-month spell with the Spanish club.
The Dutch forward arrived in Milan Thursday to sign his new contract, and the club said he would have his medical exam on Friday.

"We have a deal with Real Madrid," Milan vice president Adriano Galliani told Italy's Sky Sport 24 TV channel. "All that's missing is the player's medical exams and the economic agreement with the player."

AC Milan and the city of Milan "hold a special place for us Dutch," the Italian news agency Apcom quoted Huntelaar as saying after he arrived at Malpensa airport.

"I know Marco Van Basten. He was my trainer at Ajax as well as for the national team," Huntelaar said, referring to the former Netherlands striker who spent much of his career with Milan in the late 1980s and early 90s.

"I really want to train and to begin a real adventure," Huntelaar said.
Galliani did not disclose details of the deal with Madrid, saying only that Huntelaar would not be on loan but would transfer permanently to Milan.
Madrid also confirmed Huntelaar's transfer on its Web site.

Spanish sports daily Marca reported Thursday that Milan was prepared to pay between euro15 million (C$23 million) and euro18 million (C$27.8 million) for Huntelaar in a deal welcomed by Madrid, which is keen to offload players before the start of the season.

Madrid has spent euro254 million ($392 million) on eight players including Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka since Florentino Perez returned to the club presidency in June
So far, the club has raised a reported euro15 million (C$23 million) through the sales of Javier Saviola and Javi Garcia to Benfica and Daniel Parejo to Getafe.
Expected to follow Huntelaar out of Madrid is his compatriot Rafael van der Vaart.

There are doubts over the futures of three more Dutchmen - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder - together with Mali's Mahamadou Diarra.
Huntelaar, who turns 26 next week, made only 13 first-team starts after joining Madrid from Ajax for euro20 million (C$30.9 million) in December when Ramon Calderon was the Spanish club's president.

However, a miscalculation by Madrid meant Huntelaar was ineligible to play in the second stage of the Champions League. Madrid was unaware that clubs could only field one new player who had played in European competition earlier in the season. Midfielder Lassana Diarra, the team's other transfer window signing, was picked instead.

Madrid recently agreed to transfer Huntelaar to Stuttgart for a reported fee of euro18 million (C$27.8 million) but the Netherlands' striker rejected the move and the deal collapsed.

Dzeko Is Milan's Primary Target

The Rossoneri have money to spend following their record-breaking sale of Brazilian superstar Kaka to Real Madrid.

While they are unlikely to reinvest all of the cash generated from that departure, they are keen to ensure that an adequate replacement is acquired.

Wolfsburg frontman Dzeko has been indentified as a suitable option and Milan are keen to step up their interest in the talented 23-year-old.

"We are still hopeful of getting him," said Milan general manager Adriano Galliani.

"The man himself should have a say about his future.

"It is difficult to keep a player who is unhappy, that is a rule which applies to everybody and is the law of the market."

THANKS PAOLO,THANKS CARLETTO AND THANK YOU GUYS

AC Milan clinched the third automatic Champions League place after comfortably winning 2-0 at fourth-placed Fiorentina on a day of goodbyes for Serie A on Sunday.
Brazilians Kaka and Alexandre Pato netted in the second half in Paolo Maldini's last game before retirement and the final match in charge for Carlo Ancelotti, who is now widely expected to join Chelsea.

"Today is the moment to say thanks because this club has given me eight splendid years," Ancelotti told reporters.
The match was also David Beckham's last for Milan until at least the end of the year. He plans to return to the San Siro from parent club Los Angeles Galaxy if a deal is reached.
Fiorentina could have snatched third spot with a handsome win, which would have put them level with Milan but with a better head-to-head record, but instead they will have to settle for the Champions League qualifiers next term

Final season for Maldini and Carletto,overall the season's achievement have been quite hard to rate.The season first expectation is we will be fighting hard and won back the Serie A with the addition of RONALDINHO to Milan's line up,the other expectation is to won the Uefa Cup and claim the least silverware the europe can offer us.Tactics of our coach Carletto have been question again and again through out the season,so its not surprising for so many Ultras who have voice their dissapointment over the mix strategy and confusion Carletto have brought this season.

The injury of key players such as Nesta and Gattuso have gave the most negatif impact to Milan's progress in each cup we are fighting for,not to forget the shortage of power in upfront where Milan have not been impressive with the injury to Marco Borriello.
The up and down of players performence is something that i found very wierd in a way where the perform brilliantly for one match and failed to did the same in the folllowing weekend.Seedorf,Favvalli,Ambro,Pirlo,Ronnie,Sheva and even Kaka have sometimes failed to keep the good form going to even better.This have cause us the Uefa cup and Serie A.

The debate about the total clean up for Milan for the young players to get us back to winning form is still going hot.The decision to bring back the youth that we have loan out is the one the fans have welcome the most.The Becks factor have made us arguing of whether he will be a player worth wearing the Rossoneri jersey but he have us wrong with a consistent performence and gave milan the most critical help at the very critical time for us.I say he should dump Galaxy and come to Milan to play his last gasp of footie action before he call it quits.

The Kaka transfer saga to Man.city have gave us a few points to look at to.The interest Berlu have show in the money Man.city have put on the table and the keen Kaka and his family have show also made us become a little bit concern of how the outcome would be for us.He then decides to stay and pledge his future to Milan.Now we have finished 3rd and will be compiting in the Champions League.It will not going to be easy as what the Itallian have suffer this season.The new players the new look the new style the new philosophy will be add as Carletto bids farewell.

Carletoo,Thanks for many wonderful season that have make me cry in joy and pain.Thanks for the Serie A,Thanks for bringing in The champions league,Thanks for the sacrifise.Thank You Carletto.
Thanks To Il Capitano,Paolo will always be remebered as the best player ever in the history of the football,not even Pele and Marradonna can achieve such things as what he have contribute to Italy,Milan and the footballing world directly or indirectly.
Thanks friends for wonderful season of football from us,thanks for giving the very best comment and tagging the best videos,displaying the best and funniest photos and cheering the Forza Milan for so many days this season.

Your Truly
Mohammad 'Acu' Shukri

AC MILAN 2-3 AS ROMA(LET'S KILL THE REF!!)

Paolo Maldini's final Serie A appearance at the San Siro ended on a losing note as AC Milan slipped to a 3-2 defeat against Roma in a thrilling match.
The visitors twice lost the lead as Massimo Ambrosini scored a second-half brace before being sent off after Francesco Totti's 85th-minute winner.
The result seals Roma's place in the Europa League, while Milan are all-but certain of securing a spot in the Champions League group stages due to a vastly superior goal difference to Fiorentina, who go into the final round of matches three points adrift of a place in the top three.

Full-back John Arne Riise and French forward Jeremy Menez scored Roma's first two.
Pre-match talk revolved around Maldini's impending retirement and the continued speculation regarding manager Carlo Ancelotti's potential move to Chelsea and perhaps unsurprisingly it was Roma who started the game more focused.
With five minutes gone the lively Totti spotted a gap and drilled a shot just wide from 35 yards, before teeing up Philippe Mexes four minutes later, only for the centre-half to miss with a speculative attempt.

Totti continued to try his luck, again shooting from range as the home defence sat a little deep.
While his first attempts had been hopeful, the Italy striker made Rossoneri goalkeeper Dida work after half an hour, forcing a smart save from the Brazilian.
With nine minutes to go before the break, Riise went one better, burying a left-footed free-kick into the top corner from 30 yards.

With fans protesting loudly against owner Silvio Berlusconi and Milan continuing to suffer stage fright on Maldini's big day, things were close to getting even worse, with Mirko Vucinic unlucky not to make it 2-0 seconds before half-time.
Clarence Seedorf replaced David Beckham at the interval but the second half started slowly and it was not until the hour mark that the game truly cranked into gear, Andrea Pirlo lashing a right-footed drive just wide of the post.

Nevertheless, it was not until 15 minutes from time that the second goal was scored, Filippo Inzaghi laying the ball to Ambrosini for him to blast home from the centre of the box.
Parity lasted only five minutes with Menez collecting a Riise pass before burying the ball in the bottom corner.
By now, the action had sped up considerably and it was 2-2 within a minute.

Kaka was the provider this time, with Ambrosini again providing the finish.
The scene was set for Totti, perhaps unfortunate not to already on the scoreboard, and he gleefully claimed it, hammering home a free-kick with five minutes left to seal victory.
Ambrosini, meanwhile, blotted his copy book somewhat when he was sent off in the 88th minute

Never Stop Believing Milanistas

Second-placed Milan failed to close the gap on Inter after going down to European-chasing Udinese to give Inter their fourth straight Scudetto and Jose Mourinho's first in charge.
Gaetano D'Agostino gave Udinese the lead on 31 minutes from the penalty spot after Paolo Maldini in his 900th appearance for Milan felled Antonio Floro Flores inside the box.

Things got worse for the visitors when Cristian Zapata doubled Udinese's lead three minutes after the break with a close-range volley.
Massimo Ambrosini pulled a goal back for AC Milan in the closing seconds, but it was too little too late for the Rossoneri as city rivals secured their 17th Serie A title.


Thats sum up the dull season of Serie A football,the winner is a team full of bullshit including the players,backroom staff and the owner.Now its the fight for the 2nd spot and by losing to Udinese,we have to compete with another merda to capture the automatic spot for The Champions League.

We the Milanistas want the proper transfer strategy to ensure next season's success,of course it will be the same battle between the merda and us but we have to be the scary team to play next season not like yesterday when Carletto said that Udinese is a tough team to play.

We tired of being second best in everything and making the best out of the transfer season by making WORLD CLASS purchased will only do goods for us not the opposite.
Lets pray for a better last few games and pray for a better next season.
Like my friend Vitmaver use to say..
Never Stop Believing...

AC MILAN 1-1 JUVENTUS(THE DREAM IS OVER)

AC Milan failed to take advantage of city rivals Inter's slip-up at Chievo earlier on Sunday as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Juventus.
Clarence Seedorf put the Rossoneri ahead in the 57th minute, but an equaliser three minutes later from Vincenzo Iaquinta meant Milan recovered only a point on Inter, who can now clinch their fourth Scudetto next Sunday regardless of Milan's result at Udinese 24 hours earlier.
And Milan ended the game with 10 men as Giuseppe Favalli was shown a second yellow card five minutes from time, while David Beckham will also miss the trip to Udine after picking up his fifth yellow card.
Mauro Camoranesi missed the first chance of the game in the 12th minute, volleying over the crossbar from 15 yards after Marco Marchionni's cross was headed down to him by Iaquinta.
Camoranesi was involved in the build-up to the Bianconeri's next chance in the 18th minute as he exchanged passes with Amauri before playing the ball into the path of Marchionni, but Mathieu Flamini did enough to put the Juve midfielder off with a desperate lunge at his feet.
Flamini once again saved the day for Milan as he got his body in between Iaquinta and the goal after Paolo Maldini had lost the Juve forward.
Milan had shown very little in attack with Filippo Inzaghi caught offside more than once, but he showed how dangerous he can be when he turned Giorgio Chiellini to volley over from Seedorf's lobbed pass.

Juve continued to keep Milan at a safe distance from their goal with Kaka forced to try his luck from distance and, although his 29th-minute shot moved a lot in the air, it was still easy pickings for Gianluigi Buffon.
Christian Poulsen then missed the first big chance of the game in the 36th minute, pulling his shot wide of the post from 20 yards out with his weaker left foot.
Inzaghi should have put the Rossoneri ahead early in the second half when he reached Beckham's corner unmarked just in front of the goal, but he did not make the best of contact with his head and the ball soared harmlessly wide of the post.

An equally good chance went begging at the other end as Amauri failed to score when Iaquinta's shot was fumbled by Zeljko Kalac, but once again Flamini was in close attendance and just did enough to put Amauri off.
The game came to life just after Seedorf missed a gilt-edged chance with a path opening up in front of him, but the Dutchman sliced his shot embarrassingly wide.
He had reason to celebrate in the 57th minute, though, when he put Milan ahead.
Inzaghi this time could not be offside as he started his run forward from inside his own half before pulling the ball back to Massimo Ambrosini, whose sliced shot landed right in front of Seedorf and this time he really could not miss from just a few yards out.

Milan's lead lasted just three minutes before Iaquinta headed Juve level, showing great bravery and determination to hold off Flamini and meet Camoranesi's cross just in front of Kalac.
The home side were unable to pick up the reins to the game again, despite their coach Carlo Ancelotti sending Alexandre Pato and Ronaldinho on for Beckham and Inzaghi while they ended the game with 10 men when Favalli picked up his second yellow card for a foul from behind on Alessandro Del Piero.
The result leaves second-placed Milan four points clear of their opponents, but seven behind Inter.

AC MILAN 2-0 CATANIA

AC Milan kept its title hopes alive on Sunday with a comfortable 2-0 win over Catania at Stadio Angelo Massimino.
Filippo Inzaghi scored midway through the opening half and Kaka added a second goal shortly after the restart, while the final margin could have been more if not for the woodwork.
The win moves Milan to within seven points of leader Inter Milan, with Catania staying in 15th, 11 points above the drop.

Milan dodged an early bullet from a Catania corner kick seven minutes into the game as the ball was played to the back post and nodded towards the front of goal by Jorge Andres Martinez.
Milan's Giuseppe Favalli tried to head the ball away, but he instead turned it towards goal, watching it crash off the post and stay out.
The Rossoneri came close to scoring from their own corner kick four minutes later as David Beckham lofted a high ball into the center of the box for Paolo Maldini, who sent a looping header over the head of goalkeeper Tomas Kosicky, only for the ball to be cleared off the line by Mariano Izco.

The breakthrough came midway through the half after a Catania turnover in midfield allowed Kaka to carry the ball down the right and cut towards the top of the box. He then slipped a pass between two defenders to Inzaghi, who stabbed the ball into the bottom right corner.
The Italian striker had a chance to add to his tally five minutes before the break when Andrea Pirlo got to the end line and drew the keeper before lobbing a cross to the far post for Inzaghi, whose header from a few yards failed to hit the empty net.
The second half started well for Catania as substitute Giacomo Tedesco went close with a 25-yard effort, while Giuseppe Mascara shot well over from a free kick.
However, Milan added a second goal in the 52nd minute when Massimo Ambrosini's left-wing cross was headed on goal by Beckham, and although Kosicky was able to make the stop, he could only parry the ball into the path of Kaka, who was left with an easy finish from three yards.
Marek Jankulovski then floated a shot on goal from the left side of the box that forced Kosicky to tip the ball over the crossbar, while Kaka set up Inzaghi with a great chance from right in front of goal, but he put it over the net from four yards.
Inzaghi was denied a second goal in the 66th minute when his shot was deflected off the post by the keeper, while a brilliant effort from Kaka one minute later came back off the woodwork.
The home side had no way back into the match despite being let off by some poor Milan finishing and they have now dropped four of their last five games

AC MILAN 3-0 PALERMO

AC Milan opened up an advantage on third-placed Juventus with a comfortable 3-0 win over 10-man Palermo at the San Siro.
A penalty from Kaka and a header from Filippo Inzaghi ensured Milan were already firmly in control before Cesare Bovo received his marching orders three minutes into the second half.
Kaka, who seemed back to his best after an injury-plagued few months, slotted home another penalty eight minutes later to seal the victory.
It was sweet revenge for Milan who were humiliated 3-1 at Palermo earlier in the year, and it leaves them two points above Juve who drew 2-2 at Reggina today.
Palermo barely had a sight of goal and remain three points behind sixth-place Roma who occupy the last Europa League berth.
Milan might have deserved the three points but Palermo will feel aggrieved at their 10th-minute opener as it seemed a harsh decision to award a penalty when Mattia Cassani caught Luca Ambrosini as he leapt up in an attempt to reach David Beckham's long ball.
Kaka stepped up to lash home a good penalty which squeezed in between Marco Amelia and his left post, leaving the Palermo goalkeeper no chance.
The hosts doubled their lead 10 minutes later when Kaka produced a great flick over the Palermo defence to Ambrosini who crossed in for Inzaghi to head home his 150th Serie A goal.
Palermo's best chance of the half came in the 32nd minute when a powerful Fabrizio Miccoli free-kick flew just wide from 35 yards.
The visitors also went close six minutes later but Milan goalkeeper Dida was well placed to save Giulio Migliaccio's close-range header.
A swift counter-attack was almost finished by Inzaghi who would have gone clear on goal but for a good tackle by Bovo.

However, the Palermo defender swiftly went from hero to villain after a rash tackle on Kaka earned him a second yellow card.
That did not bode well for the visitors with Milan boasting the best attacking record of the season so far and Palermo were forced to play even more defensively. Indeed, they had only three shots on goal - and all off target - for the rest of the match.
Things went from bad to worse for the visitors in the 56th minute when Milan were awarded a second penalty when Federico Balzaretti held back Kaka in the area.
The Milan playmaker stepped up to the spot once again and fired a powerful shot straight down the middle.
The Rossoneri came close to increasing the scoreline on several occasions with the most notable being a lovely shot from Andrea Pirlo which flew just wide and an impressive effort from Ronaldinho which substitute goalkeeper Samir Ujkani did well to save.
Milan almost capped a good day with a spectacular goal four minutes from time when a clever one-two between Kaka and Ronaldinho resulted in the latter flicking the ball into the area to Gianluca Zambrotta who dribbled past three defenders before unleashing a shot but Ujkani pulled off another good save.


CEASARE MALDINI: "MILAN ARE MONITORING PALERMO'S YOUTH SIMON KJAER"


Palermo pay visit to AC Milan this afternoon and the Stadio San Siro crowd will have a chance to take a closer look at central defender Simon Kjaer, who has often been associated with a move to the Lombardy giants in recent weeks.
The 20-year-old has made quite an impact since arriving in Italy last summer and several top European sides are said to be keeping tabs on him.
Milan are also rumoured to be in the frame and Rossoneri scout and former Italy boss Cesare Maldini believes Kjaer has what it takes to cut the mustard at the highest level.
“He is an excellent defender,” Maldini enthused in an interview with Il Giornale di Sicilia.
“He is very strong and Milan are closely following him, just like they are following other players. Kjaer is dynamic, fast and elegant, but is also very aggressive and precise.
“He is a classic centre-back and I advise Palermo to keep hold of him for a long time.”

I WILL STAY IF MILAN ACCEPT MY WISHLIST

Carlo Ancelotti is ready to stay with AC Milan - if they're prepared to accept his shopping list.
While an offer from Chelsea remains on the table, Ancelotti has assured Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani he's prepared to stay next season if they make the right signings.
La Repubblica says in their summit last week, Ancelotti demanded three big money signings - a centre-forward, along with two defenders.
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor tops the attacking shortlist, while Lille youngster Adi Rami is also regarded highly by Ancelotti.
A new 12-month contract extension is also being drawn up for Ancelotti, which would see him through to 2011.

Hell yeah,we still need Carletto at Milan and by making good buy it will not only benefited the club but the owner as well.Enough of the useless players we have at our disposal,now its time to look forward and buing the right players according to Carletto's planning.
Stop buy the old legs too,Maldini will retire and the one who should replace him is not another old player.
The time have come,Milanistas is waiting for a change.Big change.

MILAN 5(STARS)-1 TORINO

AC Milan leapt above Juventus into second place in Serie A thanks to an impressive 5-1 win over Torino.
Filippo Inzaghi was Milan's hero with a hat-trick, aided twice by the vision and skill of David Beckham.
Kaka added a fourth from the penalty spot in a one-sided game before Ivan Franceschini claimed a consolation goal 10 minutes from time.
But Massimo Ambrosini restored Milan's four-goal advantage with the last kick of the game as Carlo Ancelotti's side joined Juve on 64 points, 10 behind runaway leaders Inter Milan.
Beckham was back in the starting XI after sitting out Milan's last two Serie A matches and he made an immediate impact.
His free-kick was headed in by Inzaghi, but the goal was ruled out for a clear offside.
However, the same combination tore through the Torino defence with ease and regularity and there could be no doubt that Inzaghi's second goal, from a Beckham corner, was valid in the 13th minute.
Another accurate, long ball from Beckham again found Inzaghi, whose header this time lacked the required power to cause Matteo Sereni any problems in the Torino goal.
Kaka then turned provider for Inzaghi's next chance in the 28th minute, but again he could not get enough power on his shot, this time with his foot.

Moments later, Alexandre Pato got caught in two minds whether to shoot or play the ball square to Inzaghi after being found by Andrea Pirlo and the result was neither as his weak volley cleared the crossbar.
Inzaghi scored his second in the 37th minute with much of the credit again going to Beckham.
The England international could himself
have shot from 20 yards out and that is what the Torino defence expected, but he instead lifted the ball right onto the head of Inzaghi, who simply diverted it into the top corner of Sereni's goal.
Beckham had transformed a Milan side which had struggled to narrow wins over Lecce and Chievo in recent weeks.
There seemed to be no stopping the Rossoneri in this game and Inzaghi soon completed his hat-trick.

This time it was half-time substitute Ronaldinho who provided the assist for Milan's number nine, who netted his 11th goal of the season, his second hat-trick, by lifting the ball delicately over a forlorn, defenceless Sereni.
Inzaghi was given a standing ovation when he was replaced by Andriy Shevchenko in the 65th minute after making his telling contribution to help lift Milan up to second place.
But there was more to come even without Inzaghi.
Ambrosini earned a penalty when he was fouled by Sereni and Kaka converted the penalty in the 68th minute.
Franceschini then grabbed a consolation for Torino with practically their first chance of the evening in the 81st minute before Ambrosini capped another perfect team move with the finish to make it 5-1 and lift Milan above Juventus into second place.

ANOTHER ADEBAYOR RUMORS

Serie A giants AC Milan are set to reignite their interest in Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor by opening negotiations with the Premier League club, with Rossoneri owner Silvio Berlusconi ready to step in should the deal become complicated, according to the Daily Mail.
The Milanese club had tried to lure Togolese International Adebayor away from the Emirates Stadium last summer. It understood that the Gunners demanded £35million for the striker, which caused the interest to bring Adebayor to the San Siro to cool.
Barcelona had also been interested in 25-year-old Adebayor last summer, but also pulled out of the running after meeting with the striker, who is believed to have demanded huge personal terms to leave Arsenal for the Blaugrana.

Now it is said that Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is still keen on recruiting Adebayor to the San Siro, with an offer in the region of €35million being mooted. Ancelotti wants to pair Adebayor with young Brazilian Alexandre Pato and has Berlusconi onside to provide the financial clout if needed.
Under contract at the Emirates until the summer of 2012, having put pen to paper on a new deal at the Gunners last summer. Adebayor has scored 62 goals in 137 appearances for Arsenal in all competitions since his arrival from Ligue 1 side Monaco in 2006.
However, with Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani claiming recently that the Rossoneri would not be spending huge sums of money in the summer. It remains to be seen if Ancelotti, will land Adebayor, who is believed to have many fans within the San Siro.

SEEDORF'S STUNNER

Clarence Seedorf rounded off a glorious team goal to sink struggling Chievo 1-0 and strengthen AC Milan's bid for Champions League qualification.
The veteran Dutchman guided the ball past Stefano Sorrentino early in the second half after Marek Jankulovski and Filippo Inzaghi had both turned down shooting chances to set him up.
Milan did not have it all their own way, though, and boss Carlo Ancelotti had to watch most of the game from the stands after protesting too much over a first-half free-kick.
And he was forced to endure a nervous finish, Sergio Pellissier seeing what would have been an equaliser ruled out for offside and Dida brilliantly saving from Giuseppe Colucci.
Chievo started brightly and Philippe Senderos had to be alert to cut out Giampiero Pinzi's pass before it found Pellissier closing in on goal after just four minutes.
At the other end Inzaghi reacted quickest after Andrea Pirlo's free-kick deflected off the wall, but his header was off target.
Dida made his first crucial contribution to push Pinzi's header from Pellissier's cross over the bar before Ancelotti was sent from the touchline in the 37th minute.
He almost saw his side go ahead six minutes later when Sorrentino dropped Gianluca Zambrotta's cross amid a crowd of players, Santiago Morero hacking the ball away for a corner.
Milan were starting to find their rhythm and fine play from Kaka earned them a free-kick five minutes after the break.
Pirlo took the set-piece and forced an excellent low save from Sorrentino.
The Chievo goalkeeper was powerless to prevent a picture-book Milan opener in the 53rd minute, though.
Alexandre Pato raced down the left wing before passing to Jankulovski, who decided against shooting and passed to Inzaghi at the far post.
The evergreen frontman also opted not to pull the trigger, instead pulling the ball back to Seedorf on the edge of the area whose precise shot beat Sorrentino.
Chievo showed real spirit in their attempts to get back on level terms and Giuseppe Favalli had to clear hurriedly after Dida had spilt a Colucci shot.
Pellissier then found the net from a free-kick in the 66th minute, but the effort was disallowed as both Santiago Morero and Erjon Bogdani were in offside positions.
Andrea Mantovani kept Chievo in the contest when he cut out Kaka's cross, heading the ball narrowly over his own crossbar with Sorrentino nowhere.
And that intervention might have proved crucial were it not for a splendid late save from Dida.
Four minutes after Pellissier had fired a left-footed shot just over his crossbar, the Brazilian did superbly to deny Colucci after the Chievo man had found himself in space on the edge of the area.
But that chance with 12 minutes remaining was Chievo's last of the game as Milan closed out the win and strengthened their grip on third place.

LATE GOALS SAVES OUR BUTT

Two late goals broke Lecce hearts as AC Milan cemented their grip on third place in Serie A with a last-gasp 2-0 win at the San Siro.
Ronaldinho and Filippo Inzaghi scored in second-half stoppage time to move Milan to within five points of second-placed Juventus, who were held to a draw earlier in the day.
Lecce arguably had the better chances of a lacklustre contest which only came to life when the 90 minutes were up, but the visitors nevertheless left beaten and still mired in the bottom three.
David Beckham was named on the bench for the first time since joining Milan in January with Kaka returning to the starting XI.
Beckham sat alongside Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko on a star-studded bench but it was the latter pair who saw action as the England international stayed on the sidelines for the full 90 minutes.
Milan lacked creativity up front with Alexandre Pato and Inzaghi failing to spark.
There were even fewer chances at the other end as Lecce rarely managed to break free. The closest they came to scoring in the opening period was from Simone Tiribocchi's speculative volley after 10 minutes.
It was perhaps a sign of desperation that Pato tried his luck from fully 30 yards in the 34th minute, although the effort surprised Lecce goalkeeper Francesco Benussi who had to scurry across his line as the ball curled just inches wide.
Pato almost put the home side ahead with a determined run from deep late in the first half but he fired wide of the far post with only Benussi to beat.

Mathieu Flamini missed the first opportunity of the second half for Milan, coach Carlo Ancelotti rang the changes by brining on Ronaldinho for the ineffective Clarence Seedorf.
Ronaldinho was soon into the action and it was his crossfield ball to Gianluca Zambrotta which was the starting point for Milan's best chance of the half as the Italy full-back crossed for Pato who fluffed his lines from eight yards.
Gianni Munari forced Milan goalkeeper Dida into a good stop from a Tiziano Polenghi cross in the 62nd minute before Munari turned provider for Tiribocchi to head a glorious chance wide.
Benussi made a spectacular save to push a Ronaldinho free-kick away three minutes from time, but he could do little about the breakthrough goal from the Brazilian moments later.
Philippe Senderos was unlucky not to be the man celebrating the goal for Milan as his goal-bound header nicked off the head of Ronaldinho and into the net.
Just to rub salt into Lecce's wounds, Inzaghi added a second for the hosts moments later, heading in a cross from Shevchenko to seal the win.
Late winner no more than another doubtful performence from us and with Genoa is edging closer and closer,we should have put a more convinsing display.
A win is awin but the top three finished is a must and slipping out from the top three is an absolute embarassment and should not be allowed to happened.
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Straight talk with Daniele Massaro,The lowdown on A.C. Milan versus Inter, and the future of Italian soccer

Straight talk with Daniele Massaro
The lowdown on A.C. Milan versus Inter, and the future of Italian soccer


“Santon is the next Maldini and should be playing on the National team right away. Lippi should focus on youth, and try to improve the play of his squad, because it is unthinkable that they could win another World Cup playing the way they did in 2006.”
This is according to former Italian soccer player Daniele Massaro, who is now in charge of public relations for A.C. Milan and is a commentator on the Italian soccer TV program La giostra del gol. Massaro is currently in Canada for the inauguration of the Milan Sports Centre, and his visit was an opportunity for Corriere Canadese/Tandem to talk to him about the future of soccer in Italy, and about Italy’s famous rivals: A.C. Milan and Inter Milan.
When it comes to Inter, Mazzaro admits that, “barring any unforeseen circumstances, [A.C. Milan] will once again take home the scudetto this season.” He also admits to having a soft spot for Inter’s new star player Davide Santon, whose style of play reminds him of some of the greatest Italian soccer players ever, from Facchetti to Baresi, up to and including his A.C. Milan captain Paolo Maldini.

Let’s begin with the Italian league. The big teams are out of the Champions League. Is it true that Italian soccer is on the decline?
“Our [league] is going through a unique period. Although many stars have played in Serie A, we’re not currently playing the role of protagonist in Europe. In Italy in the past few years, we’ve been sort of sitting back to watch Inter – a superpower on paper and sometimes on the pitch – in their conquests of the scudetto. They are a team that depend a lot on the feats of their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.”
What can Italian soccer do in order to win on international pitches?
“The only solution is to win. When I played, we often faced teams with superior skills. Now, apart from the odd young player who’s at the top of his game, we don’t have a great amount of quality. The problems are due to various reasons but a contributing factor has been that many stars have gone to Spain or England rather than to Italy. The job of team directors will now have to be to acquire players who can make a difference, while taking into account the bottom line. It’s sort of what Milan did with Pato a few years ago.”In an interview last year, you said that Inter made the best acquisition when they brought on Jose Mourinho as manager. Do you still hold the same opinion after his negative comments about the team?
“In some regards, yes, because having a specific plan and discipline has benefited this team. It should also be mentioned that people change, and he has changed a lot. But it’s not just his fault. The media has created the persona, and he has allowed himself to exaggerate and say strong words about Italian soccer and about some of our important personnel.”
In terms of players, who has impressed you most?
“I’ve seen many good players, from the rebirth of Pazzini to Motta, from the bursting onto the scene of Santon - who I think will have a career like Facchetti, Baresi, and like Maldini. I see 20 years of stardom for him because he has the right attitude, the humility, and he realizes he has been given a great opportunity.”
Does it anger you that Maldini’s heir plays for Inter?
“He’s a good player – a valid outside back who so far has displayed talent and good offensive skills. And he’s improving greatly on defense as well. I’ve seen him face very strong opposition without any hesitation, and he has always moved well. Seeing someone like that playing for Inter isn’t pleasing, but [A.C. Milan] also have a strong 19-year-old destined to become one of the top players in the world: Pato.”
What about Balotelli? He’s a huge talent, but do you think he’s still too immature, character-wise, to prove himself at the top levels?
“Everyone gets his or her chances. I think Balotelli has understood that having skills doesn’t mean one is a superstar. To become a determining player, one must be a star both on and off the pitch. For now, he has displayed some good skills, but to prove himself, he has to get produce some good results and leave aside some of that behaviour that his coach is very familiar with.”
And what can you tell us about Milan? It’s been a strange – and very unlucky – season“It has certainly not been the best season of the Berlusconi era. The minimum objective now is to finish third and qualify for the Champions League. Then we’ll decide about the future. The team needs to be rebuilt, and there will surely be changes and some important acquisitions.”
For defense, you acquired Thiago Silva. Is that enough, considering Nesta’s recurring injuries?
“I’d say no, given that next season we’ll be playing more games and we will need a larger roster. Let’s not forget that just this year, we’ve been decimated by injuries. And in the long run, not having our best players has taken its toll.”
Will the future continue to be with Carlo Ancelotti?
“I think so. He still has a year left on his contract with Milan and I think it’s right to stay with him.”
Let’s talk about the national team. You were very young when you debuted with the blue jersey. If you were Lippi, would you take a chance on the youth?
“There are young players who made an appearance and then disappeared. There are others, though, who deserve to play even now. Santon, for example, has been playing well for some time now and is a sure thing. I would include him on the Azzurri roster.”
And what do you think of Cassano?
“Each time players are summoned to the national team, the talk is about who isn’t there – about Amauri, about Cassano, and even Santon. I think that Lippi considers the young Inter defenseman one of the best potentials and is keeping an eye on him for the next World Cup. Over the next few months, Lippi will have time to experiment and test the quality and consistency of players such as Motta who until a few months ago, was a sub on Udinese. Santon has more experience and is not a gamble but a guarantee.”
Can this national team aspire to great achievements, or will it suffer the way our club teams have?
“They certainly cannot hope to regain a World Cup playing the way they did the last one. They will have to play better, considering that the other national teams are improving. We can’t hope to win again, thanks to luck and a good style of play that in 2006 was only evident in flashes, unfortunately.”

WORLD'S RICHEST FOOTBALLER

1. David Beckham (Milan): £30.1m

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona): £26.6m

3. Ronaldinho (Milan): £18.2m

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United): £17.02m

5. Thierry Henry (Barcelona): £15.82m

6. Kaka (Milan): £13.07m

7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter): £13.03

8. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United): £12.56

9. Frank Lampard (Chelsea): £12.10

10. John Terry (Chelsea): £10.89

£35 MILLION FOR ADEBAYOR?

AC Milan are hatching a plan to lure Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor to Italy, according to reports. Il Corriere Dello Sport claims Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, who also has Gunners left back Gael Clichy on his radar, is devising a master plan to convince Arsene Wenger to part with the £35million-rated Adebayor.But the striker signed a long-term contract with Arsenal last summer after fervent transfer speculation, which was reported to have doubled his wages to £80,000-a-week. Adebayor, 25, is currently in Accra, Ghana, with the Togo squad ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. Togo coach, Jean Thissen, risks sparking a club versus country row with Wenger by playing Adebayor in the match, as the striker has been out of action since the start of February with a hamstring problem. 

Thissen said: 'Ade did not come here for nothing, he is here to play against Cameroon. 

'He is the main man for the national team. He is my captain, the nation can count on him. 

'He has always given his best for the country so he will be a boost to the squad. He is a wonderful player.' 

Milan are poised to launch a spectacular £12million summer swoop for Clichy - after the Frenchman hinted he could be interested in a move to Italy.Ancelotti is understood to have identified the 23-year-old as Paolo Maldini's long-term replacement.Although Clichy insists he is enjoying life at Emirates Stadium, his appreciation of Milan's interest has left the door open for a bid.

'I am very happy at Arsenal,' Clichy said. 'It is true AC Milan are a great club. It is flattering to know you are followed by such a team.'

Clichy would join former England captain David Beckham at the San Siro if the France star completed the move to Italy. Former Manchester United hero Becks has secured a bizarre 'time-share' loan agreement between U.S. club LA Galaxy and AC Milan which has allowed him to remain in Italy.The Gunners, who lost Mathieu Flamini to the Italian giants last year, may also have to fend off interest in midfielder Amaury Bischoff, who has struggled to break into the first team following his move from Werder Bremen last summer.Pascal Granier, Bischoff's agent, said: 'We have clubs interested in Amaury, there are plenty of clubs in Europe interested in my players. I have links in France, Germany and even in England for my players. We just need to wait a bit and sit down with Bischoff and we will decide his future.'