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MILAN — AC Milan will need to overcome the absence of leading scorer Kaka when it takes on city rival Inter Milan on Sunday, needing a win to narrow the gap in the Serie A title race.Inter leads the table with 53 points, eight ahead of third-place Milan with 45. Juventus is second with 46 points.Kaka injured his left foot during a 1-1 draw with Reggina in the previous round and was ordered to rest for 15 days, with Clarence Seedorf likely to replace him.
"Kaka is Milan. He is a great player who can change a game at any moment and we will miss him a lot in the derby," defender Luca Antonini said.
"However, there is Ronaldinho, (Clarence) Seedorf and other important players who can do well."
Ronaldinho scored a rare header in the first derby of the season to give Milan a 1-0 win and the Brazilian, who stared a match for the first time in four games against Reggina, is the player Milan will turn to for inspiration in Kaka's absence.The derby will also be David Beckham's first since joining Milan in December. With negotiations continuing between the Italian club and Los Angeles Galaxy about a permanent transfer, he will hope it isn't his last.Also hoping to stay in the starting lineup is midfielder Mathieu Flamini. The ex-Arsenal player has failed to establish himself in the side, but replaced the suspended Andrea Pirlo against Reggina and will hope to capitalize on Pirlo's loss of form.
"Flamini had a great game on Saturday, he played in a role that he's not used to in place of Pirlo and we know it is difficult to replace him," Antonini said.
"David is doing excellently and I think that he made at least 50 crosses, runs, tackles. He's a great acquisition."
Inter captain Javier Zanetti will be playing in his 35th Milan derby, but said the importance of a win for the team far outweighs any personal milestone."It's a fundamental match, you feel it," Zanetti said.
"I'm not worried about how many derbies I've played in. We're approaching it with a lot of calmness because we have faith in the work we are doing. We hope to arrive in good form and hope to win because it could be a turning point in the championship."
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Hey guys! Happy Valentines day to all of you.
anyways back to football.
The France vs Argentina match was pretty entertaining. But I knew France would lose since Domenech is one of the worst coaches ever. He relied too much on Gourcuff to create all chances. France was horrible compared to Argentina. France also relied too much on Gourcuff to deliver. It was already clear that Anelka wasn't performing so why didn't Domenech replace him with Benzema earlier. Also why didn't he play Nasri to add to more creativeness in the midfield to help out Gourcuff. and Domenech didn't even let Cuffy rest.. he's such a poor coach.
That being said Cuffy did play well. He can cross with both feet but he still needs to work on his shooting and some of his "tricks" hehe. He would make a wonderful partner for Kaka since Kaka loves to attack these days while Cuffy loves to provide. It could be like Zidane (Cuffy) + Pele (Kaka), while Pato is our Ronaldo9/Shevchenko7 (not Sheva 76) hehehe.
with regards to our coach situation, I think Ancelotti will finish his contract with us. and even if he leaves he will coach a national team and not another club. The only other coach i would want to coach right now is Hiddink..but he's unavailable. Maybe they can trade places after the World Cup 2010. Hiddink will come to Milan while Ancelotti can coach a national side.
But that's not the important thing right now. What's important is we win the derby and the rest of the games at all costs. It will depend on Ronnie I believe.
I also hope Galaxy accept the new 11.5million offer for Becks and that Cuffy returns.
I heard that Sheva is being use in the trade with Becks....
Huh....
No way.....
sheva is not going to the States....
but his wife might influence his decision to move to galaxy....
but 10million pound for Becks can be recovered within short period of time...
he can sell good amount of jersey....
even i have bought one...hahaha
There's silly rumors about Bojan Kirkic coming to Milan,wahaha..
Stupid gossip.
Sheva is not doing well at Milan,why not changing wind for the last time in his career?
smart move for his age.
Bojan Kirkic??
hahahaha....
no way...no place for him...no truth what so ever...
he is barca product anyway...
Lets celebrate tomorrow win!!!!!
I have predicted a 2-1 win for us..
Milan.............
Forza The Champ...........
Adriano is in a hot form,the combination in center defend is vital for Rossoneri.
With Zlatan along side him,we have to defend a lil bit deeper.
Draw is not enough,we need comfortable win.
We have good player to kick Inter's butt,No problemo!!.
Unfortunately Nesta,Kaka and Gattuso is not availble for us.
If this three key players is able to showcase their abilities.
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