AC Milan - Cagliari (Pre-game & Game comments)

This game is on Saturday. As usual this is a must win match, although Cagliari aren't exactly doing bad this season. It will be interesting to see what team Carlo fields, considering Pirlo is still out, and the Man U match is next...and then the derby....and so on.....interesting week ahead

and hopefully Messina will do some damage against the zebras


Anyway, comments?

Actually Pirlo will be available for selection, at least according to www.tgcom.it, but even then I would prefer him to be rested and I hope Carlo won't force things given the fact that Milan will play 8 games in the next 28 days - a fundamental period for the whole season.
I hope Kaka and even Sheva get a rest for this game for we will need them very, very fresh for the ManU game. Furthermore, Kaka has 4 yellow cards and one more would mean him missing the Milan derby next weekend.
My choice for a midfield would be Ambro with Seedorf, Dhorasoo, and Rui behind Crespo and Tomasson - I still believe we can play well without Sheva if the squad is well motivated and concentrated, things we will need at maximum for the remainder of the season.
For defense, I would keep things normal and wouldn't play around too much with it although I am not sure if Nesta doesn't have 4 yellows i.e. in danger of missing the derby. If so I would rest him and play either Stam or Costacurta. Anyways, I would keep it to a 4 men defence for Cagliari are very dangerous on the counter attack.
Needless to say this is a MUST-win game, one of many for the rest of the season, that is.

Yes I agree that this match is an important one. We shouldn't have as tough a time against Cagliari, they like to attack more than a lot of the other teams we have played against recently. I hope Ancelotti goes with a 4-4-2 for this game and rests Cafu, Shevchenko and Kaka. Gattuso needs to play no more than 60 mins either. Wednesday is important!!! Ancelotti will need to rotate again now.

I think against Cagliari we should go like this:
Dida
Stam, Nesta, Maldini, Pancaro
Brocchi, Rui Costa, Ambrosini, Serginho
Tomasson, Crespo

as far i know in italy a player misses a match after every 3 yellow cards and not 5!
correct me if i'm wrong

anyone know what time the match will be on if you were to watch it on GOLTV

Possible starting line up.

DIDA
CAFU
STAM
NESTA
MALDINI
DHOROSOA
BROCCHI
SEEDORF
RUI COSTA
SHEVCHENKO
TOMASSON

MILAN 2 - 0 CALGARI

SHEVCHENKO 2

Originally Posted by HOVO

as far i know in italy a player misses a match after every 3 yellow cards and not 5!
correct me if i'm wrong

It is 5 yellow cards. Here is the list of all Milan players who already have 4 and if booked again in the game vs Cagliari, they will have to saty home for the Milan derby:
Gattuso, Ambrosini, Kaladze, Cafu, Nesta e Kakà
these are fundamental players most of whom we cannot afford to lose for the derby. I would expect some rotations for the Cagliari game and , according to the latest news, Carlo will be starting with Pirlo in midfield, which I think is not a very wise decision but ...

I would not care at all if after Saturday we had 3 points gained in the most, lucky, awful display of football we've played this season. The games afterwards this one are too important to expect us to be firing on all cylinders with our best team. You only have to look at this site to realise that, the games tomorrow and this thread has 6 replies. Everyone is thinking about Man U and then Inter (whose unbeaten record I hope we beat)

Guys tomorrow we have a must win game!!!!

Cagliari are a good team but away from home they achieved little. It is said that Ancelotti is making a bulky turnover because we have 6 players that risk suspernsion and because of the next important games vs man u and inter.


Probable line up: Dida, Cafu, Stam, Maldini, Pancaro, Brocchi, Ambrosini, Dhorasso, Rui Costa, Shevhenko, Tomasson

I believe ESPN are showing this game live. Is that correct.

tonights game is very important coz i see Juve take 3pts very easly and they are pretty motivated and meeting Real on Wed would be really tough so they wana finish this off early and look ahead.
so this game we should try to finish it off very early the first half knowing that there played who need one more yellow card and bye bye for Derby i know none of them will wana miss that game.
the best formation for us right now is havin 4-3-1-2

Dida
Cafu - Stam- Maldini- Pancaro( he hasnt played for while)
Dhorosoo Ambro Seedorf
Rui Cosat
Sheav Crespo

that would be better so at least we can have some of them rested for Man united and seee how well they go ahead good luck boys

Yeah thats right ESPN is showing it Live at 6.30.

I hope we can score in 1st half..from then on it will be easy..

Lineup by RAI TV:

Dida

Cafu Stam Maldini Pancaro

Brocchi Pirlo Seedorf

Rui Costa

Tomasson Shevchenko


Well, well..Carlo decided not to risk someone of those players with one yellow card left for suspension..I'm glad rui will start and hope to see our victory and juve's slip..

71st minute and still 0-0 between Messina and Juve.