Milan - Lecce (05/04/09)

After the break with the international games, let's come back to the Serie A ... and for us, a game that we will have to win because of the non-game in Napoli.

It's the 30th game and all games will be played on the 5th of March (Sunday).

13:00
Atalanta (10th) - Fiorentina (5th)
15:00
Roma (6th) - Bologna (17th)
Cagliari (7th) - Catania (12th)
Juventus (2nd) - Chievo (16th)
Reggina (20th) - Genoa (4th)
Palermo (8th) - Torino (18th)
19:00
Udinese (13th) - Inter (1st)
21:00
Milan (3rd) - Lecce (19th)


Serie A after 29 games

1st - Inter (69 points)
2nd - Juventus (62 points)
3rd - Milan (55 points)
4th - Genoa (51 points)
5th - Fiorentina (49 points)
6th - Roma (46 points)
7th - Cagliari (42 points)
8th - Palermo (42 points)
...
16th - Chievo (30 points)
17th - Bologna (26 points)
18th - Torino (24 points)
19th - Lecce (24 points)
20th - Reggina (20 points)

This time, I didn't only write the first 8 teams of Serie A but also the last 5 ones ... why ? Simply because the final sprint is going to start for the teams wanting to stay in Serie A, and these 5 teams (with Sienna too) are in balance and some of them will play against one of the top teams !!

So what to expect of that week-end ??
-> An extra motivation from Reggina allowing them to draw or even beat Genoa, but it's unlikely to happen as Genoa is in great form ...
-> A win from us if we don't want to see Genoa coming back like a bullet !!
-> If both Fiorentina and Roma can have a bad result (draw or defeat), it would just be perfect ...
-> A bad result from Inter with a win from Juventus would be welcome, just to have a fight for the title as there will be a game between these two teams OR a bad result from Inter and Juventus, hoping they will draw when they'll play each other and that we will beat Juventus at home soon ... (with that scenario, the second place would be a reality)

What to expect from our players ??
-> Pirlo really played well against Montenegro, if he plays again that well against Ireland, let's just hope that Ancelotti will use him higher on the pitch than what he usually does ...
-> Kaka' said in medias that one week with Brazilian doctors helped him and he doesn't have pain to his foot (also saying that it was better than 5 weeks with the Italian "experts" of Milan Lab). It looks like he could play a part of the game this Wednesday, if that's the case, he will probably play as a starter this week-end, and that's great news I think.
-> Pato scored 14 goals ... Di Vaio and Ibrahimovic scored 19 goals, let's just hope that Pato will try to join them in the next week ends, starting by the game against Lecce.

For other players, R80 seems to be fit again, Seedorf will be fit, Beckham will be fit, Flamini will be fit, as said previously, Pirlo and Kaka' will be fit, Ancelotti will have to make choices, if possible, the right choices ...

And to finish this long post (longer than usually), good news: Gattuso and Boriello could be back for the last three games of the season ...

Let's go !!