Milan v Anderlecht, Wednesday November 1st.

calciomercato says that Cafu and Janku won't take part in this game as well as Pirlo, who's being rested.
Seedorf is expected to start on the bench, so I guess this means Nesta and Kaka are starting.
most probable team for now seems to be:
Dida
Simic, Nesta, kakha, Maldini
Gattuso, Brocchi, Gorky
Kaka
RO, Gila

I don't mind Nesta starting, as I don't think it's a fitness problem he's had lately, but more likely he's just lacking a little form and maybe confidence. Personally, I think it would be beneficial for him personally to play.

FORZA MILAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nesta is still the best CB in the world, im not worried about him. If Janku and Cafu will not play that means Simic will be on the right and Paolo on the left. But im not satisfied with Kaka' playing again. He is not supermen, he cant play always. Again we are short of solutions in midfield, we need new players in there in january.
Im sure Gila will play some good football today, from what I've seen in past few games, he is playing better. I hope he will socore again today and get his confidence back. The man scored 75 goals for Parma, he cant forget how to play. FORZA GILA!!

so if you're right Zlat, that would make our subs

Fiori,
Costacurta,
Seedorf,
Inzaghi,
Boriello

I'd prefer to have either Jankulovski or Cafu on the bench, or even both, just to be on the safe side should their be an injury or something. It doesn't mean we have to use them, just gives us a bit more insurance should something unforseen happen.

Well Pirlo should rest, as should Clarence...but I think this shows the paucity of attacking midfield talent at our disposal that we cant afford to rest Kaka as well.

Ricky, based on our league position, cannot afford to rest for Serie A games, and it seems we wont rest him for this tie either...

I am not sure whether both Janku and Cafu will be out of the game altogether. Calciomercato says they will be, but Gazzetta doesn't mention anything wrong with cafu, only Janku who has sustained a slight injury to one of his legs.
There's probably a chance that at least one of them will be on the bench, although there are strong doubts that either of them will be starting tonight.

actually, the way this team is right now, we have place for one more player to make the squad 25 players, which is UEFA's limit for CL games. So, it's not like we can speak of getting a number of new mids, unless we let go of some of those we already have.
Our main issues in midfield, however, have been mostly due to long term/persisitent injuries to Gorky, Sergio, and Ambro, which hasn't allowed Carlo to rotate and rest certain players properly - like Kaka, Pirlo and Seedorf.

I guess Milan has never won at home against a Belgian side. At least not in the last 20 years.

1986 : Milan - SV Waregem 1-2
1990: Milan - Club Brugge 0-0
1994: Milan - Anderlecht 0-0
2003: Milan - Club Brugge 0-1

Hopefully we stop this tonight ...

Originally Posted by Bram

I guess Milan has never won at home against a Belgian side. At least not in the last 20 years.

1986 : Milan - SV Waregem 1-2
1990: Milan - Club Brugge 0-0
1994: Milan - Anderlecht 0-0
2003: Milan - Club Brugge 0-1

Hopefully we stop this tonight ...

But we also kept a 100% win record with Herbert Fandel. Let's see which record is stronger tonight.

Dang, it sounds like Italy-Germany semi suddenly.

Originally Posted by Bram

I guess Milan has never won at home against a Belgian side. At least not in the last 20 years.

1986 : Milan - SV Waregem 1-2
1990: Milan - Club Brugge 0-0
1994: Milan - Anderlecht 0-0
2003: Milan - Club Brugge 0-1

Hopefully we stop this tonight ...

You posted it twice!!!

To be honest, Anderlecht looks like a team we should beat 3 or 4 to nothing. I only want to see them play like 2nd half against Inter when they were running and fighting. Gourcuff and Gila will do that for sure today.

Milan (4-3-2-1): Dida; Simic, Nesta, Maldini, Kaladze; Gourcuff, Brocchi, Seedorf; Kakà; Ricardo Oliveira, Gilardino.
Anderlecht (4-4-2): Zitka; Vanden Borre, Juhasz, De Man, Deschacht; Goor, Biglia, Vanderhaeghe, Hassan; Boussoufa, Tchite. | |

Originally Posted by rosoneri_11

You posted it twice!!!

i know, my mistake. I didn't see at first that the other topic is about where to watch the game.

Gah, was just going to post the line-ups, but my newly installed wireless network slowed down greatly - I will be more active on the forums from now on, and able to watch Milan streams!
I hope the xmas tree formation works a bit better with RO next to Kaka than Seedorf. Also, I finally got this seasons home shirt, with Inzaghi on the back. Forza Milan!

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/

Decent live updates. We already have three shots.

Kakaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

FORZA MILAN!!!!