Athletic Bilbao - AC Milan; Friday, October 12, 2007

Game over....not a bad showing by Milan...Gory and Pato shone in attack, Emerson played well, as did Brocci....cant say much about the other players, as I was unfamilair with most...

Abaubameyang didnt really impress...but then again, he didnt have much opportunity to do so...

Kalac kept us in the game, with some wonderful saves, while Fiori did his bit as well.

FORZA MIIIIIIIIILAN!! I am off for a late, but well deserved lunch!!

Thanks for the play by play!

so PATO did well thats great!!!

Darmian and Bruscagin have played well in the 2 half, considering their age.
Gorky? high and low, as usual. Serginho has been touched hard, I hope he has nothing. Pato, almost invisible.
Maldini, apart one possible penalty , has played well. Atletiko played in a very serious way. After all, a good training match, the game has been quite pleasant.

Thought I could not watch the match, but on highlight, I think Kalac have played very good, he used his reach well for long shot stopping, if he can anticipate well, he could be a first class keeper. However, we can leave the goal for him next 2 CL matches with less worry.

Gourcuff played well yesterday? And how about Pato?

Originally Posted by Mehdi

Like Brocchi and Serginho? They've been really impressive lately. There is an upside to playing Gourcuff i.e. he'll improve, Brocchi and Serginho won't.

Gourcuff is a natural offensive midfielder. That means he can play either in Kaka or Seedorf's place. Perhaps, and I hope for this, he can also play Pirlo's position.

Brocchi is playing either Gattuso or Seedorf's place and Serginho is playing Jankulovski's place.

Originally Posted by Rico

Gourcuff is a natural offensive midfielder. That means he can play either in Kaka or Seedorf's place. Perhaps, and I hope for this, he can also play Pirlo's position.

Has he taken an FK for us in any capacity so far?

lol, what's that got to do with anything?

aparently there's a friendly this Thursday that Ronaldo may be played in.. does anyone have any details on that?

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

aparently there's a friendly this Thursday that Ronaldo may be played in.. does anyone have any details on that?

I was wondering the same thing. There was a story on Ch. 4 that said Ronaldo could return to the lineup v. Empoli if he played in a midweek friendly. I was like, "You idiots, we already had one (Bilbao)!"

I didn't know we had another one scheduled, as it hasn't been mentioned on acmilan.com yet.

maybe vs the youth team or something.

Ronaldo Set For Milan Comeback

Ronaldo could be set to be named in the AC Milan squad for the first time this season after recovering from an injury that has seen him miss the start of the new campaign.

The Brazilian has been sidelined after having a muscle injury wrongly diagnosed during the summer, but is now on the verge of making his long-awaited comeback.

Milan have struggled up front with Alberto Gilardino and Pippo Inzaghi unable to find the net regularly and there have even been calls for the Rossoneri to dip into the transfer market in January.

Ronaldo's return will be very welcome for coach Carlo Ancelotti and he could be ready to name him on the bench for the game against Empoli next weekend.

Tests on Tuesday will reveal how the striker's injury has progressed and if that looks good then doctors will give him the green light to start playing again.

Despite scoring 13 goals this term, Milan are in eighth place in Serie A with just two wins from their opening seven matches.
Goal.com

thaaaaaaaaaaanks yuo man