Uefa Cup: Zurich - A.C. Milan: 02/10/08

Originally Posted by nefremo

@ M.O.I

Writing "Macedonia" under location is by no means political. It's true that as of right now somewhere we are called FYROM somewhere we are called just as Macedonia. You can argue that a member's location might be just a region. Some people have written "the lions den", some people have "best place on earth" and on and on. It has nothing to do with politics.
At the same time, by saying "Macedonia" we are not imposing dominance over anyone else. On the other hand, "Macedonia is GREEK" is highly a political statement and it is imposing Greek dominance over Macedonia.
Take it as you like. Like I said, this can be discussed in hundreds of other political forums, but it reserves no spot at a place where we all come together to discuss Milan.

U saved me some time, thank you. Couldnt have said it better myself.

Whats the matter with Kaka?

Originally Posted by PatitoFeo

Whats the matter with Kaka?

...?

considering Milan are going to play on Sunday i didnt expect Kaka to start nor give his best if he came on...

The game against Zurich was the best AC Milan I've seen in years.. Lot's of skill from many players, combination plays, one touch passes, a trully maginficent show they put on.
I specifically want to point out great performances by Sheva, Ronnie, Kaka, Seedorf, Antonini, Ambrosini, Zambrotta and that's already half of the team..

Antonini - was really confident and sharp in attack, depending on what's on Ancelotti's mind, we might start seeing him in the league

Sheva - I've read many of the articles after the game, and most of them were titled "Sheva is back"... he combined perfectly with other players, covered large chunk of the pitch, had 2 great situations, created more for others, finally he scored a goal... I could have asked mrki and drucurl to aporlogize for their earlier statements, but I won't, not just yet

Seedorf - omg, this is the best central defender I've seen in a while, he is amazingly technical, almost never loses the ball, directs the ball like a true maestro. In some way Pirlo's injury came out as a blessing, I hope we will see more Seedorf showing top class football as a central midfielder..

Kaka - not instrumental, but as always very important, for some reason he just doesn't smile this season, I hope this has nothing to do with him being nunhappy or feeling pain..

Ambrosini - continues his fine form, what a midfielder when on form..

I actually agree to one of the Mourinho's statements that Milan is basically a team where everyone is a midfielder. This shows in versatility of the players and their dynamic play...

If we keep on improving like this - CL will fall under our preassure in 2 years

FORZA MILAN

Originally Posted by forward

Kaka - not instrumental, but as always very important, for some reason he just doesn't smile this season, I hope this has nothing to do with him being nunhappy or feeling pain..

him not smiling might be because of the team's performance, which isnt that good tbh, they still make mistakes...

actually, i saw him once shouting at Sheva, maybe in the derby, for his positioning, which was truly awful and he wasted a great run by Kaka

Originally Posted by _Ace

actually, i saw him once shouting at Sheva, maybe in the derby, for his positioning, which was truly awful and he wasted a great run by Kaka

I saw that too, it was in the derby and I think it's terrible. Such behavior is a team killer attitude. Also, my personal opinion that I didn't want to voice here, is that Kaka didn't want Sheva back. I watched all the games, and it sees that Kaka is marginally more nervous when Sheva is on the pitch. At least other team mates accepted him well.

I love Kaka, but if he wants to become a future icon for Milan, this is not appropriate behavior, Maldini wouldn't do it.

Also, it seems to me that fans put a lot more pressure on Sheva than on our other strikers.
In his best years at Milan he was often caught offside and he wasn't the most clinical finisher either.
Also, consider how many chances Borriello, Pato, Inzaghi miss on their part...

Yet, when applied to sheva, one wrong positioning is "awful"

Originally Posted by forward

I saw that too, it was in the derby and I think it's terrible. Such behavior is a team killer attitude. Also, my personal opinion that I didn't want to voice here, is that Kaka didn't want Sheva back. I watched all the games, and it sees that Kaka is marginally more nervous when Sheva is on the pitch. At least other team mates accepted him well.

I love Kaka, but if he wants to become a future icon for Milan, this is not appropriate behavior, Maldini wouldn't do it.

I think it was in the Zurich Game when kaka was Trying to pass Sheva, and Sheva was wide out, i think Kaka was yelling at him cuz sheva didnt come closer to the passed ball !
This happens all the time and its normal, i mean look at Gattuso when he was shouting at Carletto, that was hilarious

i dont think Pato, Borriello or Inzaghi would go for the far post with 3 defenders between, but if they did then yes, it would be awful too...

i like sheva, but if he wants to start more games he has to do better

Originally Posted by Bender

This happens all the time and its normal, i mean look at Gattuso when he was shouting at Carletto, that was hilarious

naah, that was just Gattuso acting like his usual self

Originally Posted by forward

Also, it seems to me that fans put a lot more pressure on Sheva than on our other strikers.
In his best years at Milan he was often caught offside and he wasn't the most clinical finisher either.
Also, consider how many chances Borriello, Pato, Inzaghi miss on their part...

Yet, when applied to sheva, one wrong positioning is "awful"

When Gila was missed 1 sitter, the same thing happened. People used to say though: "I'm sure Sheva would have scored" or "I'm certain Shev would do better". Now Sheva is back and he misses, there's nothing to say..LOL. Anyway I think it'd take more than a good game versus ZURICH to say whether Sheva can actually still play football. Especially considering some of those misses......