AC MILAN - AS ROMA (pre-game comments)

Originally Posted by almilan

the next time i am over i must go to that bar, was never in it. I would not rule out trouble again in the stadium if we are winning, you know the way the roma supporters are. I hope they are properly checked this time going in after throwing stuff at dida and gattuso last season. I had actually had a two litre bottle of water with me in a backpack and was made take off the plastic top going in. Double standards!

anyway enjoy the game i would love to be there but at least ill see it live on tv anyway. i have a mid term exam monday so i have to study all day sunday except for 2 hours for the milan game.

i know they make you take off the top of the bottle, but it's easy to hide a new one elsewhere
damn exams, i'm damn busy till february

from goal.com :
No Peace Between Delneri And Cassano.
...
The Roma coach does not seem intentioned to call-up the former Bari player for Sunday’s game against Milan, despite having to play the match without in-form striker Vincenzo Montella who suffered an injury on Wednesday night during the Champions League encounter against Bayer Leverkusen.
For this reason, Delneri will field either Mido or Corvia alongside captain Francesco Totti as Cassano’s present and future seem far away from Roma...


FORZA MILAN

I would like to see crespo in forward.
Give him a little more chance, n he'll pay that chance double.
He..he..
Go ahead Crespo !!
All the while, you better than Gila, Tevez or Torres.
Prove it by ur goa$, fella !!

Not a big match again, I think.
Especially for this match.

I'm 2 days off. Good match to everyone..if the romanisti shoot me down, this is my last message here

Originally Posted by Giovanni

I'm 2 days off. Good match to everyone..if the romanisti shoot me down, this is my last message here

haha, better shoot them down first then

what's wrong with NESTA?? anybody knows??

GOALKEEPERS: Abbiati, Dida.

DEFENDERS: Cafu, Coloccini, Kaladze, Maldini, Pancaro, Costacurta.

MIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Dhorasoo, Gattuso, Kaka, Pirlo, Rui Costa, Seedorf, Serginho.

FORWARDS: Crespo, Shevchenko, Tomasson.

No stam, No nesta,

maldini--costacurta?
maldini-- coloccini?
maldini--kaladze?

Reggina is holding Juve 2-1...and just with 10 men...and only few minutes left ...I hope Juve doesn't perform one of those last minutes miracles

so, if Juve loses, we can get 2 points behind them by beating Roma tomorrow!

Central defense?? San Paolo - San Billy, doesn't get any better than that

Reggina 2-1 Juventus Finally they lose!!!!

wow. paparesta is a brave man!!!

awesome result for milan!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Forza Reggina!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Xudong

GOALKEEPERS: Abbiati, Dida.

DEFENDERS: Cafu, Coloccini, Kaladze, Maldini, Pancaro, Costacurta.

MIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Dhorasoo, Gattuso, Kaka, Pirlo, Rui Costa, Seedorf, Serginho.

FORWARDS: Crespo, Shevchenko, Tomasson.

No stam, No nesta,

maldini--costacurta?
maldini-- coloccini?
maldini--kaladze?

according to acmilan.com that above is the 21-squad to face Roma.....except that there are only 20 names there....maybe it was just a mistake and Nesta is in the squad

Originally Posted by Goirre

according to acmilan.com that above is the 21-squad to face Roma.....except that there are only 20 names there....maybe it was just a mistake and Nesta is in the squad

i hope that you are right. never heard of anything about nesta, so hopefully you are right. reggina, hahaha!!!! we need to cut the deficit to 2 tomorrow!!!

From juventuz.com :
Juventus had two goals disallowed and a clear penalty denied as they lose their unbeaten record to relegation strugglers Reggina.

Fabio Capello rotated the squad once again, as Alessandro Del Piero was benched in favour of Marcelo Zalayeta, while Gianluca Pessotto replaced the injured Jonathan Zebina. The decision to rest Del Piero might also have been affected by the appalling state of the Stadio Granillo pitch.

Reggina were forced to do without the suspended Mozart, as the midfielder failed a routine drugs test for a substance the club claims was contained within an anti-mosquito bite cream. Salvatore Soviero made his Serie A debut in goal, making his comeback after a five-month ban for punching members of the Messina bench during their Second Division encounter with Venezia.

Juve quickly took control and Gianluca Zambrotta's cross-cum-shot whistled across the face of goal. Zlatan Ibrahimovic also had a good chance, but the visitors were in for a shock.

After just 12 minutes Reggina took the lead with an extraordinarily fortunate goal. Fabio Cannavaro cleared the ball straight at Giuseppe Colucci inside the area and it ricocheted off his hip to loop over a stranded Buffon. It was the first goal Juventus have conceded on their travels this season.

However, the lead didn't last any longer than 90 seconds, as a terrible defensive error from Gaetano De Rosa allowed Ibrahimovic to steal the ball and thump a low drive into the near corner.

The Swede was particularly lively and battled his way through two defenders before a third managed to close him down on the edge of the six-yard box.

Soviero smothered Zalayeta's shot, but the Amaranto were again lucky to restore their lead on 25 minutes. A powerful razor-sharp Marco Zamboni free kick took a slight deflection off Manuele Blasi to push the ball past Buffon. Zamboni is a former Juventus player and made his Serie A debut with this club in 1997.

It was an action-packed first half, as Emerson's delightful lob floated just over the crossbar.

Reggina felt Lady Luck was behind them and Emiliano Bonazzoli's long-range strike was fingertipped round the post by Buffon. Moments later Zamboni's cross beat everyone, including Bonazzoli, who only needed to stretch to put it in.

At the other end Zambrotta's floated cross had a similar effect, with panicked Reggina defenders able to clear from Mauro Camoranesi at the back post.

There was controversy on 37 minutes, as Jacopo Balestri clearly handled in the box, but the move continued and Soviero performed a fine save on Emerson's strike from the edge of the area.

The Amaranto certainly did not batten down the hatches and Cannavaro required an acrobatic header to prevent Bonazzoli latching on to Balestri's cross.

Bonazzoli and Manuele Blasi had long range efforts smothered as the shots kept raining in from all angles at both ends of the pitch.

It was definitely not Juve's night, as at the start of the second half Zalayeta's powerful header on a Zambrotta cross thumped the outside of the post with Soviero static.

Camoranesi's effort was deflected off De Rosa, again possibly with an arm, and on the resulting corner Soviero smothered Cannavaro's header.

Ibrahimovic thought he had drawn level again on the hour mark, but the referee had already blown the whistle earlier for an elbow on Ivan Franceschini inside the box. Contact was made, but how intentional was unclear.

Soviero was at full stretch to turn an Ibrahimovic cross-shot round the post as the siege intensified. Fabio Capello needed to spice them up and threw on Alex Del Piero and Ruben Olivera for Zalayeta and Pessotto, moving Juventus to a three-man defence.

There was bad news for the Amaranto, as Giuseppe Colucci hacked down Olivera for his second bookable offence, so the home side had to play the remaining 17 minutes in ten men. It was an avoidable incident, as his first yellow card was for removing his jersey in the goal celebrations.

Olivera saw Soviero off his line and thumped an effort just wide from almost 30 metres out, then Del Piero's scuffed half-volley bobbled past the post.

The Reggina goalkeeper punched a free kick off the head of Ibrahimovic, but the home side also had a good chance when Buffon blocked Davide Dionigi's snapshot.

There was panic in the Amaranto box during stoppages when Soviero twice fumbled a harmless cross, but managed to get it back under control before Ibrahimovic could pounce.

There was one more incident to go, as in the final minute of stoppages Juventus seemed to draw level. Substitute Olivier Kapo sprung the offside trap and chested down the ball before rifling it into the far corner, but after several tense moments of consultation with the linesman, the goal was disallowed for a handling offence.

I ma happy to see them worring