Reggina - Milan this sunday...25^ Giornata

In addition to Shevchenko being left behind with a slight muscular problem, we are without Maldini, Cafu, Jankuovski and Ambrosini.

Rui Costa should play especially with the creative force of Shevchenko missing.

It should be gila and inzaghi as they are the best 2 strikers we have available.

Originally Posted by shevagol_7

In addition to Shevchenko being left behind with a slight muscular problem

But it's a real slight one? I hope so!

I hope Inter beats Juve. That gets us 3 points closer to Juventus. I dont mind Inter stayin 3 points ahead of us for another week. Don't forget as we still have to play them. Inter is in a catchable distance but Juve isn't right now, so that is why Juve losing as many points does us good if we wanna even think about the scudetto.

As for our game, it will be tough but I believe we will win. Maybe a 2-0 score. I just pray that we dont concede a goal. I do agree that Amoroso should start the game. Gila+Pippo will kill the creativity in front of goal. They will be totally dependable on the midfield and none of them will drop deep to get the ball.....ever. So if Carlo starts Gila and Pippo we better pray that the midfield will have a good game.

AC Milan Line-Up:


MILAN: Dida; Simic, Costacurta, Stam, Kaladze; Gattuso, Pirlo, Rui Costa; Kakà; Inzaghi, Gilardino. Coach: Ancelotti.

Subs: Kalac, Nesta, Marzoratti, Serginho, Vogel, Seedorf, Amoroso.

from acmilan.com

1-0 to Reggina

1-1!!! Pippo!!!

We been utter crap this far and not surprisingly Reggina scored. Once again did Stam manage to put their player offside, must be his special trick... For some reason we restort to long balls that only end up in their position. Now had it been Pirlo hitting them they would at least have som precision, but now it is mostly Simic doing that. At least we have 80 minutes to change things.

Gilaaaaa!!!! 1-2!!!!!

After carefully re-viewing the Reggina goal, I believe it was offside but the stuation was very close, so I wouldn't blame the ref. What's worse, however, is that most of the time such dubious moments are being called offside and I am usre this would have been the case if it was vs Juve, for example.
It was a long pass fro midfield that reached a Regina forward behind the back of our defence. He headed the ball over a stranded-in-no-men's-land Dida and in the back of the net. Despite the controversial circumstances, I believe Dida should have done much, much better and stayed at the goal rather going out for a ball he couldn't get to either way.
Anyway, we managed to respond and take a goal lead through Pippo and Gila. Pippo's goal came after a nice solo action by Kaka, who ran half the field and passed the ball to Pippo in the PA. Inzaghi's first attempt was blocked by the GK's feet but the ball rebounded back to Pippo and he had an empty goal before him - suspicion of handball by Pippo but the ref was close and he didn't signal anything.
Gila's goal was thanks to a pinpoint cross by Sergio and Gila took the best of his marker in the small PA by plunging first to the ball and nailed the header inthe upper corner. Nice goal indeed.
At the end of 1st half, on a quick counter Stam passed the ball to Pippo and he scored but the the goal was called off for an alleged offside. Couldn't see the situation very well as I missed the moment when the ball left Stam's foot and Inzaghi's position then.
Hope we keep the guard up for the second half.
Forza Milaaaaaaaaaaaaan !!!!

what kind of formation are we playng how? I don't understand.

Goooooaaaaaaal - Pippo for 3-1. he gets the ball from kaka, I think, and with a nice, powerful shot puts it in the net.

Forza Milaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan !!!

Originally Posted by Jeff

what kind of formation are we playng how? I don't understand.

It's a 4-4-2 when defending and this becomes a 4-3-1-2 in attack, I believe:
Dida
Stam, Billy, Kakha, Sergio
Kaka, Gattusu. Pirlo, Seedorf
Gila, Pippo

EDIT: Sorry, I just saw Rui taking a cross. Video quality on Shanghai Sports (PPLive) is kind of funny today, and this is the best quality of all PPLive channels showing this game as the other two are much worse. Didn't have time to look for Shanghai on PPStream, where it is usually better than the one on PPLive.
Anyway, I am not sure, but I think Pippo has come out, with Seedorf coming in - initially, I thought Clarence had replased Rui.
So, I guess we are playing a 4-5-1 right now, guess it's a X-tree with Gila up front. Maybe practicing for the game in Munchen?

Eurosport.com reporting that Gila is off for Seedorf and not Inzaghi...
P.S. Why Simic was substituted, is it because of injury? I hate to see Stam playing RB, god when it's gonna end??????

4-1... Inzaghi hattrick.