Milan vs Juventus (pre-game comments)

I think hotel prices will be of about 100euros per night!! Am I right?? DAM IT

Maldini: Nothing Is Compromised
4/20/2005 3:51:00 PM
The 3 point gap from Juventus does not worry the Milan captain.
With 7 matchdays to go and a 3 point deficit from the Bianconeri, many believe that the Scudetto is heading back towards Turin. However, Paolo Maldini does not agree and finds analogies in previous seasons to prove this.

“In the past we can find good examples. And if we won a Scudetto by recovering a 7 point difference in 7 matchdays, I don’t understand why we should think that for Milan everything is compromised. With 3 points to recover in 7 matches, including the direct encounter, feeling defeated is absurd.”

Maldini is referring to the 1998/99 season which the Rossoneri won after recovering 7 points in 7 matchdays from Lazio.

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We can do it. Inter can help us. They are our younger bros

I checked the hotel we have stayed in 3x this season.Via Ryanair.com the room would be Euros 122 for 2 night for a twin room.31 euros per night per person Hotel Adam.

Originally Posted by Franco6

I think hotel prices will be of about 100euros per night!! Am I right?? DAM IT

yes, more or less. I already booked a hotel close the train station for easy access to the downtown core.
Franco: are you going for sure?

Originally Posted by killiegradge

I checked the hotel we have stayed in 3x this season.Via Ryanair.com the room would be Euros 122 for 2 night for a twin room.31 euros per night per person Hotel Adam.

I have stayed the last couple of years at Hotel Ambrosiana at Via Plinio, Euro 60 per room per night - nothing spectacular but very decent. 10 mins walk to Lima metro for the ride to via mazzani to switch to tram no 16 for san siro.

Originally Posted by diavolo sono io

I have stayed the last couple of years at Hotel Ambrosiana at Via Plinio, Euro 60 per room per night - nothing spectacular but very decent. 10 mins walk to Lima metro for the ride to via mazzani to switch to tram no 16 for san siro.

and it is close to stazione centrale.

Originally Posted by AcMilan_Montreal

Franco: are you going for sure?

yes, but I have a little problem... hotel prices in Milan are high, cannot find one at about 50 euros per night or less, and 99% my hotel will be at Novara

"Good News" from Channel 4:

Zlatan ban rules out Milan clash
Thursday 21 April, 2005
Francesco Totti has been given a five-match ban, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic's three-game stop rules him out of the Milan showdown.

Ibrahimovic was going to be suspended for this Sunday's trip to Lazio anyway after he was booked in the 1-0 defeat to Inter, but TV evidence was also used for his off the ball clash with Ivan Cordoba.

Not witnessed by the officials, it prompted another two-match ban that will rule the Juventus striker out of games against Bologna and Milan. It's almost certain Juve will appeal to get the suspension reduced.

That lash out on Cordoba wasn't the only incident involving Ibrahimovic during the game, as he also headbutted Sinisa Mihajlovic.

Roma captain Totti was sent off in yesterday's 2-0 home loss to Siena for striking Francesco Colonnese in an off the ball incident, but the referee's report also noted another kick at the same player earlier on.

The linesman spotted the punch and suggested the Italian international be shown his second red card of the season, making him Roma’s least disciplined player with 12 bookings completing his tally of shame.

“We will fine the maximum 30 per cent of Totti’s monthly wages,” announced Giallorossi Coach Bruno Conti. “We must also point out that he is subjected to constant provocation. He has to rise above it, but the referees should also look out for this treatment.”

The fine – which should amount to £82,000 – is a clear signal that the club is increasingly frustrated with Totti’s attitude and lack of leadership skills. He will only be able to play one more Serie A game this season - the closer against Chievo - missing out on Sampdoria, Brescia, Parma, Atalanta and the Rome derby.

“There are times in which a player has to put the club first,” continued Conti. “These incidents have to be eliminated from his game and everyone saw what happened so I am not here to defend him. Francesco also knows what he did and will have the opportunity to reflect on his behaviour.”

It is curious timing, as this afternoon Totti was also was fined £10,250 for statements made after their Week 27 2-1 defeat to Juventus, in which he accused the referee of rigging the match in favour of the Bianconeri.

If that sucker Ibra can't make it to San Siro, I will be so happy. Wonder what Dopers will do. Let's hope that they will lose all the 9 points so that our last three games will be easier. And maybe our dear cousin can surpass them. I hate Doper more than Perdenti.

btw, I edited this thread to become the pre-game thread. Hope noone minds

good news with zlatan but dont rule out moggi gettin the ban reduced cant wait for the game so wish i was going but my exams start the week after

moggi moaning because for once he is not getting his own way:

Moggi: Abolish video evidence Friday 22 April, 2005

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Juventus director general Luciano Moggi has launched a tirade on the “biased” use of video evidence and demanded a change in the rules.

The Bianconeri chief was furious after Zlatan Ibrahimovic was handed a three-match ban for striking Ivan Cordoba in an off the ball incident during Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat to Inter.


“It is right to combat violence and video evidence is necessary, but the images used should not be provided by television companies,” said Moggi in an official statement.


“As far as we are concerned, the footage should come from the Federation and be handed over only when the Disciplinary Commission requests it. We cannot put the fate of the Scudetto in the hands of individual television directors.”


Ibrahimovic was caught on camera lashing out at Cordoba during the closing stages of the match and were glimpsed in a corner of the wide shot of the pitch by pay-per-view television company Sky.


“Cordoba stood on his foot and Ibrahimovic pushed him away,” insisted Moggi. “It was not a violent action and nobody in the stadium even realised it had happened.”


Francesco Totti was given a five-match ban for his clash with Francesco Colonnese in Siena’s 2-0 win at Roma that same evening, while earlier this month Giallorossi player Leandro Cufre was suspended for two matches for a similar incident to that of Ibrahimovic.


“Other more serious incidents around the country weren’t even considered by the Disciplinary Commission. This is why video evidence is necessary as long as it is the same for everyone. The only way to guarantee that is to have the footage pass through the Federation first.”


There is more to this than meets the eye, as Moggi also gave another interview in which he suggested that Milan director Adriano Galliani – who is also President of the Lega Calcio, which runs the Disciplinary Commission – had a part to play.


“It really took an eagle-eyed director to spot that incident and I’d like to thank this man for the good work he has done for the community at large,” said a deeply sarcastic Moggi.


“I must say I’m not remotely surprised that Ibrahimovic is suspended for the Milan game on May 8. It really is a quite remarkable coincidence, isn’t it?”

Ibrahimovich WILL DEFINITELY MISS the big game on May 8th for the Disciplinary Committee has just REFUSED to reduce his ban.
For those who understand Italian - http://www.tgcom.it/sport/articoli/articolo254841.shtml

Who the f*ck is Trefoloni?

The very, very pale ref. His face looks like plastic.

You mean something between bianco and nero? No