Milan vs Livorno

An interista at forza-inter forum: How one person can be so utterly retarded is beyond me. The fact that he has these lapses in games is enough to want to make me boot him in the butt.

Hey xxxxx I think me and you are going to have to take that trip to Milano afterall. A couple of swift boots to the behind might smarten these retards up a little.
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Materazzi is laughable and has yet again proven that he is one of the laughing stocks of the league.

today was so freaggin great

Briliant goal by Materazzi , i saw it live and i didn't know what happened, it took 2 minutes for me to understand what did he do !

Great match from our guys, concidering the match we had on Wednesday. Good effort, many chances, 2 very good goals and we finally got the chance to see what Marco Amelia is capable of . It will be Milan vs Juve for his signing.
Siena did the job for Juve, and i guess it will be as we expected. Milan-Roma and Reggina-Juve will decide the Scudetto

Team played very well today and physically everyone was ok. Finally we saw the Jankulovsky of last season. Today Rui Costa was a master and delivered a huge number of assists. I'm happy for him, the guy deserves more apperances.
Unfortunatly now the Scudetto race is turing very difficult for us, 1: because we have only 2 games left, 2: cause we face a decent team (Parma) at the Tardini a ground not very friendly to us and the last game vs Roma. While gobbi will face Palermo at home and Reggina a team already saved.

I'm really annoyed on the way juve beaten Siena. For God's sake I never saw a small Italian club leaving such ample space behind!!!!!

Great win today! I'm still holding out hope of winning out and seeing Juve stumble. Forza Milano!

Originally Posted by Graeme C

nice brace for inzaghi, has to be called up for world cup!!!

btw Foggia scored twice for Ascoli, im looking forward for him to play for us next term!!!!

for some reason, i feel he will be a better player than Sneijder :/

Great win for us we continue the race with Juve and again we showed that we can return big after a defeat.

I was really impressed with Rui and Jankulovsky today they had really great games and i'm really disappointed that Carlo didn't gave them more playing time this season, i hope he learned his lesson for next season.

Rui i love this man he was everywhere today, left, right, attack, defense simply amazing he showed he is a class player and that he could play at least another season, for Milan ofcourse

What position does Foggia play for Ascoli then ?

Acmir: I was really impressed with Rui and Jankulovsky today they had really great games and i'm really disappointed that Carlo didn't gave them more playing time this season

U are so right, specialy about Rui... many members here criticized Carlo for overplaying Kaka and not letting Rui play, and based on his performance today they have a point. He realy played a great match, reminded me the old Rui. Let me just say that at this moment Rui is in much better shape than Kaka.
Jankulovsky too played good, and I'm starting to understand why lots of people here building on him for the next season.
Sheva was great, too bad he underperformed against Barca... I'm kind'a stared to afraid that we are losing him, but today he showed that he is still one of the best. He was everywhere, both setting up and finishing (trying to finish at least). Especialy I liked how he played in opponent's box, like a king, like he owns it. The way he recieved the ball with his chest and produced a shot under pressure (twice) and stuff like that... or his assist to Inzaghi, great low cross in Ronaldinho style (sorry I remind him, it must still hurt). In Nou-Camp it wasn't Sheva playing, it was his shadow. He looked great with the captain strip, he surrely deserves it... his influence on Milan's play is unmeasurable.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

What position does Foggia play for Ascoli then ?

I think he is a winger, a right winger to be precise, very uch like Mancini for Roma, I think ... not 100% sure though.

i thought Abate (something like that) was our right winger ??

Originally Posted by zlatanov

I think he is a winger, a right winger to be precise, very uch like Mancini for Roma, I think ... not 100% sure though.

Something like that, I always compare him to Camoranesi from Juventus just younger.

Originally Posted by Vonim

Briliant goal by Materazzi , i saw it live and i didn't know what happened, it took 2 minutes for me to understand what did he do !

My friend,

Take it as easy as that Materazzi want to give his "prepaid share" to Milan with a hope that Galliani and Carletto would decide to bring him to Milanello..

I don't know if Lippi is also impressed with this and bring him in the Azzurri line up??

Originally Posted by Franco6

I'm really annoyed on the way juve beaten Siena. For God's sake I never saw a small Italian club leaving such ample space behind!!!!!

Well, that's becuase you have never seen a small Italian club play Juve with half of its players being former Juve players or Juve players loaned out to that small Italian club. In fact, it's like a public secret that Siena's transfer dealings are dictated by GEA, whose president (?) "just" happens to be Moggi's wonderful and honest to god SON ... actually, little Alessandro (Moggi's son) was just recently arrested by Italian police in connection with some shady business with GEA ... but I am sure that's just a coinsidance and yet another example of innocent people being harrassed by the police .
Given the above, 3 goals in 8 min sounds like the least Siena could have given to Juve, don't you think? It's unfortunate, no actually it's quite pathetic but it's been a while since being the champs of Italy also meant being the best team in the country.

I have a friend who has read...or rather is reading a book on Italian football...and though I confess to not being surprised by some of the books revalations, I am dismayed that what I thought for so long was iffy, is actually the hard, cold truth.

Many teams in Italy (according to Viali´s book, as well as the aformentioned writing) will trade "favors" with other teams, so as to be in a position to "reclaim" said favor at a time opportune to them:

eg. Siena throws the game to Juve, knowing Juve need to win in order to maintain their three point lead in the table...this way, come next season, when Siena may need a point to stave off relegation, Juve may concede a draw, so as to enable them to stay up...thus repaying the favor of this season...

While the above example may not be actual and factual insofar as this season is concerned, I would not be surprised if it is indeed close to the truth.

This "culture" is abhorred in England and Germany for example, but may actually take place in Spain..though in all honesty, I do not know for sure..

There is no doubt in my mind however, that the manner in which they (Siena) did concede the three goals was a clear indication that they were throwing the match, wanted to lose it in the first half, then show their prospective employers (Juve) that they could be considered for the Juve bench next term, by a hard fought second half, where, true to my theory, they prevented Juve from scoring, if nothing else. (This IMO they could have done from the first half)

I did see the game, both RAI´s abbreviated match (they were going back and forth between the Milan and Juve games) as well as the two GolTV replays.

Excellent match from Marek, Rui, Pippo, Sheva, Kaladze, and not too bad a match from Pirlo, who in Sunday´s game, showed that he can indeed tackle.

If this wasnt a signal from Rui that he is far from finished, then I dont know what it was...it was a vintage performance, and hopefully, if he stays for next season, Carlo will opt to start him more...plus, Kaka was a spent force in the Nou Camp, and I am sure Rui would have benefited from the close marking that seems to stifle the younger Brazilian international.

Good game by Milan, poor game by Siena..or no game at all really...so on to the next round!

FORZA MIIIIIIIIIILAN!!!

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

eg. Siena throws the game to Juve, knowing Juve need to win in order to maintain their three point lead in the table...this way, come next season, when Siena may need a point to stave off relegation, Juve may concede a draw, so as to enable them to stay up...thus repaying the favor of this season...

That's not only a thought or a suspicion, but it's a fact, and we're not angels in this movie also !
Two years ago, when we were already champions, we played a match against Reggina, who was fighting not to be relegated. Reggina won, and it was the second (and last) defeat for Milan in the season. And what happens next ? Last year we beat them 3:1 at home and 0:1 in Reggio, with an owngoal scored at the begining and without a SINGLE chance for both teams in the entire second half. This year we beat them 2:1 at home ( 2 goals by Maldini in first minutes, and then a goal by Reggina from their first attack in 92 minute) and we won 1:4 away, with Pippo scoring the first goal after clear handball and the most funny penalty given ever for 1:3...Reggina players didn't object to the referee !

Juve is of course, world master of these kind of games. Last year, when they were fighting for the Scudetto in last games, they have beaten Parma. I remember this match perfectly, because Parma's players ( including Gila) were not even trying to pass the midfield. What happened this year ? Juventus-Parma 1:1, with Del Piero missing a penalty in 91 minute.

Yeah, it all sounds paranoic and giving the epithet "fixed" to some matches is an exegaration. But in half of this matches, something's really fishy, and i bet that in a situation where Milan and Juve don't need the points and some smaller team needs them..the smaller team will win the match but lose the next 2-3-4 matches when they'll play against Juve and Milan .

Watch next season what will happen in Juventus-Reggina matches, if Juve wins the match in Reggio, or will Milan win both matches against Roma next season if Milan loses 2 points in Parma next week and Roma beats us in the last round

I hate the term "Italian job" in football , but it was not given for nothing