Chievo - Milan (game comments)

Ancelltoi is going for the CL not for the Scudeto that's why we are losing this games
but we'll crush Schalke for sure

Yes very disappointing performance today by both Rui and Janku.
But I think it was Nesta's worst match of the season today.....making childish mistakes. It's not the way he used to play!

Originally Posted by sam_3

i'm kind of thinking that what billy said was right. about the players not being motivated after the same coach has been there for 4 years. cuz this game truelly defines not being motivated.

Yeah I think Billy was right too. Ancelotti isn't actually that great, he is a mediocre manager in charge of world class players, which is the reason he has actually won a few trophies at his time in the club. I mean, why the hell was Inzaghi brought on today? Everyone could see that we needed more muscles and heading power inside the box, and Vieri would have been the obvious choice (and he scored on tuesday too).

Vieri oh come on

Originally Posted by zlatanov

The point isn't to have a squad of 50 or 60 players but have 25 equally good players and the ones that are in top shape to be played. Right now we have 15-16 players Carlo is willing to trust and the rest are just filling in the numbers for they are infirior to those 15-16.
In football nowadays a team does need 2 world class players for each and every spot on the field - this is the only way to have proper rotation and avoid players running out of gas after 1 half of good football.
I agree that Janku and Rui should play more but after performances like today can we really blame Carlo for preferring Seedor/Sergio and Kaka over them? I guess not.

True, but has it gotten to the point where players like Janka and Rui don't get enough games they are far too rusty when they come on. As for todays game, it sounds like everyone was poor, so to single out a few players would be majorly unfair.

Well if sheva socred that chance from like 2 yard, when the score was 0-1 it would be a different story.

Originally Posted by devoted_dm

Yeah I think Billy was right too. Ancelotti isn't actually that great, he is a mediocre manager in charge of world class players, which is the reason he has actually won a few trophies at his time in the club. I mean, why the hell was Inzaghi brought on today? Everyone could see that we needed more muscles and heading power inside the box, and Vieri would have been the obvious choice (and he scored on tuesday too).

hah, Vieri got heading power but as slow as tortoise!
anyway you can say any assumpion as we lost! But the whole team is responisble for the lost, Shev a missed the easy chance, gila did nothing, Pirlo and Rino were invisible, Janku's pass was s**ked, and nth to say with the defend!
well you said it is the hell that why Pippo was brought on, but for me it is the hell that why he was not starting the match!Though he couldn't saved the team again but he made a gread chance after sub, jut the keeper of Cheivo did well to come out. Gila played a lot recently and Pippo also showed he was valued to earn a start last week. That's why I ways don't understand what was Ancelotti thinking!

Originally Posted by Bosniaco

Well if sheva socred that chance from like 2 yard, when the score was 0-1 it would be a different story.

That's it we are not closing the game in the first half that's why this is happening

i guess the predictions or many are comin tru. in the begining of the season, people said that this wud be the year that the milan team brakes apart. so far it has been true. we are 8 points off serie a and we have to win to get through the group in the last game. people are sayin that carlo is going for the cl, how so? we have been horrbile in the cl. sure we had nice game but we are having trouble qualifying when we are clearly the best in the group. i think big changes need to happen. teams alwais need shake ups to keep winning, you cant expect ti win with the same team 3-4 years in a row. i respect carlo, he has done a good job, but maybe this summer we should look for a new coach.

I am full of frustration, hopefully we can forget this game with the help of future performances, or else Juve are going to win the Scudetto this year

Originally Posted by K77SH C

Who watched this game? What went wrong?

If you watched the Viola game, then you have watched this one too - 100% carbon copy, minus the 3rd goal, which Chievo had more than one chance for in the end but couldn't capitalize on them.
We were very good in the first 35 min of the 1st half - controlled midfield, scored a goal, Sheva missed a sitter ... again, then we let Cheivo get back into the game and they scored in the 46th min of 1st half after cross from a free kick for Chievo (result of a totally unnecessary foul by Maldini). Our whole defence, took a nap at the cross and Chievo player headed the ball to Pellissier, Kaladze covered the offside, I think, and Pellissier had to score from 2 meters alone in front of Dida.
Second half, Milan players went missing, except for Gattuso, and just kicked the ball around as if we were 5-0 up on Cheivo. We lacked heart, lacked charge, lacked any goal in our actions ... basically just slacking around, and Pirlo throwing errant long balls to Sheva and Gila, from time to time when he himself didn't know what else to do. Janku tried hard but he is still far from his best and was just wasting energy without much result, if any at all.
We definitely missed players like Seedorf, Sergio and Cafu, who could have brouhgt in something different for us into this game. Without them, Carlo didn't have much options on the bench and he basically had to sit aside and watch his team being unable to build one single memorable attack for the whole 2nd half.
Basically, I carbon copy of the Viola game. Hope the one vs Schalke is like the one Istanbul but our players will have to get a good rest and put their thoughts together if we are gonna be part of the second stage of the CL this year.

when we play important matches in CL we only play the first half and the second we are saving for the CL game, that sucks Ancelloti has to change something

Originally Posted by Snapster

True, but has it gotten to the point where players like Janka and Rui don't get enough games they are far too rusty when they come on. As for todays game, it sounds like everyone was poor, so to single out a few players would be majorly unfair.

I am not singling them out - the whole team was completely out of sorts today. As for Rui, I guess he got tired after the Brescia game he played, same could be said for Janku as they lack matchfitness but still beleive we need 4-5 players in defence and midfield before we can challange on all fronts this year ... and with this WC coming, who knows, maybe certain players are trying to save themsleves from injuries too.

Originally Posted by martin

i guess the predictions or many are comin tru. in the begining of the season, people said that this wud be the year that the milan team brakes apart. so far it has been true. we are 8 points off serie a and we have to win to get through the group in the last game. people are sayin that carlo is going for the cl, how so? we have been horrbile in the cl. sure we had nice game but we are having trouble qualifying when we are clearly the best in the group. i think big changes need to happen. teams alwais need shake ups to keep winning, you cant expect ti win with the same team 3-4 years in a row. i respect carlo, he has done a good job, but maybe this summer we should look for a new coach.

well, by changing Carlo you still have that same team left behind. I'd rather see fresh, high quality blood come in and keep Carlo for another year or two to see how things are going - there is little guarantee that the new coach will do any better than Carlo, and there is an excellent chance we will end up like real did after they got rid of Del Bosque but kept that same team.

well said zlatanov defynitly we will finish like real carlo dosnt play on the picht and cant do nothing berlusconi and galliani both are foult for this cuease thay are not bringing good transfers in defence knewing that our defence its to old ... we have kaka to support strikers but who is supporting kaka no one we got sedorf but when hi iis not avalible than we have no one ...
galliani do somethin in transfers please.
thats our hopes for this year sad but true