Milan vs Messina (Pre game thread)

Well, the San Siro slamfest is over, now we welcome Messina to the devil´s den on Sunday.

I look forward to an attacking display from a team eager to recover from the loss to our city rivals.

The game isnt live on any US channel, but I think a Brazilian station will be carrying the game. I will watch it at my friend´s house(the one with a zillion sattelite dishes).

FORZA MIIIIIIIIIIIIILAN!!

Lets get the fight for second place started!!!

Oh, and for those in the US...goltv has the game live at 9am.

i think we will destroy them, the team wants to recover from the derby loss so much.
this is a must win if we want to stay in the chase for the second place or even the title
we'll crash them 4:0 you'll see
FORZA MILAN

most impt is to keep a clean sheet, 2-0 would be fine...

i pray that milan goes into mechanical mode soon, with 100% efficiency at grinding out wins when flair and luck deserts the team..

2-0 is fuss-free, no media frenzy..personally...i feel milan plays best when the team is settled with no distractions from the media trying to hype up the team with lotsa expectations..

let the world concentrate on juve slaughtering other teams with 4-0/5-0 margins, a win is still worth 3 pts..milan would go about doing its own business with relative calm within the camp..

this is also how italy fares in big occasions, they play best when they are the relative underdogs in terms of team expectations..

please please i hope milan overcomes everything and slowly find their stride again..

1 step at a time..lets begin with messina..a clean sheet please..

yeah this is a must win for us to boost our confidence. expect us to start the game very aggressive and to take advantage of our chances. i hope we start with stam and nesta in the middle, and serginho and janku at LB & RB. since cafu departure, we havnt been able to attack through the right side. i know janku usually plays left, but he should do find at the right side.

forza milan!!

I want Milan to win but if they draw I care less since we lost
the seria A tiltle for sure as we lost to inter.Milan broke my heart
any way I think we'll win 2-1 since we need to win for better postion
in Seria A table

I think this is the answer some supporters here are loooking forward to in terms of set-piece issue. Not the most fantastic one but at least it makes sense to me:

"MILANELLO - Carlo Ancelotti held his pre-game press conference ahead of the Messina game but first answered questions on the Champions League draw: 'Did I say we would get Bayern? I can’t remember, I am not a prophet. Bayern Munich are very stimulating opposition, we’ll have to be at our best. It was an unfortunate draw, more so for Bayern than Milan. They have changed a lot of players since we met them in 2002 and they are stronger, it will be a fascinating and spectacular encounter even if German sides are very physcial and solid. Milan made a great impression when they won in Munich in 2002, it was a sign that we were building a great side, that victory made us understand that Milan was strong. Milan are much stronger now. That season we were out of the running for the league but even if we have made a few slip ups we know it’s still a long campaign and we want to be part of it.'

On Dida and Vieri:

Ancelotti then turned to the team in general: 'We’ve got over the derby defeat and have been training well all week. We are ready for tomorrow and we have to get over this period which set us back a bit. We want to close 2005 with two wins. Dida is a very balanced person and has managed the difficulties really well and hopefully they will be resolved. It’s true he has made some errors in recent games but he’s still a very capable goalkeeper. Then, a goalkeeper has a very particular role and it’s difficult to change things and I never think of doing that when they are happening. However, he has to improve even if he is used to doing well. I think it’s something he can resolve in a relaxed manner. Vieri is a different discussion because I think he is going through a good moment but he hasn’t had the possibility to play consistently but has done well when called upon. Dida, for his part, has made some mistakes but has to stay confident. We all have confidence in our goalkeeper. They haven’t been big errors just isolated incidents. We can’t talk about things being a consequence of something else. He made an error at Adriano’s free-kick but the others weren’t mistakes. It’s not true that a goalkeeper needs to come off his line every time the ball is played into the area because sometimes it can create problems with so many players in there. We have had a chance to look at Dida’s errors and the other things this week.'

This game has turned into a must-win now, especially that Juve have dropped points against Lazio. We must win to decrease the difference to 9 points. We must react. Juve will not slip up that much

Yea, since Juve has dropped two points, we simply HAVE TO take advantage of the opportunity to edge closer

Any links for PPLive for this game please post it. Thank you.

Maldini is sidelined due to injury, which means the we are going to have Cafu, Nesta, Kaladze(Billy), and Serginho at the back!!! Does anybody know if we are missing any more players?
And also, I've heard that Carletto is not happy with Dida's recent run of form. Is Kalac going to start for this one or is it going to be Dida again?

we will win thisone easily, but scudetto race is over. Now we need to work hard over the winter to make our way to Paris.... 3-0 for us in this one......

Any Live stream links for this game?????????

http://footballtvs.com/video-2 is a streaming video of the game from an Iranian channel.

Also, 1-0 Milan. Sheva penalty (and a generous one at that).

shevaaaaaaaa......1-0

We are leading 1-0!!!!