Cagliari vs Milan 6/1/2011 (and Milan x Al Ahly)

Milan - Al Ahly is in 45 minutes. The only game of our pre-season.

The latest reports say that Allegri will start with Pato and Cassano up front.

During the last training session, Allegri curiously played with a midfield of Strasser, Gattuso and Thiago Silva.

Good that you opened the thread for friendly game. There has been always problem with streaming when Milan play against arab clubs.

go to atdhe.net and enjoy , cassano is wearing shiny orange color boots,

an entertaining first half. El Ahly aren't as weak as I thought they are.

EDIT: I know why. They have more World Football Players of the Year than we do.

Originally Posted by Xudong

an entertaining first half. El Ahly aren't as weak as I thought they are.

yeah not bad, other than cannavaro they have pinga ( former serie-a player?) and the lively legendary ali karemi who runs their midfield show,

how's the scoreline?

1-0 scored by Seedorf assisted by Pato who got the ball from silly FK from opponent that sent ball to Pato.

in the second half so far, we seem to have lost control of the game. the problem is midfield, I think.

without proper support from the midfield, even Ibrahimovic couldn't do anything.

on the other hand, berretta doesn't seem too bad. 2-0.

Robinho, what did you smoke there? How couldn't you notice that you were already out of the field?

Originally Posted by MilanMikey

just finished watching the game vs al ahli we won 2-1, ibra played amazing, oduamadi played OUTSTANDING the kid has a great potential, finally got to see montelongo play i have to say i dont no y we dont start him in some games hes actually a good player.. beretta played awful imo.. the rest of the team was pretty solid and there player named hasan scored a very nice goal near the close of the match.. oduamadi probly star player of this game..

I don't think Odumadi was outstanding. He did a couple of dribble and quite good compared to summer friendly when he couldn't control the ball and had only speed without ability to change the direction of his run but still far from outstanding. His finishing was very poor when Merkel delivered delicious chance.

Beretta was awful? Well, I have to admit that I watched different Baretta. He played well especially his positioning. About Montelengo I agree with Allegri. He is not ready for Serie A. He could be useful if we don't have any option in fullbacks but for now I will chose other fullback than him. He is bad at defending and offensively not that good. Not like Mattioni for example in which he was bad at defending but offensively he has something to offer to the team.

u guys noticed our new no 22 ? montelongo ! yes , its him !

Originally Posted by Siregar

I don't think Odumadi was outstanding. He did a couple of dribble and quite good compared to summer friendly when he couldn't control the ball and had only speed without ability to change the direction of his run but still far from outstanding. His finishing was very poor when Merkel delivered delicious chance.

couldnt agree more, what is his real position? as a winger he does seem to have a good ball control (but ok dribbling skill) like siregar mentioned there, as a striker, his finishing is not there. I dont see any improvements from him since the last friendly game, on the other hands, beretta showed some glimpse of hopes that he could be useful for us (in the future ) in fact his goal was a very good goal imo,

Allegri; "The team is worried about Robinho's injury that seems pretty serious"

Milanmikey I have no idea what ur talking about... I disagree with every single thing you said.

Ibra was very selfish but that's ok, he was far from outstanding. Oduamadi was not that good inspite of those two dribbles. Merkel was bad today. Beretta was amazing absolutely, I hope we don't sign Toni and promote Beretta. I really liked Beretta a great deal today. Oddo was exceptional, he looked like just the fullback we have been looking for! He was so good!

Pato n Cassano were both rusty...both will start against Cagliari because Robinho will be out for at least 2 weeks. Montelongo I was unimpressed with and Silva's midfield trial was not successful.