Milanello Corner

The Fun fearless Milan under the new Leonardo regime, has finally put a little break in their last two games, a draw against Zurich and a shocking defeat against Palermo has really stop the Rossonerri good runs in a few months. Seeing the team play, the new formation does make Milan improves a lot, they started to entertain the crowd but there's a hint of imbalance in the squad that makes them somehow vulnerable at times. On their day, Milan can really trashed their opponents but at times they can have lots of troubles breaking dawn defenses or defending a counter attack. Those two effect can be seen from the latest two games, against Zurich they were unable to break down Zurich's park the bus kind of defending despite the Swiss team ends the game with 10 men. Than against Palermo who was playing a similar style of Milan, not only the rossoneri failed to put one goal on the opponents net, they we caught twice on the counter. Off course there is a reasonable arguments for ...

 January is about to come and the winter break is probably what Ac Milan needs at the moment to save up their energy, regroup and get new reinforcement as they will be facing difficult and tighter games in 2010. Especially with the current problems in their defense and rotation system, Milan looks that they should do something this January, aside from two confirmed transfers ( David Beckham and Dominic Adiyiah ), I round up some other names that are currently possible enough to come this winter.  Here are some Winter transfer rumors for Milan: Cedric Mongoungu (As Monaco): 20 years old and highly rated French defender, that currently playing at AS Monaco, Cedric has been approached by Milan's management because of his versatility in defense as he can play as wing back and also at CB. The young player has expressed that he won't reject the chance in playing for the Rossonerri, however no official news regarding any deal has surfaced yet. Davide Astori (Cagliari): The 22 ...

Milan goes through from Uefa Champions League group stage with a minus note as they only got a draw against Zurich. The Rossoneri needs a bit of aid from rival Real Madrid which in the other game manage to beat Marseille 3-1 to give Milan a path to the next round. The Rossonerri were playing below par, arguably with some important players such as Ronaldinho , Ambrosini and Thiago Silva were not actually match fit yet. The latter even had to leave the field early, however Milan that played poorly in the first half and were a goal down, managed to shape up a bit in the second half to equalize via Dinho's penalty after Marco Borriello was hacked down in the penalty box. The Brazilian superstar doesn't make any mistake in converting the penalty and made the scoreline 1-1, however with a man advantage (as Zurich player who gave away the penalty been send off) Milan still unable to take advantage and missed out on few chances to win the game. Here is the highlights of the ga...

Ac Milan has announced Leonardo 's called up players for the upcoming final Uefa Champions League game against FC Zurich in Swiss here are the names as written at Ac Milan.com: Here are the 23 called up Rossoneri players by coach Leonardo for Zurich-Milan: Dida, Storari, Roma, Antonini, De Vito (n°56), Jankulovski, Kaladze, Nesta, Pasini (n°57), Thiago Silva, Abate, Ambrosini, Flamini, Novinic (n°55), Pirlo, Seedorf, Borriello , Di Gennaro, Huntelaar, Inzaghi, Pato , Ronaldinho , Verdi (n°58) Unavailable players: Oddo, Onyewu, Gattuso. Suspended players: Zambrotta

Here is the Highlights of Milan v Samdoria last saturday!!! Enjoy:

Arriving back to the Milan camp after an extra holiday given due to his participation for the Italian U-21 at the latest European U-21 championship, Ignazio Abate talked to Milan channel, revealing his excitement to play for Milan after series on loan experiences. Speaking about returning to Milan, Abate stated that "I've come here with great humility, I'll try to take my chances and put the coach in difficulty. I only have to think about working and being ready." Moreover Abate also added that he is confident that he will fit properly in Milan's new system as he claimed that Leo's new tactics is suitable to his playing characteristic. "The coach and my team mates know my characteristics, I'll try to use them to the fullest. Concerning the system, I think it's right for my characteristics, so I'll have more chances compared to previous years and as I said I have to be ready, " Abate said. Beside talking about his preparation, the 23 your ...