"Now we have to match against Celtic on Tuesday, let's hope to break the San Siro taboo and come back from Tokyo with the Cup." - THE WORDS OF NESTA, ODDO, AND GILARDINO -
MILAN - Here are the declarations made by the rossoneri after Milan-Juventus 0-0:
ALESSANDRO NESTA:
"In the first half we struggled a little on the pitch, but we have been improving lately and we've been conceding very few goals. Only Wednesday in Lisbon we conceded a goal from outside the area. From the start of the year I've played nineteen games, but that's because I chose not to play with the National team anymore, otherwise I would not be able to rest. This evening Buffon once again showed he is the number one, scoring against him is truly difficult. Perhaps Milan, unlike other teams, have had a difficult start to the season, now let's hope other teams start getting tired so we can recover some gro
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It is now official – Milan star Kaka is the 2007 Player of the Year after he was assigned the Ballon d’Or.
The Brazilian had been the over-riding favourite since voting began among the journalists all over the continent.
Previously known as the European Player of the Year award, organisers ‘France Football’ have recently extended the competition to those all over the world.
He absolutely dominated with 444 votes, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, 277) and Lionel Messi (Barcelona, 255). The same trio are shortlisted for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
The other Serie A representatives in the top 10 are Milan teammate Andrea Pirlo in fifth position, Inter’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic in seventh place and Francesco Totti in 10th.
“It was an exceptional year and the Ballon d’Or crowns an extraordinary 2007,” said Kaka as he accepted the award in Paris.
“I want to thank God who allowed me to
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Italy have drawn the Group of Death in Euro 2008 against Holland, France and Adrian Mutu’s Romania.
The draw for the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland were held this morning in Lucerne.
Group C looks like by far the toughest, as Italy will face seeds Holland, Euro 2000 winners France and the impressive Romania, who already defeated the Netherlands in qualifying.
The Azzurri reached the finals by topping Group B ahead of France, but were not among the four seeds, those spots taken by joint hosts Austria and Switzerland, Euro 2004 champions Greece and Holland.
Italy open their tournament against Holland - who they beat in an epic Euro 2000 semi-final on penalties - on June 9 in Berne.
Romania take on Roberto Donadoni's men on June 13 in Zurich and the decider will be with old enemies France in Zurich on June 21.
Placed in the second pot, they ran into the ‘Group of Death’ in the tournament to be held from June 7 to the F
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Only the frame of the goal and some fantastic goalkeeping ensured the big game Milan-Juventus ended in a stalemate.
These two sides dominated Serie A in the 1990s, but this was a head-to-head battle to stay in the Scudetto race, especially for a Milan outfit that had not won a single domestic game at San Siro this season. Ronaldo, Marek Jankulovski, Mauro Camoranesi and Zdenek Grygera were sidelined and Claudio Ranieri surprisingly chose to drop Alessandro Del Piero.
It was immediately a very aggressive and fast-paced game. Vincenzo Iaquinta chested down the ball for David Trezeguet to drill wide, but the move was stopped for an incorrect offside flag.
Trezeguet went even closer on 11 minutes, as Cristiano Zanetti won back the ball in midfield and placed th
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