Sunday Morning Hangover, It’s a Bad One
By: Gianfranco | February 17th, 2008I can’t stop thinking about this Ronaldo situation; I am literally losing sleep over it. I hear people constantly talking about, and how he was wasted talent. I am also sitting here dejected, hung-over and in disbelief that another nil-nil draw has slowly begun to darken my hopes for this season. Juventus played a beauty against an underachieving Roma, while Milan have failed to attack, score, or just plain move the ball out of midfield in about a week.
You guys did well to discuss the Parma game because I do not have the strength or ability to type all that much right now. I am terrified about the Arsenal game, and I hope my preview will do it justice instead of some trembling words of fear. I did find comfort in the thrashing that Arsenal received yesterday. Don’t buy into the they did not care about that game bullshit, that game is a momentum killer, and is just what Milan needed. They got drubbed and in will be in the minds of players as they get ready for Wednesday. I also would like to remind everyone that last year Man United came in flying high, and all our nerves were very present and may of us lacked the confidence of a big Milan win. We have one thing and thing to do, keep the faith…
Dida, Cafu, Serginho, and Emerson have to go at the end of the season. There is nothing more for me to say here, the reasons are bright as day. What happened to Dida yesterday was just plan ridiculous and a distraction that was not needed or welcomed. As for Ronaldo, I am still kind of shocked. I do not want his contract extended, and I understand what the brass is doing here, they are not turning their back on him, which is honorable. But there are other ways to go about this. Show him support without investing money that they have been so unwilling to spend! My faith in management is as low as it has been in a long, long, time.
I want to wrap this Sunday morning discussion up with more Ronaldo thoughts, as I said early I can’t stop thinking about this mess. Does anyone believe he is in the upper echelon of great players if his career is really over? Do you rank him among the game’s greats? Does your list go Pele, Maradona, Franz, Cruyff, Ronaldo…? I just have no idea where to rank him anymore, if I had to choose now, here it is. (REMBER THIS IS MY OPINION)
1. Pele
2. Maradona
3. Zizou
4. Cruyff
5. Il Capitano (yes I did it, why not, think of the accolades, he may be the greatest club football ever…)
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I dont even know what to say, other than we must make some serious changes. What we are doing isnt working. all season we only won 4 matches where the margin was more than one goal. vs. Genoa 3-0, vs Lazio 5-0, vs Sampdoria 5-1, vs Napoli 5-2 & vs Genoa 2-0. the rest are just one goal difference.
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BAD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kalac dislocated his finger!!!
“A.C. Milan announces that during the training session of today, goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac suffered a dislocation to the phalanx of the index finger in his right hand. His conditions will be evaluated tomorrow to understand whether he will be available for London against Arsenal.”
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Fetyani, inconsistency is the only word that sums up this season.
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exactly, thats what i was saying yesterday. the european champion and world champion should never say “a win is a win”. maybe only once or twice in a season, but we’ve been saying it in most of our games.
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Dida, Cafu, Serginho, and Emerson do have to go. I totally agree. I don’t even know why we went and got Emerson over the summer. What a waste.
Ronaldo used to be my favorite player. It is really sad to see what has happened to him though the different knee injuries.
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My mind is still reeling from the past few games…and now add Dida’s stupidity and kalac getting injured…I have a feeling ole moratti over at the inter camp is doing so majic and it aint the good kind.
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Can no one find the slightest solace in the aggressive attacks during yesterday’s second half? Or the fact that AC Milan is still the reigning CL champion? You can’t win it ever year. Obviously not a lucky year for the Rossoneri but sometimes them’s the breaks.
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Ok guys.. I think we should all be optimistic about this.. AC are going into this game as the holders of the CL, so they have little to lose if they get knocked out by Arsenal..
Most of the Arsenal team are recovering from injuries and that’s definetely an advantage for us..
Worried about Adeabayor? There’s Nesta.
Worried about Fabregas? There’s Gattuso.
Worried about Flamini? There’s Kaka.
Worried about Rosicky? There’s Pirlo.Only really worry to me is the goalkeeper and any defender besides Nesta.
All in all, prediction; 1-1 at Highbury.
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and plus, I’m guessing Inzaghi and Pato are gonna feature.
Inzaghi knows how to get goals in these games and Pato.. well it’s Pato..
Gila says he wants to play.. He did well against United last year.. So, hopefully history repeats itself..
Oh and the Arsenal team are a bunch of kids.. How do you think they feel mentally after the 4-0 hammering of United? They’re prolly very nervous and worried..
A lot of things are going in our favour people!
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i like your optimism moka(and its at the emirates stadium, not highbury), i always have and always will stand behind Milan and support them no matter what. but you cant compare the players like that (head-to-head), because you can say the same thing about all our serie a games and we did not achieve anything spectacular so far.
The good thing about Arsenal is that they will give us space, which Milan is great at. if you look at Milan’s games through out the season, we played really good against teams who wanted to win against us, where they didnt lock our midfield and gave us space and we took full advantage and capitalized. Thats why we’re good in the CL, because everyone wants to win.
In CL, especially in the stages after the group stage, its nearly impossible to judge or compare teams before the game. That is for big teams who are going for the title. Its all about the coaches tactics, how he plays his cards and the moral and heart of Milan, which im 100% sure will be high up to the sky in the Arsenal game.
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Moka i’m starting to feel better…palermo’s win made it slightly better but…Ole carletto is saying pato’s a doubt…so hopefully by some miracle by gods good graces he’ll be healed and he can feature and score us some goals.
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Moka your optimism is very welcomed in this solemn space as of late, welcome to the fold. As for Pato’s injury I am thinking it is Carletto’s way of being a bit shrewd in the face of Wenger. Yesterday’s late attacks were welcome, but a finish he and there would really lift morale.
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just a little ronaldo article from channel 4 that i wanted to share with eryone…
A footballing legend prone to injury, Antonio Labbate reflects on the consequences of another night of agony for Ronaldo
Ronaldo wasn’t the only man on that stretcher last night. We were all there with him and we all felt his pain. Hands clenched over his face, his tormented tears proof that we may never see one of the greatest players to ever grace the game ripple a net at the highest level again.
It wasn’t the sort of farewell that Ronaldo would have dreamed of or deserved, but in some ways it was an inevitable end. A man who had the ability to be ranked alongside Pele and Diego Maradona as a true legend, his physical problems since the 1998 World Cup suggest that this was an injury waiting to happen.
Last night’s drama at San Siro was a sequel to a film that nobody wanted to see in the first place. He ruptured knee ligaments on two occasions during his Inter career, the second coming just six minutes into his comeback game. That was on April 12, 2000.
Eight years on and we are this morning reading the same chilling headlines. On this occasion, though, Ronaldo hasn’t got the time that he had back then. He had youth on his side, an ally which allowed him to light up the global game and lead his country to another World Cup success in 2002.
The reality is that Ronaldo, who will be 32 in September, could be out for a year. To compound the problem, his Milan contract expires in June and a renewal was already dependant on him proving his fitness before this latest trauma.
So what now? Although there are justifiable fears that Ronaldo’s body just isn’t built for him to play the game in the way he wants to, the European champions must move with their hearts instead of their heads. Forget business, relegate finances, calcio is a game of sentiment too.
Ronaldo is a patronage of football, he belongs to us all. As a result, the European champions can’t leave him in his hour of need. They must stand by him and do all they can to get him into a position to at least attempt a comeback.
After all, the individual who left the Stadio Meazza on Wednesday in agony as the result of his own re-occurring nightmare wasn’t a multi-million pound playboy, he was first and foremost a footballer – and some player at that. How good? As his nickname underlines, he was a phenomenon.
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I’m with you on the Ronaldo situation. He was a great player that will be truly missed by all football fans.
If, and when he does retire, it will go down as a terrible day in football history.
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We’re jinxed.
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Fetyani, yea very true..
That’s the key difference between the mentality of Italian teams vs. the mentality of non-Italian teams. Weaker teams in the Serie A will settle for a tie, so they’d rather defend than attack. That’s why they do better in Europe compared to Italy.
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So, what do you all think about the allegation that Ronaldo was doped (without his knowledge) by PSV Eindhoven as a young player?
http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=587801
How scary is that. You trust your team doctors and look how it comes back to haunt you. I sure hope that the theory is not true. If it is, Ronaldo can never come back without injury because his body can not structurally handle his muscles.
Boa sorte Ronaldo. Everyone is pulling for you (even the Interistas!)
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Milan has too much possession for a team that draws this much. This means that either they are not creating enough clear-cut chances or they’re missing them when they come. It’s a bit of both actually. Against Parma Gilardino had 2 thirds of the goal to aim at but he meekly side footed the ball onto the legs of the defender, 0-0!
Pato is the tonic. When he plays Milan create more chances and score more goals.
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A, great point and very much agreed.
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If Pato doesn’t play, I’m predicting a 0-0 draw. I’d prefer a 1-1 draw to get the away goal, but I’m not holding my breath the way things have looked lately. Hopefully by the next leg, things won’t look AS bleak as they do now…
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I won’t be worried about the game against Arsenal if only we have decent goalkeeping available, an just-got-back-from-injury Kalac is worrysome.
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