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Of all of the options Carlos Tevez was looking at over the last few months, returning to the
field for Manchester City was likely the last on the list. But it's getting closer to
happening.
Tevez returned to Manchester and had a physical with the club's doctors on Tuesday ahead of a
surprise return to the club after three months away from the team.
Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham. Since 2008 AC Milan is facing an English team in the
second round of Uefa Champions League, but in all of these cases they have never managed to pass to
the quarter finals of the most important European torunament for clubs.
Even this year beat Arsen Wenger's team won't be easy as Gunners are not the team they used to
be at the beginning of the season, when, for example, they lost 8-2 at Old Trafford against
Manchester United, in one of the most embarassing matches of the Wenger's era.
The rumour mill may continue incessantly as it always does, but, for the time being no players will
be swapping kits. Instead, now is the time for coaches to start preparing their troops, both new
and old, for the business part of the season. It is already February and that mad month of May is
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AC Milan will be looking to put behind them their disastrous weekend outing when they host
Juventus at the San Siro tonight in the Coppa Italia first leg semi-final. With Juventus also
having settled for a similar barren draw with Siena in the weekend, the match will definitely be an
explosive one.
As the old cliché goes, history repeats itself. And this could not be truer come every February
for Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Whether at Barcelona or in the blue or red half of Milan, the
‘big' Swede's scoring record often leaves something to be desired at this time of the year.
Goals, to be precise.
Health scares, multi-million pound on-off deals and the toppling of a prime minister. It has the
makings of a political thriller that any dramatist would be proud off. Instead, it has been the
script of Massimiliano Allegri's awkward second season in charge of Milan. It is easy to forget
just how rocky the waters have been in the background to his attempts to build on the foundations
of a debut.
It all started according to plan. Milan took the initiative from the beginning against Juventus,
dominating possession and going ahead thanks to another strike from our free scoring midfielder,
Antonio Nocerino. Ten minutes later it should have been two. But, it was not. Roberto Romagnoli,
the assistant referee, somehow failed to see how Sulley Muntari's [.
League leaders Milan were dominant during the first-half and the early stages of the second
period against their rivals Juventus. The Rossoneri scored after another mistake by Leonardo
Bonucci. The Juve centre-back committed two mistakes leading to Milan's goal scored by former Juve
midfielder Antonio Nocerino.
