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.

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.

Diego Milito's quadruple known as a 'poker' against Palermo was a rare moment, in fact it was only the sixth time it's happened in ten years, but with Italy's final friendly before Euro 2012 looming it focused the eyes on the Azzurri's frontline. The Argentinian's four-step sent him into a comic book group that features ‘the little plane', Vincenzo Montella, twinkle-toes Christian.

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 [...]

Milan transfer guru Adriano Galliani definitely knows how to work a bargain. Since 1986, when he started his long and prosperous career at the Via Turati, the man known as Uncle Fester has been the man behind the scenes. The one who has engineered deals that have seen so many of the world's best players [.

On October 11 last year in the provincial city of Pescara, Italy ended their qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win over Northern Ireland. It was the perfect ending as Italy finished top of their group. It was also just reward for coach Cesare Prandelli who managed to rebuild a strong Azzurri from the wreckage of the 2010 World Cup disaster.

It has been an odd week for Milan. From the low that last Sunday's derby loss sank us to, the club's fortunes rose steadily from one day to the next ending in triumphant fashion with a convincing 3-0 win over Novara. The loss to the ‘Tinkerman's' Nerazzurri posed serious questions over Max Allegri's men, from [.

The current table shows Inter in 5th place yet the Nerazzurri have a greater chance of competing for the league title than Udinese or Lazio who are currently above them in the standings. Inter's players have the necessary experience and the quality players to challenge for titles while both Udinese and Lazio are lacking in terms of experience and the killer instinct needed to win difficult matches.

Interazionale sprung a big surprise on Sunday night to claim their biggest win of the season with a 1-0 victory in the Milan derby. Both teams entered the fixture in fine form (Milan were unbeaten in 12, Inter had won five in-a-row), but it was the Nerazzurri who prevailed after one of the season's great stifling performances.

On the 13th of January, AC Milan posted this statement on their website:

AC Milan announces that during this week Antonio Cassano had a neurological check-up with the team of Professor Nereo Bresolin and Dr. Yvan Torrente and a cardiology visit with Professor Mario Carminati. Both check-ups gave positive results, so [read more]

It has been a topsy-turvy week for Milan ahead of Sunday's clash with our dislikeable cousins Inter. The headlines have been dominated by the transfer fiasco involving Carlos Tevez and Alexandre Pato which has left doubts regarding the harmony, or lack of, at the Via Turati. Milan's obsessive chase for Tevez the football mercenary escalated [.

It was not supposed to happen this way. After years as a wayward, controversial and underachieving player, this was the season when Antonio Cassano's career finally started to show all of its glorious potential. And it did, at least until November. The Italian champions start to the current campaign was nothing short of atrocious.

It was not supposed to happen this way. After years as a wayward, controversial and underachieving player, this was the season when Antonio Cassano's career finally started to show all of its glorious potential. And it did, at least until November. The Italian champions start to the current campaign was nothing short of atrocious.

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After flirting with Arsenal and Chelsea during the summer transfer window, Gary Cahill will likely be heading to Chelsea in January after a transfer fee was agreed upon with Bolton Wanderers.

The central defender has become an England national team regular and will look to stabilize a defense that will lose Alex in January and could be without John Terry for an extended period following a criminal racism charge.

AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani claims his side are nearer to closing the gap on European champions Barcelona than Real Madrid.

Milan have already played Barca twice this season in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League with the Rossoneri earning a notable draw at the Nou Camp in September before losing 3-2 at the Giuseppe Meazza last month.

Milan's determination to sign Carlos Tevez has been unrelenting. I understand that Tevez is a great player, of this there is no doubt. But, given his off-field troubles which have kept him off the field at City, it's a little bizarre how Adriano Galliani and Co. are pulling out all the stops to get their [.

Ac Milan's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic finds himself on the wrong side of the law for the umpteenth time as he escaped a ban from league matches after a federal prosecutor decided not to present video footage as evidence against his charge of blasphemy.

Now Ibrahimovic is a good player, there is no denying his abilities, however, his ego is just to big.

PC or Mac, Jose or Pep, Marozsan or Cramer, Champions League or Scudetto, marmite or not marmite. All these great multiple choice just-tick-either-box-please questions that Western civilization has devised in a futile attempt to keep itself sane pale in comparison to the greatest dilemma of all; Alessandro Matri or Mario Balotelli.

A Nigerian player that burst onto the Serie A scene in 1999 has finally turned his back on European football after twelve years of trying to establish himself. Here's Paul Grech with the story of Hugo Enyinnaya.

"I'm going to be rich!" was the typically honest reply of Antonio Cassano when asked what went through his mind after scoring a fantastic goal against Inter as a 17 year old, upon making his first start for Bari in 1999.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 02/09/2011, na cidade de Thorshvan-FAR, onde jogaram as seleções das Ilhas Faroe (111º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Itália (7º no ranking da FifA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Florence 07/09/2010 ITA5:0 (3:0)FRO 2008Modena 21/11/2007 ITA3:1 (3:0)FRO 2008Torshavn 02/06/2007 FRO1:2 (0:1)ITA
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Tamas Bognar-HUN
O único gol do jogo, foi de Antonio Cassano, aos 11 minutos do primeiro tempo, sendo seu sétimo gol pela seleção nacional.

AC Milan have agreed a deal with Catania to sign Maxi Lopez. The Milanese club are looking for a new forward after Antonio Cassano underwent heart surgery earlier this month. Milan have been heavily linked with the troublesome Carlos Tevez in recent weeks, with a loan deal their preferred option. However, Manchester City want to recoup some of the £50 million they allegedly spent to bring him to.

Some shocking news for you today. Former Inter Milan and AC Milan Brazilian winger Mancini has been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison after he was found guilty of rape.

Not many will remember Mancini as a Milan player because he only made 7 appearances for the club before returning to his boyhood club Atletico Mineiro, however, his stint with capital club Roma is where his skill was brought to the fore.

Well, well... what do we have here? It's Babbo Natale of course! Everyone wishes it were Antonio Cassano in that brilliant get-up, but it was just a club representative (probably moonlighting as the overworked club mascot) who worked the crowd at San Siro last night.

It's completely normal for a successful footballer to own more than two phones, as we've witnessed from Carles Puyol last Friday. Of course, when you're signing a multi-million dollar contract with Santos (DESCULPE, Flo'Rida Perez!), you've gotta put your goods on show as Neymar is doing here!

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Juan Agudelo will be the latest MLS-based U.S. men's national team player to get a training stint overseas with a top-level club.

Agudelo will be training with Bundesliga outfit VfB Stuttgart -- one of U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann's former teams -- agent Ron Waxman wrote on his official Twitter account.

There has been much talk recently about the futures of Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, both of whom will see their contracts expire in the summer. Former Chelsea and AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti, for one, has talked up both players as potential targets for Milan, saying he could see them "fitting in very well" at the Italian club.

They could even make a move for both. We have all heard the news of Antonio Cassano's heart surgery after he suffered a suspected stroke (wish him a full recovery by the way). With the news that he is out for the remainder of the season, Carlo Ancelotti is urging his old club to make a move for one or even both of his old players in Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.

The Italian national team was dealt a double blow with the participation of Giuseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano in Euro 2012 thrown into doubt, yet the emergence of Mario Balotelli could serve as the perfect remedy for coach Cesare Prandelli's concerns.

Balotelli had a slow start to the English season but he has been scoring regularly in recent weeks prompting Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini to praise him.

Since Antonio Cassano was ruled for basically the season two players in particular have emerged as favourites to replace him, Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Catania's Maxi Lopez. But, Milan should forget both these players and heed the advice of their former striker, Oliver Bierhoff, who has advised Italian clubs to sign Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze.

Guest writer/Matthew Coccoluto With international break again upon us, a few European countries will be squaring off in the Euro 2012 playoff rounds. The rest will be using these upcoming friendlies to further prepare for the tournament in June. Cesar Prandelli will be without some key players as they face Poland on Friday and host Uruguay on Tuesday.

...It just doesn't look the same without Elaines wonderful art, does it?

And the Azzurri side doesn't look the same without Antonio Cassano, Guiseppe Rossi or Sebastian Giovinco either...:(

Anyways, heres the lineups and whatnot for tonights game, heres to a good start to the Euro 2012 preparations!

We will mourn the loss of Antonio Cassano for the rest of the season. Although, I do reserve some hope that we will see him before we claim a second consecutive Scudetto and an eighth European crown in May at the Allianz Arena after we beat Barcelona 3-0. How I wish. Just like a depressed [...]

We will mourn the loss of Antonio Cassano for the rest of the season. Although, I do reserve some hope that we will see him before we claim a second consecutive Scudetto and an eighth European crown in May at the Allianz Arena after we beat Barcelona 3-0. How I wish. Just like a depressed [...]

Football transfer rumours: Didier Drogba to Milan?

Today's Mill can see the wood for the poppies The Mill is no fan of international breaks, never has been, never will. Out goes this country's love of all things domestic, most notably transfer tittle-tattle, and in comes a whole load of patriotic piffle and posturing, three lions this, three lions that.

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AC Milan/Italy forward, Antonio Cassano, publicly thanked his supporters yesterday after successfully undergoing heart surgery.

Stemming from a mysterious illness that he suffered on a return plane ride following AC Milan's match against AS Roma on 28 October, Cassano told well-wishers how their kind thoughts and words of encouragement had lifted his own spirits.

As far as pitch invasions go, there's Jimmy Jump, Antonio Cassano's BFF (Mario Ferri) and any moderately attractive willing to expose her bouncy parts to the elements. That's all that comes to the top of the head, anyway.

It matters not, as the hierarchy has been destroyed. This unnamed pitch invader, possibly Bond, James or Bourne, Jason, dropped in on the Sparta Prague Viktoria Plzen (big game on the Czech calendar) at the half.

With Antonio Cassano effectively ruled out for the season, barring a miraculous recovery – which I hope for – the club has decided that a new striker is needed. Adriano Galliani has hinted as much, but, has said that if a striker does arrive it will only be temporary, i.e. on a loan. "For sure [.

Antonio Cassano is now back at home after being released from hospital. The Italian has received many warm wishes from people all over the world in his time in the hospital, the most touching being the ‘forza Cassano' shirts Real Madrid wore before their match against Osasuna in La Liga on Sunday. For a club [.

Antonio Cassano is now back at home after being released from hospital. The Italian has received many warm wishes from people all over the world in his time in the hospital, the most touching being the ‘forza Cassano' shirts Real Madrid wore before their match against Osasuna in La Liga on Sunday. For a club [.

Guardate questo.... The Milan tifosi have outdone themselves once again! This time, it's a little more blasphemous than usual. They've compared their very own Pope Benedict XVI to Pippooooo Inzaghi - aligning the veteran and exceptionally passionate striker to God.