I think it is fair to say that AC Milan's start to the season has been less than impressive to say the least. However, victory over Roma at the weekend propelled them into the top half of the table and then last night the Rossonerri did the unthinkable and beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in the Champions League.

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David Beckham's first home game back with the Galaxy was (almost) everything you could ask for from a preseason (for Milan) friendly that was more about the show than the result and the money AEG was making from its prize soccer asset.

Was it a coincidence David Beckham was playing against his former and likely future club and looked more interested performing for the Galaxy Sunday night than he did for half of last season?

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I'd say the boo to cheer ratio was 60:40 when David Beckham jogged out to warm-up.

The Riot Squad have unveiled some apt signs for the occasion including "Hey Becks! Here before you, here after you, here despite you," "23 Repent" and "Go home fraud 23"

(Updated: It's about 13 minutes before kickoff; the signs are gone, no doubt removed by AEG.

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Oguchi Onyewu became only the 2nd American to ever sign with an Italian Serie A club as he agreed to terms with AC Milan. Onyewu had become a free agent after his contract with Belgian club Standard Liege ended after this season and was actively looking at offers from clubs in the top European leagues.

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The Prime Minister stated that Milan had the best team in Italy even without Kaka and new signings. This is nothing special when it comes from someone like Berlusconi, but the public in Italy believes that this is Milan's weakest team in Berlusconi's 23-year reign.

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The firesale continues at AC. And Silvio Berlusconi has effectively taken over the coaching reins. There is no sign of Leonardo or Adriano Galliani.

Andrea Pirlo is on the transfer block. Massimo Ambrosini might be gone if his year extension is not approved. It gives the impression of a club in serious financial distress as Berlusconi repeatedly stressed the state of club accounts as responsible for the present predicament.

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The penultimate round of calcio italiano was action packed as only 2 matches had less than 2 goals combined from both teams. At this point the only drama will be what team will finish 2nd and what team will be the last to be relegated.

Juventus snapped a 7-game winless streak with their 3-0 road win against Siena.

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It's time for another post of beautiful goals from the peninsula. There were 32 goals scored this weekend, and here we'll have a selection of the best of week 36.

Simone Perrotta vs. Catania - Mirko Vucinic does all the work to win the ball near Catania's area, and Perrotta makes a perfect run (which he is famous for) and heads home Vucinic's perfect cross.

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"Zeru tituli" is a code word in both Inter and AC Milan's history.

It refers to Massimo Ambrosini's two year old Inter taunt when AC won the 2007 CL finals.

On March 3rd, Mourinho threw the taunt back as he said the Rossoneri would win no titles more than two months before the end of the season.

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Continuing our look at the end-of-season run in across Europe...
Italy / Serie A
This weekend will be referred to as The Great Stalemate of '09 in years to come - you mark our words. Out of the top six sides, only one - Fiorentina - managed to win a match while the other five drew theirs. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you watch Massimo Ambrosini execute the perfect dive....... LDU Quito would like some donations, please. (Unprofessional Foul) Arsenal helping out patrons struggling with the economic crisis by upping ticket prices. (The Spoiler) Argentina's footballing is in a bit of trouble... Click to continue reading...

AC Milan star does his best to get impaled on a camera tripod One of the main talking points of yesterday's Milan derby was David Beckham limping off with an injury, but his team-mate Massimo Ambrosini was lucky not to cause himself some damage after diving head-first over the advertising hoardings. Click to continue reading...

Could this really be possible? Could David Beckham really be the missing piece of the AC Milan puzzle, the piece that so far prevented the Rossoneri from a achieving a consistent string of away victories? Sunday evening's match vs. Lazio certainly seems to indicate so, and it was only the umpteenth game in a series [. Click to continue reading...

Could this really be possible? Could David Beckham really be the missing piece of the AC Milan puzzle, the piece that so far prevented the Rossoneri from a achieving a consistent string of away victories? Sunday evening's match vs. Lazio certainly seems to indicate so, and it was only the umpteenth game in a series [. Click to continue reading...

Dubai is the place to be right now if you are a soccer fan. With most teams training in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, why not have a few pre-season friendly games? Spain's, A.C. Milan played German's, Hamburg SV January 6th, 2008 that left Hamburg SV short 5-4. The game was decided from a penalty [. Click to continue reading...

  Simply awesome weekend of football and what an incredible goal fest with 41 in total, that alone should put the myth to bed about which first-tier league is more attack oriented.  Juventus win against AC Milan and some unlikely candidates got on the score sheet with Georgio Chiellini and Massimo Ambrosini hitting the back netting. Click to continue reading...

"Anti-Inter". A big phrase for Italian newspapers this week-end, as indeed Sunday's Juventus vs. AC Milan presented itself as a revealing showdwown. One to determine the Nerazzurri's real contender for the Scudetto race, one to decide historical bragging rights between two teams who, in the past two decades, have won more Serie A champions titles [. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan silenced at San Siro, the party for the thousands of Rossoneri fans ruined, all gathered to see Ronaldinho in action. There just is something that still isn't working in Carlo Ancelotti's team... The star on the field today was undoubtedly the Brazilian nº80, but in the end Bologna were the real victors, walking away [. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan added another trophy this preseason defeating Juventus 4-1 to win the Berlusconi trophy.  Goals were scored for Milan by Marek Jankulovski, Filippo Inzaghi, and 2 by Massimo Ambrosini.  Not only did Juventus lose this game, but Giorgio Chiellini was injured in a collision with Gennaro Gattuso, and will likely be out for at least a month. Click to continue reading...

Sunday was a sad day for Italian soccer, as one of the most charismatic club presidents of Serie A passed away. In things of this nature there is no club distinction: we are all bound by the same love for the beautiful game, and when one of us leaves the family it's always a sad [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "AC Milan 4-1 Juventus: Rossoneri Win Trofeo Berlusconi 2008", url: "http://www. Click to continue reading...

Italian sports newspapers Gazzetta dello Sport rated the Azzurri players at the end of their European adventure. Along with Gigi Buffon, positive scores were obtained by Chiellini and Grosso. All the strikers flunked the test, while some midfielders could have done better. The overall form however, was never great. Click to continue reading...

After a match like this, one would normally do well to take a night's rest to carefully analyze the situation, see what went wrong, and what can be done to correct it. That is undoubtedly what Roberto Donadoni and his players will be doing over the next few days, to make sure that this debacle [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

In accordance to the UEFA-imposed May 28 deadline, Italian coach Roberto Donadoni has made his final roster selection for Euro 2008: the 23 players who will representing the Azzurri this Summer have been picked and as many expected, Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo was the player discarded from the manager's Pre-selection list. Click to continue reading...