KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR give Milan new solution up front according to the Rossoneri Brazilian coach Leonardo, who is also, believes that Sampdoria’s Antonio Cassano is a great person and player.

The Hunter finished a four-month drought of scoring by netting two late and unlikely goals against Catania in week 13 of the Serie A and with it gave the Rossoneri the three points and the second place.

Even though that, the Italian press report that coach Leonardo will start with Klaas on the bench again and will start with Marco Borriello alongside Alexandre Pato and Ronaldinho.

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“When I thought of using Inzaghi at Catania my idea was to change the system,” Leonardo told the press in a pre-conference.

“At the time we need an ‘extra Inzaghi’. We needed to penetrate and push the team forward. During the week I saw the work done by Huntelaar and for that reason Klaas was brought in during the final minutes of Catania-Milan.

“This playing solution will be appliable again in the future if necessary, certainly it gives a new playing solution.

“After the two goals Huntelaar scored something inside the team has changed: the emotions of a goal are very important for a striker and also the way everything happened was fantastic. If I think back to the way he was celebrated by the team, it was really nice and perhaps all of this allowed him to return to normality after a difficult period.

“Huntelaar and Borriello are different players, but with the system we’re playing in I think Klaas can insert himself without problems.”

The Rossoneri coach then asked about Antonio Cassano. Leo will meet Cassano today at San Siro when Milan face Sampdoria, but the question referredto the rapport with Italy coach Marcello Lippi.

“Having a player in a team for a year is different from having him for a certain period like in a World Cup,” Leo said.

“Anyone would want a player like Cassano, he has character. It’s always nice to have great players, you have the chance to work with players who have different characteristics. If we then talk about his behaviour, I can only say he is a special person.”

By Meytar Zeevi, Rossoneri Blog