TEAMS NEWS: Manchester City are without Matija Nastasić and Micah Richards while Milan will have to do without Ignazio Abate, Mattia De Sciglio, Cristian Zapata, Daniele Bonera, Philippe Mexes, Riccardo Montolivo, Riccardo Saponara, Robinho, Giampaolo Pazzini and Mario Balotelli. Kick off time is 18:15 CET at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena.
Finished: Manchester City 5-3 Milan
Manchester City (4-3-3) – Manuel Pellegrini
Hart, Richards, Lescott, Garcia, Kolarov; Touré (C), Fernandinho, Navas; Jovetic, Dzeko, Silva.
Substitutes: Kompany, Zabaleta, Milner, Nasri, Negredo, Sinclair, Agüero, Rodwell, Barry, Clichy, Wright, Pantilimon.
AC Milan (4-3-1-2) – Massimiliano Allegri
Amelia, Antonini (C), Vergara, Zaccardo, Constant; De Jong, Traoré, Muntari; Boateng; El Shaarawy, Pentagna.
Substitutes: Poli, Nocerino, Cristante, Emanuelson, Abbiati, Pacifico, Iotti, Pinato, Kingsley Boateng, Vasconcela, Niang.
Referee: Peter Sippel (GER).
Lesson learned from the game
1. Amelia should start packing his bags
2. El92 is priceless
3. Veghara is work in progress therefore not ready for Milan
4. Boateng is nowhere near a forward player
5. De Jong will make a very big difference for Milan
6. Gabriel is ready for the big stage and has greater future
7. Zaccado, Traore, and Nocerino should be sold ASAP
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i agree with most, amelia is horrid, i rather have a traffic cone in goal than him, if kpb isnt in the mid then he should be sold, as we have poli now who i really like, he is pretty attacking, zaccardo is good for a sub, trashore, eman, noc, cantonini, boner, all these should leave asap, as well as amelia,
I purely agree with you, jibola! But can i say it another way: 1. Yes, Gabriel is much better than Amelia now. 2. El92 De Jong are our top players 3. Vergara is not ready yet, still has to learn 4. Boateng is the worst Milan’s #10 in last decade (referring to Boban, Rui Costa, and Seedorf) 5. Zaccardo is SLOW. Never play him in our central defender 6. Our Petagna has composure. But 2 mispasses that lead opponent’s goal was something to learn 7. For overall team, our Milan hasn’t showed harmony in playing. Also, our squad was not… Read more »
Some of our players r painfully bad!!! Traore and Prince were a disgrace there. Sell them both. Amelia is also pants and although Gabriel can be shaky, he has a big personality on the pitch and would be a much better 2nd choice. Sell Amelia. As for our defence… It needs a total overhaul!!! Zaccardo is plain useless. Parma will have him back. Antonini can’t defend, and although he has been a loyal servant to the club it’s time for him to go. That leaves us with 8 defenders in Abate, Bonera, Constant, De Sciglio, Mexes, Silvestre, Vergara, Zapata, meaning… Read more »
I Knew it.
Zaccardo, Antonini, & Boateng —> BANGSAT ANJING
Bikin malu aja komen lu -_-
Traore,Constant,Muntari,Antonini,Bonera,Zaccardo,Emanuelso should leave immediately.
Everybody, this is the racist who has repeatedly insulted some of our players based on the colour of their skin. Stop liking his comments, no matter what he says.
what is wrong with you? the list has players of different races in it… or are you defending poor Antonini,Bonera,Zaccardo?
try reading and thinking before writing or talking… it may help make you look smarter then you actually are… just a suggestion…
you shouldn’t comment on matters that you do not fully understand. That same man commented on other thread in this blog that was racially abusive and offensive to many.
Although It could also be just another guy with same ID/Name to post on this thread.
Overall, It should be you who should start reading more on this blog before you hastly write someone off.
Vergara was pretty good considering he just came to the club. Expecting to see him on the pitch more often Allegri!
But knowing Allegri I feel like he’s going to play M. Silvestre and Bonera ahead of Vergara which is very disappointing as I think Vergara was lone positive in our defense against Man City. He was calm and held up the ball well drawing out attackers.
This game shows it’s obvious that our depth is pretty poor, and we need more quality players. But don’t worry Silvestre will help take our defence…:) No, but jokes aside, whenever Amelia plays, we simply concede. Whether it’s simple goals or conceding plenty. It wouldn’t have happened if Abbiati or Gabriel played, I’m sure. Gabri should be a definite second choice by now. Anyhow, the positives – we’ll start looking for buyers for some of our players, and start looking for one more QUALITY centre back and perhaps another midfielder. I’m not counting Honda. It was great to see El… Read more »
Ok the 4-3-1-2 is awful, just AWFUL! Is it a coincidence how much Milans for picked up last season when they went with wide players? Remember the awful start to the season playing with 4-3-1-2. And I can’t even blame Allegri for this since Silvio demanded it. I think he thinks it must be more attacking since two forwards are more than one but he’s forgetting you’re only playing one attacking midfielder instead of 3! Every serious team these days plays with 4-2-3-1 which would suit Milan PERFECTLY once Saponara and Honda are playing. Also Emanuelson is infinitely better than… Read more »
zaccardo is 1 of da worst defenders i have ever seen…he should be sold ….probably this summer
Honestly guys I wish City had got a few more, it’s the only thing that can kick start radical change.
Agree with Greg….the 4-2-3-1 is the way forward… De Jong & Montolivo as the holding mids and a 3man-attacking midfield that will provide width and tracking back when needed
Finally someone who has some sense!
Nice game guys
Question:
Why wasting a huge amount of euro on this guys?
I still don’t understand the loooooooong meeting between Silvio, Galliani and Allegri.. Thought i heard Silvio clamouring that there would be a drastic changes in the team?
Something need to be done.. It’s a pre-season though, but Milan must be conscious of his average players.. #sigh
————–Amelia————–
Antonini-Vergara-Zaccardo-Constant => Horror ShoW!!
Constant thought that Milan is wearing their black jersey again, that’s why hekept passing the ball to man city players.. Antonini can only watch the opposite players running pass through him while Zaccardo is a world champion so he doesnt need to make any effort to prove something..
KPB had a decent game in the 2nd half but he’s really just a box to box midfielder not a trequartista..
Traore>> Should be packing his bag tonight together with Amelia..
The only brightside of the night was the young tandem.. SeS and Petagna..
Guys, Amelia has no motivation again in Milan. He should be sold before causing us pain…..he keep like am amateur goalkeeper, Traore, Zacado are no back up for Milan.
GALLIANI 1. He says he wants to trim the squad but he keeps piling up garbage, paying them high wages and claiming “we don’t have money”. 2. Like his garbage coach he thinks ” the best defense wins the league”. Which is why we play defensive football, and the reason why SES plays a new role of ” help in defense”. With that flaw mentality we are not going to win anything, and we destroying SES’s talent. When Pep got to Bayern the FIRST objective he mentioned was GOALS!!! I WANT THE TEAM TO SCORE A LOT OF GOALS!!! That’s… Read more »
Just look at Juve signings.(tevez&liorente&ogbona&kolarov) and look at our signings(poli&silvestre&vergara)
i believe milan will see no gloury at least for next 5 years
what happened to most succesfull club in the world, ha?
By your logic Man City, Real Madrid, or PSG should be the league winner and champions league winner last season simply because of how much money they spend on transfer market to sign big name players. If you watched Milan’s preseason game there are definite positive performances from youngsters like Petagna, Cristante, and even Vergara from last match against Man City. Niang has the pace and skills to become a succesful player and even youngsters like Kingsley Boateng played decently. Tevez and Llorente maybe a better partnership in present, but I think Llorente has been over-rated in all honesty after… Read more »
I don’t seem to understand on this blog…..no one talks about the fact that muntari isn’t milan quality….if anyone is going to leave….it should be him…plssssss…that guy is nowhere near manageable…aaaahhhhhrrrr
Agreed, he’s absolutley terrible. The team fell apart when he came on for Poli against Valencia too.
I didn’t watch the game because I’m on my vacation and chillin’ in Turkey, but I would like to put forward some point of views. I’ve said this for several seasons, even when Ibra was still in the club and Boa was scoring pretty goals: Boateng isn’t a treqaurtista. He’s too static and he isn’t classy enough to either control the tempo or like Kaka, inject explosiveness and directness into our attacks. It scares me that Allegri hasn’t realized it yet. Let’s just hope he waits for Saponara to regain fitness as we don’t have any other trequartistas. Yes, Antonini… Read more »
I agree with you. Especially about KPBoateng
Finally im not the only one that notices how bad Traore actually is
It’s been obvious ever since he played his first preseason game last season….
this is bad like real bad I lost 3 grand on a bet I thought they were going to put balo and the rest of the team but they put me 40 overall players like wtf can they buy some good players atleast with a big name why cant be like Napoli and juvi wth man I hate life now
Go continue hating life as I don’t believe you really lost 3 grand on a bet. You seem to not even care about the match to not know that Balo and half of our first team in defense would not start due to injury. These information were present few days prior to match date which would have given you plenty of time to research and not place any stupid bet. If you did lose 3k for betting on Milan you simply don’t do your research for you to be betting decent sum of money on sport betting. Go support Napoli… Read more »
lol u put 3 grand on a friendlty when u know most of the players on the bench? silly
I dont feel we play like other big team should play. RM, Bar, MU they have their own style even play with youngster on starting line up
I am tired with the idea of keeping KPB and Muntari in Milan. About Amelia, yes I agree with you guys, Amelia doesn’t have motivation to play with Milan jersey.
Villarreal and Monaco must’ve been watching a different match — they both want Antonini.
pls am tired of Amelia let him go abeg traore is a bad bizness. most times let’s no blame allegri and some players wen the right players are not available and you are expected to use a specific formation. you assume players for that position n misbehave. boateng is nt a trequista so what do u expect frm him. blame galliani n Berlusconi for all Milan woes. forza milan
God save Milan
All the whinins,al d complains,al d anger 4 a friendly in whic milan used a b-team against city’s first 11?.u guys need 2 check ur heads.wat did u think cud hav happened?.we wud hav won?.the shame is on city and not milan….enough said
amelia = poor gk
antonini & zaccardo = too slow
vergara = promising
constant = weird
dont use these line up again for defense
Ameila sucks, Zaccardo flop, Traore waste. All these players should pack their bags and baggage and leave MILAN for free, if possible. Antonini, Nocerino, Boa10g and Muntari should start from bench. Gabriel for second choice. Petagna, Niang are future players. S. El-Sharaawy is getting his form gradually. Weldone guyz… Forza Milan!