Gianluigi Donnarumma Italy's future is in your hands

[Mr_Grieves]

November


No wins in either Champions League game leaves us looking at another 2nd place finish
Less issues in the League 3 wins from 3
AC Milan legend and coach Kaka leaves us to become the manager of Lazio. Wish him all the best but is it too much too soon? Nobody likes to loose a backroom member of staff but a man of his standing in the game i had no chance of keeping him from this chance.
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Fixtures

Pescara 1-2 AC Milan
Berardi
Violante


Champions League match 4
Chelsea 3-1 AC Milan
Bonaventura
The away goal left us in pole position for top spot despite the defeat


AC Milan 5-0 Fiorentina
Barbosa
Bertolacci
Berardi 3
Jurgen Klinsmann's stock continues to plummet after being humiliated by Berardi
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Bolognia 0-1 AC Milan
Calleri


Champions League Match 5
Monaco 0-0 AC Milan
Battered them but by some hook or crook they kept us out and look to have stuck us in 2nd spot.
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Serie A
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We continue to lead the way 4 points clear of Inter. Lazio have the first managerial casualty of the year as you've already seen how thats bothered us.



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[Mr_Grieves]

December


Successful month fighting on 4 fronts
Jono Calleri went crazy this month finding 12 goals through the month.
Speaking of Calleri he along with Sisto, Barbosa and the summers wantaway man Jorge all extend there contracts till 2023, another 4 and half years. Taking advantage of being the best team in the world while we can.




Fixtures

AC Milan 2-0 Genoa
Calleri 2


Champions League Match 6
AC Milan 4-1 Anderlecht
Calleri 2
Sisto
Barbosa
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I thought we were going great guns till i turned over and seen Chelsea were 5 goals ahead securing top spot for themselves. All 4 Italian teams made it through to the last 16.


Italian Cup 1st Rnd
AC Milan 5-0 Livorno
Gumus 2
Violante
Taravella
Van Der Laan


AC Milan 3-3 Napoli
Calleri
Van Der Laan
Berardi




Serie A
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Juventus move to the top of the table in our absence, Inter & Napoli right behind while he surprise packages of the season Pescara & Cagliari are still in the European places.
Lazio still sit on 1 win from 16 and even worse Genoa still waiting for there 1st win of the season.


2 More managers lose there job. Jurgen Klinsmann finally got the chop at Fiorentina replaced with Swiss manager Urs Fischer while Udinese replace Roberto Beni with Didier Deschamps singing the deal on Christmas day.




Champions League Last 16 draw
AC Milan vs Real Madrid
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We could have got Celtic or Sporting Lisbon it was tough to get one of the toughest teams at the last 16 stage.




FIFA World Club Championships



Semi's
Al Jazira 0-7 AC Milan
Betolacci
Calleri 4
Sisto
Bonaventura



Final
River Plate 2-6 AC Milan
Sisto
Bertolacci 2
Calleri 3
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Great match. Like the rest of the month Calleri's goals were the difference.



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[Mr_Grieves]

January

Injurys cripple us in January. This doesnt add the 5 u18's that would have stepped into there place.
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Doesnt stop our charge to the top in Serie A
Quiet window especially in Milan


Fixtures



AC Milan 3-2 Inter
Bonaventura
O'G
Gumus


Roma 1-3 AC Milan
Bonaventura
Calleri
Gumas


Palermo 1-3 AC Milan
Gumas 2
Berardi


AC Milan 2-2 Carpi
Neri
Berardi


Cagliari 1-2 AC Milan
Stones
Calleri


Torino 0-1 AC Milan
Lozano




Serie A
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Were back on top and stretching our legs at the top.




Transfer Window
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Its all about the English clubs spending power in January




Serie A
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Juventus make the only significant move adding Bournemouth's Bouafal and thats stretching "big move"


AC Milan
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Two youths for the U18's and the best freebie i've seen from Brazil. Already out on loan will only play if Berardi forces a move which came close in January



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[Mr_Grieves]

February


Lazio hand us our 1st league defeat since early October.
Another Italian Cup Semi Final after beating Frosinone, Inter await in the Semi's
We hold the advantage well kinda in the Champions League


Fixtures

AC Milan 4-0 Sampdoria
Berardi 2
O'G
Lozano


Italian Cup Q/F
AC Milan 3-2 Froinone
Barbosa
Gumus 2


Lazio 2-1 AC Milan
Bonaventura


Udinese 0-7 AC Milan
Pontisso
Van Der Laan 2
Sisto
Calleri
Berardi
Gumus


AC Milan 3-0 Brescia
Berardi
Van der Laan
Violante


Champions League Last 16 1st Leg
AC Milan 2-1 Real Madrid
Bonaventura
Stones
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Rodriguez gave Real the vital away goal and the lead but we fought back and have the lead going into the 2nd leg.




AC Milan 0-0 Juventus

Had we won this game it may have been the end for Juventus but a draw means if the league ends in a tie they win it all on head to head. Everyone wanted to see this game and we seen the Serie A attendance record broken
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Serie A
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So we've talked about the top 2 but then the excitement follows. Pescara are up to 3rd with Sampdoria in the final Champions League spot. Inter, Napoli & Torino are right on there tails however.



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[Mr_Grieves]

March


Inter are demolished in the Italian cup
Real Madrid are demolished in the Benabau
Atlanta & Pescara hold us to draws at the San Siro
No youth products of note so we'll have to look around Serie A before the season is out




Fixtures

Italian Cup Semi 1st Leg
Inter 0-7 AC Milan
Sisto
Pontisso
Calleri
Bonventura 3
Gumus


AC Milan 0-0 Atalanta


Champions League Last 16 2nd leg
Real Madrid 1-4 AC Milan
Sisto
Van Der Laan 2
Bonaverntura

we took the lead in the 3rd minute and went counter attacking, Real Madrid had no idea how to deal with us and were thumped.
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Mixed occasion for Serie A Udinese & Roma are out but Juventus get through. Arsenal & Barcelona join Real Madrid in the super powers leaving the competition before Celtic!!!!
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Sassuolo 0-3 AC Milan
Van Der Laan 2
Bonaverntura


AC Milan 2-2 Pescara
Calleri 2




Serie A
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We have a fight on our hands for the title. Juventus are only 4 points behind had have head to head advantage. 10 games to go were both fighting on 3 front so we have got to try and keep a more settle team get some consistency to secure another title.


Champions League Last 16 Draw
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Liverpool the conquerors of Udinese are our Quarter Final obstacle. Plenty former Milan players in there striker force Super Mario, who's not played for them in 2 seasons and Carlos Bacca. Juventus get a tough draw with PSG. Chelsea will face Leverkusen two teams were very familiar with!



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[Average Joe]

Just caught up mate, some proper drubbings given out!

Love that Inter 7-0

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Sorry for the lack of updates folks. My momentum has been stumped with work

 

[Mr_Grieves]

April


Gap opens up in Serie A despite defeat to Inter
We ONLY JUST make it to the Champions League semi finals


Fixtures

Fiortentina 2-2 AC Milan
Bonavntura 2


Inter 2-1 AC Milan
Taravella


AC Milan 4-0 Bolognia
Sisto
Stones
Calleri 2


Champions League Q/F 1st Leg
AC Milan 2-0 Liverpool
Bonavntura
O'G
Great result with 10 men for most of the game


Genoa 0-1 AC Milan
Calleri


Champions League Q/F 2nd Leg
Liverpool 2-1 AC Milan
O'G
AGG AC Milan 3-2 Liverpool
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Our result was nothing on what Celtic just did to Man City. Leverkusen beating Chelsea is a bit of a shock as Chelsea look like the best in the world atm.






Serie A
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Were now 6 points clear as Juventus drop points. Still anyones game 3rd to 7th or beyond. Huge names fighting t avoid relegation. Sassuolo would be a surprise after there cup success over the last 3 seasons but Fiorentina & Roma would be huge teams to loose.




Champions League Semi Draw
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Celtic would have been the dream draw for a CL Semi final but instead we get a repeat of last years final and Cubas coming back to the San Siro



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[Mr_Grieves]

May


For the first time in the clubs history we win the title 4 times in a row as Juventus's challenge faultered in the final months. One title away from equaling Italys greatest sides Juventus 30's, Torino 40s, Inter 00's who all won 5 in row.
Champions League Semi final goes our way but it was again so close
Final post of the season will feature two games with Juventus that will decide the Coppa Italia & Champions League


Fixtures

Inter Milan 1-2 AC Milan
Calleri 2


AC Milan 2-1 Torino
Calleri
Lozano


Champions League S/F 1st Leg
Leverkusen 2-2 AC Milan
Calleri 2


Napoli 1-3 AC Milan
Gumus
Lozano 2


Champions League S/F 2nd Leg
AC Milan 2-1 Leverkusen
Bonaventura 2
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An old face that has been with me from the start got the two goals that take us to a 3rd final in a row. Its an all Italian affair with Juventus comfortably beating Celtic in the other Semi


AC Milan 0-0 Palermo


Carpi 0-3 AC Milan
Lozano
Vergine
Violante


AC Milan 1-0 Cagliari
Berardi




Serie A
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So the top 2 were well clear of the rest. Inter finished 3rd and Pescara complete an amazing season securing Champions League football in there 3rd Serie A season. Sampdoria, Udinese & Napoli go to the Europa League. The big teams Roma & Fiorentina at the bottom just managed to scramble clear Fiorentina finished 2 points above the bottom 3 thanks to Carpi loosing 8 of there last 10 games winning non. Genoa & Frosinone were down a while ago.



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[Mr_Grieves]

Finals Week




Coppa Italia Final
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AC Milan Vs Juventus
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AC Milan 1-0 Juventus
Bonaventura
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Result was close but the match was not! We utterly dominated a side that beat us 3-0 earlier on this season. Juventus 1 shot on target is a testament to our defense and the stand in Rodgrigo Ely & Simone Pontisso






Champions League Final 2019
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AC Milan Vs Juventus
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AC Milan 1-0 Juventus
Bonaventura
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What the chances? Identical result & scorer as 3 nights ago. Only this was far more dramatic. Juve spent most of the game down to 10 men and scrapped hard but like the Italian cup final they could not find a way through and with Extra time looming Bonaventura a few months short of his 30th birthday decided he couldnt be doing with another 30 minutes stepped up and grabbed the goal that made us the 1st team to defend the Champions League.



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[Mr_Grieves]

End Of Season 2018/19 Review




****** Sampdoria. They hold the Italian Super Cup and with that exception we hold every title we could have won. League was a shame for the neutral that the Juventus challenge came to nothing due to there abysmal form in the last 2 months. Squad wise im very happy that our young players started leaving a mark on the team.


The other big league winners were Atletico Madrid retained for 3rd year in a row which saw David Moyes sacked by Barcelona and replaced with Roma boss Frank De Boer, Bayern return to the top with Joachim Low & Chelsea still managed by Jose and winning the title in early April. What could have been Roman!
Man City finished way back in 7th and rewarded Antonio Conte with the sack replacing him with Porto coach Julen Lopetegui


AC Milan 2018/9
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A season dominated by injury seen many of our starting 11 missing a few months at time seen the youth step up and drag us across the line to bring us all the success.




AC Milan Finances
Income = £455m +£97m
TV Money £92m -£2m
Sponsors £83m +£4m
Gates receipts £40m +£6M

Expenditure = £296m +£14m
Staff & Player Wages & Bonus £117m +£18m




Wages take a second big bump in two seasons. Not helped by bringing in more scouts & signing most of our top 5 players getting long term deals.


Final balance £265m +£140m






Competitions
Serie A - Winner
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Coppa Italia - AC Milan 1-0 Juventus
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Champions League - AC Milan 1-0 Juventus
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Europa League - Schalke 2-2 Porto, Schalke win on Pens
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Serie A teams in Europe 2017/18
AC Milan - Champions League Winners
Juventus - Champions League Final
Udinese - Champions League Last 16
Roma - Champions League Last 16
Torino - Europa League S/F
Inter - Europa League Last 16
Lazio - Europa League last 32






Life time players Update
This section is saved for players who should be here for there whole careers




GK Gianluigi Donnarumma
Season 60app Career 217app
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Locked down the Italian No1 spot before his 20th Birthday and now had 25 caps. Biggest flaw is tha the's still parries too many shots back into strikers feet. but almost a clean sheet every second game is a decent record to take his career total to 107.




DR Mattia De Sciglio
Season 40app/1 Goal Career 212app/3 Goal
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Far and away his best season for us. Fit almost all season, only defender to do that




DC John Stones
Season 32app/3Goals Club Career 116app/3Goals
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Injurys and a lack of form will put his place in the team under threat long term. Back up Ely showed to be more than up for covering him in the big game and plenty U18 talent at Center back looking to get a chance in the first team. It will never be Romagnoli stepping aside so Stone is under huge pressure.




DC Alessio Romagnoli
Season 46app/0 Goal Club Career 185app/8 Goal
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Teams best defender fought though injury to play in the two finals and help keep a clean sheet in both.


DL Jorge
Season 38app/1Goals Club Career 133app/5Goal
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Best Wing back in the world? Maybe not even in this team but the biggest award he has in a team with such skilled attacking players & star Italian defenders he romped to the fans player of the year award again.


MR Pione Sisto
Season 42app/9Goals - Club Career 171app/49Goals
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Second season in a row his attributes have dropped at the end of the season despite being in the main stage of development.


MC Jose Mauri
Season 35app1 Goals Club Career 142app/16Goals
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Has turned into a total midfielder. Amazing stats across the board


ML G Bonaventura
Season 39app/21Goals Club Career 174app/70Goals
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The Italian really should have been on this list before but the two final goals secures his legacy


AM Gabi Barbosa
Season 35app/4Goals Club Career 142app/44Goals
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A very poor season where Barbosa should have been fighting Calleri for the starting spot yet he ended the season with only 4 goals!




Season Awards


Team of the year
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Serie A Player of the year
Jonathan Calleri
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First time a player wins golden boot & Player of the year




Serie A Young Player of the year
Hirving Lozano
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Repeat winner. Top 3 all from AC Milan but IMO all too old!


Top Scorer
Jonathan Calleri - 23 goals

Tied with Udinese's £875k 33 year old signing Mandzukic but Calleri played 7 games less to win the award




Manager of the year
Gigi Donnarumma
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[Average Joe]

I could never get much out of Barbosa, sold him to Madrid for 77 mil where he did do well. Never consistent enough I found in the end

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Gazzetta

Pre Season Preview


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Clubs pull in over £100m in profit but loose Gabi Barbosa
Much like last summer the transfers were clearing out more squad players to give youth more opportunities.
Ignazio Abate gets a testimonial against Palermo. Signed on youth terms in 2002, a few loan spells led to a move to Torino but after one season Milan brought him home in 2009. In his decade at the club he's played over 20 games in all but 2 seasons despite being the back up DR. Entering his senior years but with lack of a youth DR coming through means he'll still get plenty action.
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Manager Changes
Frank De Boer - Barcelona
Julen Lopetegui - Man City




Targets
Serie A - Winners
Italian Cup - Solid Cup run
Champions League - Semi Finals


We hold every trophy possible to win now so this season will be known as operation retain




Transfer Window
All our new signings are either back up or youth, Including Thiago who nobody else was signing for some reason. Barbosa is the huge loss the rest were back up players already loosing time to the U19s




AC Milan
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In


Thiago - MC
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Not sure what im missing here but he's only 28, played almost 30 games every season for Bayern but sat on the dump heap for over a month till i made a deal to take him to Milan. We will not miss out on a future fee when the time comes. I just felt Bertolluci, Mauri & Mastalli was a bit light in the middle so Thiago with his versatility will be a great addition if not mostly for depth.


Ramon Janssen - DL
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Far too good for Utrecht and a great addition on a free to be the Abate of the left wing.




Two Youths
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Out
The biggest move we made possibly so far was the sale of Gabi Barbosa. No getting away from it he was awful last season and Man City & Barcelona entered a bidding war & thankfully Gabi took the extra £3m or so Man City offered us. Huge profit but will it come back to haunt us? Man City didnt stop there. They spent another £20m to pry Simone Pontisso from our back up team. Both of our backup defenders were sent on there way. With 12 months left on his deal Jherson Vergara was always leaving for Newcastle for £4.4m. The better half of the CB's Rodrigo Ely joined the list of overpriced Brazilians joining PSG for £21m and a potential £10m in future fee's. More players than ever out on loan.






Serie A Transfers
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We were not the only team selling our star players. Juventus sent Martin Odegaard back to Real Madrid for £30m and Lazio sold Felipe Anderson leaves for Bayern for a meager £8.5m leaving Kaka & his Lazio team to make the biggest deal to buy Niklas Sule from Hoffenheim for £22m. Juventus make one great signing in Pjanic from Roma then a few horror moves adding Serge Gnabry £20.5m & Jason Denayer £12.25m. Better transfers from the other Italian clubs. Marcelo & Erik Lamerla join Udinese, Lazio also add Mario Balotelli, his team mate Christian Benteke joins Inter Milan and FM15 star Tony Sanabria joins Atalanta from Germans Stuttgart.




World Transfer
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How much money do City have? They take the turn to spend mega money. Great move by Barcelona to get Lucas Moura for £16.5m




Champions League Draw
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We'll finally play my favorite club Man Utd. Shakhtar will provide a challenge for the top 2. Basel should finish bottom but well its Basel. Juventus got a group where top 2 will be simple, Valencia, Galatasaray, Anderlecht but Inter got PSG & Barcelona. Man Utd thrashed Pescara who drop to the Europa League




Italian Super Cup
AC Milan 1-0 Juventus
Romagnoli
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Only a goal in it as usual but could it have been any more dominant?




European Super Cup
AC Milan 4-0 Gelsenkirchen
Calleri 3
Laan
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Calleri scored a hattrick well before half time but got injured by the end and will miss most or all of September






AC Milan Squad 2019
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One change in the 1st team Henk Van Der Laan takes over from Barbosa. Plenty players among the backup players a few from the u19's too which is encouraging.



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[Mr_Grieves]

I could never get much out of Barbosa, sold him to Madrid for 77 mil where he did do well. Never consistent enough I found in the end

Well my friend i guess we are going to live or die by following your example

 

[Mr_Grieves]

September


Kaka has a torrid time on his 1st trip back to the San Siro
We win the first 3 games but come undone against Torino & Napoli.
9 of our 1st team squad of 23 starting players end the month injured while another few spent time out.
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Fixtures

AC Milan 6-0 Lazio
Romagnoli
Van Der Laan
Berardi
Bonaventura 2
Bertolacci


Fiorentina 0-2 AC Milan
O'G
Meduri


Champions League Match 1
Man Utd 1-2 AC Milan
Bonaventura
Sisto
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Get our toughest game first and a win puts us in a great position right from the start.


Torino 2-1 AC Milan
Berardi


AC Milan 0-0 Napoli


Bologna 0-3 AC Milan
Thago 2
Calleri




Serie A
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Juventus make a stunning start winning all 5 games and clear at the top. Atalanta look to have put a decent team together and are 2nd ahead of ourselves, Roma & Napoli all on 10 points. Fiorentina make another abysmal start to the season with 5 defeats from 5.



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[Mr_Grieves]

October


Juventus still lead the way
Champions League is another story 3 wins out of 3 and only one dodgy display
Injury crisis helps ease the usual lack of football complaints




Fixtures



Champions League Match 2
AC Milan 3-0 Shakhar
Janssen
Calleri
Lozano
Club legend Anatolly Tymoschuk is back at the club and in charge. There double header with Man Utd looks like it might be for 2nd spot


AC Milan 3-1 Pscara
Sisto
Taravella
Thiago
The fun of last year seems a long way off. Struggling in the bottom half of Serie A but in the Europa league they've beaten Arsenal and to there group


Sampdoria 1-1 AC Milan
Calleri
My bogie team strikes again. We always find it hard to score against Sampdoria


Champions League Match 3
AC Milan 2-1 Basel
Mastalli 2
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This was well in hand till Basel made the last 10 minutes very interesting. Sadly former Milan hard man Rino Gattuso couldnt fire his Basel side up to get a result in the San Siro despite a very brave effort. Man Utd won the battle for 2nd place 1st leg so to speak. Will be cheering Shakhtar on match day 4 where we might finally win our group.


AC Milan 3-0 Brescia
Masalli
Vergine
Calleri
This would have been the day Vergine arrived with a dominating display with a goal & assist but sadly he went of injured at the end


Sassuolo 2-3 AC Milan
Calleri 2
Bonaventura
92nd minute goal from "that man Calleri" keeps us in touch with Juve at the top




Serie A
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Strange feeling that after 9 games were not only 2nd but more than a win off the pace. 4 teams right in our tracks at well if we mess up again, something Juve dont look like doing! Sampdoria are the early season disappointment entering the relegation zone.



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[Mr_Grieves]

November


We start November well but end the month dropping points in our two biggest games
Including letting Juve extend there lead at the top
Bad month for my first protege as Kaka is sacked by Lazio
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Fixtures


AC Milan 3-0 Udinese
Mastalli
Calleri 2


Champions League Match 4
Basel 1-4 AC Milan
Bonaventura
Bertolacci
Gumus
Calleri


Roma 0-5 AC Milan
Calleri 3
Mastalli
Gumus


AC Milan 1-0 Inter
Calleri


Champions League Match 5
AC Milan 1-1 Man Utd
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Both teams got own goals and should be in the last 16. Man Utd just need a point from the Basel game while we secured top spot.


Juventus 2-1 AC Milan
Sisto
The Sisto goal was a consolation. Juventus are for real!!!




Serie A
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Just as we were closing the gap Juventus ended the month by stretching the gap to 5 points. Paulo Dybala is the man doing all the damage. Napoli & Torino not far away, Atalanta are the team looking most likely to cause a shock while big teams in the bottom half Fiorentina, 16th again & managerless Lazio 14th



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[Mr_Grieves]

December


World Club Cup defended again
Gap in Serie A get to a critical state and its only December!
Champions League draw is just not fair!


Fixtures

Palermo 0-3 AC Milan
Taravella 3


Champions League Match 6
Shakhtar 1-1 AC Milan
Lozano
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Group secured so back up players got a moral boosting result in Ukraine. Elswewhere Juventus finished 2nd to Valencia, Inter Milan went one better and finished ahead of Barcelona in Group H so all 3 teams reach the last 16. Huge teams drop into the Europa League. Bayern, Chelsea, Liverpool & Paris SG




Serie A
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We missed out on 3 games while winning the world club cup but my goodness were now 14 points behind Juventus. We're not helped by Dybala hitting 21 goals. If this had been the whole season in either of the 3 years he would be only 2 goals away from the total from the top scorer through the whole seasons.




Champions League Last 16 draw
Barcelona vs AC Milan
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First team out the hat is Barcelona. Right if we avoid this i'll take ANYTHING else since the only other top teams were going to be avoided, Man Utd & Juventus. But no fate give us Barcelona. Dont seem to do anything near the team of 2014.




World Club Championship
In Canada
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Semi Finals
America (Mex) 0-2 AC Milan
Taravella 2
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Simple win with Taravella doing the buisness again


Final
AC Milan 3-1 Boca
Calleri 2
Van Der Laan
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On the 21st minute Boca registered there only shot on goal to take the lead and through the rest of the first half we screwed up chance after chance until right on HT Calleri pulled us level. On to the second half and we really got rolling Van Der Laan & a second goal from Calleri seen us secure our 2nd win in a row and tie Barcelona with 3 wins, Beating an Argentinian side each time.



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[Mr_Grieves]

January


Were forced to cram in 7 games into the first month of 2020
This gave us 7 wins the main victims being Lazio who let in 11 goals over our two matches
one of the busier January windows loosing players who have been valuable squad players. Kids now must step up again




Fixtures

Italian Cup 1st Rnd
AC Milan 3-0 Lazio
Sisto 2
Calleri


AC Milan 2-0 Cittadella
Sisto
Calleri


Atalanta 1-4 AC Milan
Bonaventura 3
Lozano


Lazio 0-8 AC Milan
Bonaventura
O'G
Calleri 4
Thiago
Villalba


Italian Cup Q/F
AC Milan 3-0 Pescara
Van Der Laan
Romagnoli
Calleri


AC Milan 3-1 Fiorentina
Mauri
Calleri
Lozano


AC Milan 3-1 Torino
Calleri 2
Taravella




Serie A
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Juventus finally loose! Roma help us close the gap to 9 points, we win our 3 games in hand we'll be 2 points behind. In further good news Juve's lead striker Paulo Dybala has hit a dry patch in form. Once again at best it looks like a 2 horse race at the top. 5 points between 3rd & 8th. similar gap from 13th to 19th with Cittadella only 3 point further back at the bottom.




Transfer Window


All January transfers
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Real Madrid spend over £100m, Atletico £69m. Serie A Hit hard again




Italy
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Serie A also loose Gerson & Alfred Duncan



AC Milan


In
We'll start with the good news.


Roberto Firmino MC
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He can play almost anywhere across the middle and was going to join in the summer until the loss of Lozano left me a bit light in the middle so i spent the £12.5m to add him now.

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Douglas Costa joins on loan likewise to add depth till the end of the season. Were so far behind in Serie A that i felt we needed more than just the kids.


Two youths also join the party
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Out
Domenico Berardi had again complained about the amount of playing time he got in Milan. Suspiciously a few days later Atletico placed a bid and after a quick negotiation we had a deal in place. Never came close to being a starting player and now we have youths taking oppertunitys away from him now maybe was a bit early to sell but his time was almost up. Hirving Lozano was a totally different tale. In his 3rd season at the team and one of a few players that were fighting for Bonaventura's long term position on the left wing. Despite playing for a team that are looking for a 3rd Champions League in a row his head was turned like many before him by Real Madrid. Potential to see an extra £40m of income from these two deals.



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[Mr_Grieves]

February


It may be the shortest month but with 9 games it sure didnt feel like that
Barcelona take the lead in the Champions League and with no away goal our title could be in sever jeopardy
Antonio Cassano becomes manager of Perugia one of three team changing managers in February
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Fixtures

Napoli 1-2 AC Milan
Bonaventura
Calleri


AC Milan 1-0 Bologna
Thiago


Pescara 1-1 AC Milan
Calleri


Coppa Italia S/F 1st Leg
Atalanta 0-3 AC Milan
Calleri 2
Van Der Laan


AC Milan 2-0 Sampdoria
Calleri
Stones


Champions League Last 16 1st Leg
Barcelona 1-0 AC Milan
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One of those days were we decorated the woodwork but just couldnt find a goal


Brescia 0-0 AC Milan


Cagliari 0-4 AC Milan
Calleri 2
Bonaventura
Van Der Laan


AC Milan 4-1 Sassuolo
Calleri 2
Romagnoli
Firmino




Serie A
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The last game of the month seen the first big swing between Milan & Juventus. For the first time were now in a position to go top if we win our games in hand. After the title batlle the top 3 race is a utter mess. 5 points between 3rd and 11th. Poor Palermo & Pescara are the only teams i would say are mid table then from Lazio 14th to Brescia 18th we have 5 teams split by 4 points. Bottom two only a win behind that as well. Calleri is also giving Dybala a run for top goalscorer.


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