The Falling Giant - The King of Milan Returns

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Milan are a club who throughout their history, have dominated world football. They have won 7 Champions Leagues (2nd most of any club), as well as 18 Serie A titles, however this is the same as great rivals Inter, and 11 less than the great Juventus. The two Milan clubs have slipped behind Juventus, and are being threatened by Italian clubs on the rise such as Roma and Napoli. It is time for this to change, and there is only one man for the job.


The Manager

Paulo Maldini. The King of Milan.​

After making his debut in 1985, he played his entire 25 year career at Milan. He has made the record amount of appearances for Milan. He was the conductor in Milan's success in the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as making defending an art. At the age of 45, this is his first attempt at management, however the whole of the Milan support have his full backing that he will help Milan return to their glory days.


Aims​

-Become the most successful team in Champions League history and overtake the great Real Madrid. (First to 10?!)
-Focus on nurturing Italian talent rather than spending big on foreigners.
-Drag Milan back to becoming the European Giant they once were.


Key Players and Youth Prospects​


-Super Mario is by far our best player at the club currently. We will be heavily relying on the 22 year old for goals this season.

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-Adil Rami, will be our boss at the back, after recently joining from Valencia.

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-Stephan El Shaarawy, despite being only 20 he will be a key player for us this season.

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-Bryan Cristante and Andrea Petagna are our most exciting prospects, we will try to give these two first team football where possible.

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-We will of course be keeping a close eye on young Christian Maldini, the great Paulo's son is on loan at Brescia.

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Transfers Targets​



Out

-Phillipe Mexes. Although the French defender is a decent player, he is costing the club almost ?150,000 a week in wages.
-Sully Muntari. Same situation, I would've liked to have kept the Ghanean rock in midfield, but when he comes with almost ?100,000 a week in wages he is surplus to requirements, especially with the presence of Essien.
-Urby Emmanuelson. Not sure about this one yet. He may also not be needed by the club. If we can bring in a left back we will probably let him go.
-Marco Amelia. The goalkeeper is sat as a back-up to Abbiati. However at 31 we may need to cash in on him while we can.

Targets

-Centre Back. Options for this position include David Astori, Mateo Mastachio, as well as Marco Capuano.
-Left Back. If we do sell Emmanuelson it is likely another left back will need to be brought in. Ricardo Rodriguez maybe too good for us to watch pass by if we can get him for a reasonable price. Davide Santon another possibility.
-Goalkeeper. Salvatore Sirigu is the only player who really interests me here. If we can bring him in for a good price then we almost certainly will, he could be a fairly long term replacement for Abbiati.
-Youth. Mario Pugliese, Alberto Cerri and Georgio Rasulo of MK Dons are all interesting me as potential youth stars of Milan.

Note: this is my first story so if you have any tips about the layout or anything please let me know. Also any feedback is much appreciated!
 
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Looking forward to this Timmzeh. Milan is always a good and challenging option to start with.

Cheers and good luck.
 
Will be following mate, sounds a good challenge! Adil Rami looks a lot like Mario Balotelli ;) lol
 
Looking good so far and as I'm a Milan fan you had better do well!;)

Try and use Cristante as much as you can, I think he could turn in to a brilliant player for Milan.

What is your transfer budget?
 
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Looking good so far and as I'm a Milan fan you had better do well!;)

Try and use Cristante as much as you can, I think he could turn in to a brilliant player for Milan.

What is your transfer budget?
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I'll try haha! Yeah from what I have seen so far he is looking like a very good player already, hopefully he can develop well. It was 5 Million, with like 20K remaining in wages at the start.
 
go to the board and ask for extra funds? They usually give me ?15-20m more!!
 
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Transfers

Out

-Sully Muntari moved to Southampton for a fee of 4.4 Million Euros. He was carrying a hefty chunk of the wage budget and wasnt really needed at the club

-Phillipe Mexes moved to Everton for a fee just under $500,000 euros. He was being paid almost $150,000 in wages and wasnt really considered a key member of the squad. His contract was ending so we got rid of him while we could.

-Marco Amelia moved to Udinese for $750,000 Euros. He would be third choice keeper at the club, however he would become unhappy so we let him go.

-Urby Emmanuelson to Everton for $2.8 Million Euros. Very similar situation to Mexes. His contract was ending so we cashed in before we let him go for free at the end of the season.


Paulo Maldini brings in 5 players all of which are Italian, or at least of Italian origin. Clearly he is trying to bring in domestic players over foreigners.


In

-Salvatore Sirigu was bought from PSG for 4.5 Million Euros. He is better than Abbiati, as well as being 10 years younger. He should be the team's first choice keeper for many years to come. He already is looking like a bargain for Milan.

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-Davide Astori was bought in for a fee of 12.5 Million Euros from Serie A side Cagliari. He will start alongside Rami in defense. Astori is returning to the club where hi proffesional career began.

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-Marco Capuano was bought from the Serie B outfit Pescara for 2.5 Million Euros. At the age of 21 he still has plenty of room to grow, he will be used as a squad rotation player currently. Hopefully he will improve in the future!

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-Davide Santon was bought in for 14 Million Euros from Newcastle. He will be a first team player at either left back or right back. He is also young and has plenty of room to grow into possibly one of the world's best wing backs.

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Giorgio Rasulo was bought in from MK Dons for a small fee of just over 100K. He looks like a good prospect for the future at the age of only 16. He is also half Italian so should have no problems settling in. We will see how he develops in the U19s this season.

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Update / August - October

20/8/13 - Reb Bull Salzburg v Milan

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Maldini's first game in charge of Milan. We dominated really, deserved more. but I was just happy to come away with an advantage and a clean sheet coming back to Italy.


24/8/13 - Cagliari v Milan

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We played really well in this, and really deserved to come away with the victory as their manager admitted at the end. For the first 75 minutes as least we were superb, not so much after that.


28/8/13 - Milan v Red Bull Salzburg

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Not a great performance at all, we got through the which is what matters

Champions League Draw

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No doubt the group of death, with Barca and Dortmund, we will need to perform away from home in order to progress.


31/8/13 - Milan v Atlanta

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Montolivo bossed this game, and Balotelli was clinical, solid win went with a great performance.


14/9/13 - Bologna v Milan

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We were no doubt the better team, however we just couldnt find the breakthrough.


17/9/13 - Milan v Dortmund

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Unreal how this game ended at 0-0, either team could've won it easily. We however dominated possession, which was very pleasing. Barca didnt have a bad start either.


22/9/13 - Milan v Fiorentina

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Really good result against a strong Fiorentina team. They had a few chances, however Sirigu had an excellent game for us.


25/9/13 - Verona v Milan

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We let in two silly goals, however the result was never really in doubt as we played Verona off the park. El Shaawary was superb clinical.


28/9/13 - Milan v Roma

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We couldn't finish in this game, however with more El Shawaary magic we came away with another good win.


2/10/13 - Apoel v Milan

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A comfortable win, perhaps more importantly Barca came back from 2-0 to beat Dortmund 3-2. If we can get a result in Dortmund we will have a huge chance of progressing.


6/10/13 - Milan v Sampdoria

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A disappointing result, especially considering we were 2-0 up, and let that lead slip within the first half. This marks Madini's first defeat, he went 10 games unbeaten to start his career, not bad!


Serie A and Champions Legue Tables

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We are looking good in both. If we can get a point away at Barca it will be a huge boost in the Champions League, then we just need to not loose away in Germany to almost guarantee progression! The league isn't looking too bad either. Also El Shaawary is top scorer.


Other News

-We have some pretty big loan repayments to make.
-Super Mario is out for 2-3 months. We will miss him dearly, especially due to not having a straight up replacement. Robinho will probably come in for him as a DLF. El Shaawary is also out for almost 2 week, meaning he may miss the game at Barca.
-Davide Santon has been injured since his arrival, he made his debut against Sampdoria, hopefully he will be able to make an impact.

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Update / October

19/10/13 - Milan v Torino

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Kaka was brilliant in this game. He was a constant danger to the Torino defence. Solid win at the San Siro. Only negative was that Abate was injured for 2 weeks who has been on great form.


23/10/13 - Milan v Barcelona

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What a result! We beat the great Barcelona at home. They were 1-0 up at half time, however I thought we were the better team. We were a constant danger on the counter, and it proved in the second half with a brilliant come back. This puts us top of the group!


27/10/13 - Milan v Sassuolo

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Great game from us again. We were rock solid at the back, as well as being clinical in front of goal. El Shaawary and Kaka really played well.


30/10/13 - Livorno v Milan

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Another poor away performance from Milan. We deserved to loose, despite dominating possession they had better chances and were clearly more clinical.


Players of the Season so far

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These two have both stepped up hugely in Mario Balotelli's absence. El Shaawary is the team's main goal scoring threat, and Kaka is proving he can still play at the top during his second stint at Milan.


Serie A and Champions League tables

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We are sitting nicely in 3rd in the Serie A, however Juve have had a superb start, and are already starting to seperate themselves from the rest of the field. Im aiming for Champions League qualification, however would love to push for the title in Maldini's first season. We are top of the group of death in the Champions League, however still have Barca and Dortmund to play away from home. If we draw one of those games we have a great chance of going through.


November's Fixtures

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A very important month is coming up. With huge games away at Barca and Dortmund, as well as a top of the table clash with Napoli at the San Siro.​
 
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Update / November

2/11/13 - Milan v Napoli

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Brilliant way to start the month. We blew Napoli away with our possession and clinical finishing. This game was surprisingly easy, especially considering they were 1 point behind us in 3rd place before hand.


5/11/13 - Barcelona v Milan

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We were desperately unlucky this game to come away from the Nou Camp with nothing. We played our counter attacking tactic perfectly, restricting Barca to only one real chance, we even had one ourselves to take the lead. Messi pumped a hopeful ball into the box and Sirigu spilt it with no one around him, Fabregas was there to tap in. Very disappointing considering how well we played. Dortmund also won fairly easily in Cyprus, meaning we are down to third, a loss in Germany in the next game would effectively knock us out, assuming Barca beat Apoel of course.


10/11/13 - Catania v Milan

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I first thought that this would be a tricky away game, however we beat Catania fairly comfortably with Kaka and Saponara getting the goals. Poli was injured in this game, he would be out for a month.


23/11/13 - Milan v Parma

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Ahead of the midweek Champions League clash with Dortmund I rested some big players. We should've won this game though. The had 2 shots on goal, 1 on target, and of course 1 goal. Without making excuses we should've killed the game off before hand.


27/11/13 - Dortmund v Milan

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We were blown away by Dortmund from kick off, and deserved no less then a loss, despite Reus scoring the opening goal directly from a corner. Astori nodded one in from a corner and we pushed for a second that would keep us in the competition and Dortmund made us pay. Our tactic that has worked so well against Barcalona previously was taken to pieces by Dortmund. This analysis sums up the difference in quality between the two sides:

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Personally I think we have been unlucky firstly to be drawn in the group of death, but also to have put in some decent performances throughout the Champions League campaign and not to make it to the knockout stages. We will reach 10 points in the competition if we beat Apoel at the San Siro, usually a points tally that would be enough to put a team through to the second round. We were very unlucky in Barcelona, if Sirigu didn't make that costly error in the last few minutes, a victory at Apoel would be enough to put us through. We will see what we can do in the Europa League.

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Positives however, young Marco Pinato came on to make his debut for the club in the 4-1 thrashing of Napoli. We will see if he becomes anything special.

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Serie A and Champions League tables

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Despite the disappointment in the Champions League, we are still looking good in the Serie A, sitting in 3rd with a game in hand. Juve and Inter both have ridiculously good defensive records, both conceding less than half a goal a game, its no wonder when they are playing such defensive 5-3-2 variations.


Decembers Fixtures

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4 winable games this month, before arch rivals, the undefeated Juventus make the trip to the San Siro for Maldini's and Milan's last game of 2013.​
 
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pez89 said:
Is it possible to get someone with decent hidden attributes to tutor Balotelli? I've never seen him hit his potential due to poor professionalism/high controversy and his injuries slow his progress dramatically.
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Same as in my other saves, I will do my best mate. We are missing him badly at the moment, especially as Robinho has just got himself injured :(
 
Gd start mate. be interesting to see how far you get inctge champions league

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Update / December 2013


1/12/13 - Chievo v Milan

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Solid win away from home, where we have struggled so far in the Serie A this season. Despite Chievo managing to pull one back just after half time, we controlled the game well and didnt give them any other real chances.


7/12/13 - Milan v Lazio

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This was the closest Maldini came to his first home defeat in the Serie A as Milan manager. El Shaawary and Honda's goal were enough for a 2-2 draw at the San Siro. Not an ideal result however we were playing against a fairly strong Lazio side who have added the likes of Mohammed Diame and Sebestian Giovinco to their starting line-up.


10/12/13 - Milan v Apoel

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With us already being out of the competition by the head to head rule after our 4-1 thrashing by Dortmund, we fielded our reserves who brushed off the Apoel challenge, with an easy victory at home. Riccardo Saponara was especially impressive with 2 goals.


14/12/13 - Genoa v Milan

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Genoa are struggling in the relegation zone with less points then they have games played, so Milan expected to come away with a victory. We dominated the game, giving the very little chance, however De Ceglie managed to score a worldie with a curling effort from the edge of the area, but it was only enough for a 2-1 defeat with goals from Honda and Taarabt.


21/12/13 - Milan v Juventus

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What a performance! Milan beat the undefeated leaders of the Serie A 2-1 in order to reduce the gap to just 3 points. We deserved the win, with Juventus seemingly setting up to play for a draw, with a defensive 5-3-2 formation. It was always a bit edgy with only a 1 goal lead, however Honda scored another, this time a beauty of a free kick from 33 yards out to put Milan 2-0. Sirigu played superbly achieving a rating of 8.4 with two world class saves keeping Juventus out when the score was at 1-0. Tevez pulled one back however it was too late.


Other News


Europa League Draw

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Fairly easy draw, and we should easily be looking to progress to the quarter finals.


Marco Capuano and Zan Benedicic

Summer signing from Pescara Marco Capuano is developing well, despite us not being able to give him as much game time as we would've liked. We will definitely need to give him some extra game time, with the knockout stages of the Europa League arriving soon. As well as this, the young Slovenian Zan Benedicic made his debut against Apoel in the Champions League, and played brilliantly recording an assist, he could be one to watch.

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He's Back!

Some brilliant news for Milan's Serie A challenge, he's back! After being out for almost 3 months with an achilles injury, Milan star Mario Balotelli returns.

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Serie A Table

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While breaking Juventus' unbeaten record we have closed the gap to just 3 points at the top of the table with them seemingly running away with the title towards the beginning of the season. However we have no room for error with Inter, Napoli and Roma on our heels.

January's Fixtures

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We start off the year with the Milan derby, against Inter. With the likes of Balotelli and Kaka returning we will hopefully have a good month.​
 
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