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Watch out for the Old Lady
Gattuso warns his Milan teammates against a Juve backlash
ROME: League leaders AC Milan can add insult to injury by striking a potentially fatal blow to the championship hopes of fierce rivals Juventus when the teams meet for a Scudetto showdown in Turin tomorrow.
While Milan clinched a place in the quarter finals of the Champions League midweek, Juventus were dumped out by Deportivo Coruna and a second defeat in six days at the Delle Alpi Stadium will almost certainly put paid to the reigning champions' hopes of a third successive Serie A title.
Milan have won 10 of their last 11 league games and hold a six point lead over third placed Juve, but their midfield general Gennaro Gattuso has warned his teammates to prepare for a backlash from the team they beat on penalties in last season's Champions League final.
"The game will be extremely difficult and although we are playing a Juventus team that is not in the best of health, we know that they will give everything not to lose ground in the title race," said the tough tackling Italy international who scored in Milan's 4-1 defeat of Sparta Prague on wednesday.
"Their defeat against Deportivo changes nothing and they will be desperate to bounce back. Their success over the last few years have been built on their resilience and we are ready for a real battle."
Gattuso said his Milan team had to avoid making the same mistakes as they did last season when they lost 2-1 to the Old Lady in Turin after conceding two goals in the first 21 minutes.
"We must not repeat the errors of last year. We let them have too much of the ball, defended badly and came under immense pressure," he said.
"They simply overran us and we can't afford to give them a similar start this time around otherwise we will be in trouble."
Milan may be bubbling with confidence but their record at the Delle Alpi is nothing to be proud of.
They have lost on their last four visits and last tasted victory back in `99 when legendary Liberian striker George Weah found the target in a 2-0 win.
Clarence Seedorf is expected to be recalled to Milan's starting lineup by coach Carlo Ancelotti after recovering from a thigh strain.
Ancelotti's counterpart Marcello Lippi has some serious injury worries with strikers David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero, and Fabrizio Miccoli all ruled out.
Under-fire Nicola Legrottaglie, who has struggled since arriving from Chievo last summer, is expected to retain his place in a defence that has leaked 27 goals in 24 matches, as many as in the whole season of the 2000-01 season.
-AFP
Gattuso warns his Milan teammates against a Juve backlash
ROME: League leaders AC Milan can add insult to injury by striking a potentially fatal blow to the championship hopes of fierce rivals Juventus when the teams meet for a Scudetto showdown in Turin tomorrow.
While Milan clinched a place in the quarter finals of the Champions League midweek, Juventus were dumped out by Deportivo Coruna and a second defeat in six days at the Delle Alpi Stadium will almost certainly put paid to the reigning champions' hopes of a third successive Serie A title.
Milan have won 10 of their last 11 league games and hold a six point lead over third placed Juve, but their midfield general Gennaro Gattuso has warned his teammates to prepare for a backlash from the team they beat on penalties in last season's Champions League final.
"The game will be extremely difficult and although we are playing a Juventus team that is not in the best of health, we know that they will give everything not to lose ground in the title race," said the tough tackling Italy international who scored in Milan's 4-1 defeat of Sparta Prague on wednesday.
"Their defeat against Deportivo changes nothing and they will be desperate to bounce back. Their success over the last few years have been built on their resilience and we are ready for a real battle."
Gattuso said his Milan team had to avoid making the same mistakes as they did last season when they lost 2-1 to the Old Lady in Turin after conceding two goals in the first 21 minutes.
"We must not repeat the errors of last year. We let them have too much of the ball, defended badly and came under immense pressure," he said.
"They simply overran us and we can't afford to give them a similar start this time around otherwise we will be in trouble."
Milan may be bubbling with confidence but their record at the Delle Alpi is nothing to be proud of.
They have lost on their last four visits and last tasted victory back in `99 when legendary Liberian striker George Weah found the target in a 2-0 win.
Clarence Seedorf is expected to be recalled to Milan's starting lineup by coach Carlo Ancelotti after recovering from a thigh strain.
Ancelotti's counterpart Marcello Lippi has some serious injury worries with strikers David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero, and Fabrizio Miccoli all ruled out.
Under-fire Nicola Legrottaglie, who has struggled since arriving from Chievo last summer, is expected to retain his place in a defence that has leaked 27 goals in 24 matches, as many as in the whole season of the 2000-01 season.
-AFP
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IN OTHER NEWS
Del Piero out for three to four weeks
ROME: Juventus captain Alex Del Piero is expected to be out of action for between three to four weeks while he recovers from an injury to his right calf muscle, a spokesman for the club told Reuters on Thursday.
The news will be greeted with some relief by the striker, who feared a much longer layoff after hobbling off the pitch after seven minutes of Tuesday's Champions League tie against Deportivo Coruna, which Juve lost 1-0.
A similar injury to the left calf in September kept the Italy international out of first team action for more than 50 days.
In the short term, however, Del Piero's injury adds to the woes of Juve coach Marcello Lippi, who is already struggling to cope with a long casualty list and has just 13 first team players available for tomorrow's game against Serie A leaders AC Milan. -Reuters
IN OTHER NEWS
Del Piero out for three to four weeks
ROME: Juventus captain Alex Del Piero is expected to be out of action for between three to four weeks while he recovers from an injury to his right calf muscle, a spokesman for the club told Reuters on Thursday.
The news will be greeted with some relief by the striker, who feared a much longer layoff after hobbling off the pitch after seven minutes of Tuesday's Champions League tie against Deportivo Coruna, which Juve lost 1-0.
A similar injury to the left calf in September kept the Italy international out of first team action for more than 50 days.
In the short term, however, Del Piero's injury adds to the woes of Juve coach Marcello Lippi, who is already struggling to cope with a long casualty list and has just 13 first team players available for tomorrow's game against Serie A leaders AC Milan. -Reuters
