Milan tour

[yourmood]

MILAN'S FIRST DAY IN CHINA

HONG KONG - The Milan tour in China has officially set off. The Rossoneri landed this morning in Hong Kong and had their first contact with the city. The flight from Italy landed at 10.44am local time (16.44pm CET). Milan were expected by a crowd of enthusiastic fans. A bus took the Rossoneri to the Island Shangri La Hotel in the centre of Hong Kong. At 12.45am local time they had lunch. After a rest, coach Carlo Ancelotti along with team manager Silvano Ramaccioni and the local authorities held the first press conference of the day at 3pm. An hour later there was a second one, with the players starring in it. Paolo Maldini, Andriy Shevchenko, Billy Costacurta, Fernando Redondo, Massimo Ambrosini, Serginho and Beppe Signori, they all answered the questions of the 200 journalists present.
At 5.30pm local time the team had a light training session in the hotel gym, doing a warm-up and some stretching.
Tomorrow morning at 11.15am local time the Rossoneri will train for the first time at the Hong Kong Stadium.



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[Linus]

Hmm how come Milan start off their tour so early without their top stars? and how come players like Signori are with them ??

[yourmood]

MILAN GAMES IN CHINA LIVE ON MILAN CHANNEL

29 May 2004 10:40


MILAN - Milan Channel will air live the two games the Rossoneri will play in the Far East. They are:

Kit Chee football club-Milan
Sunday, May 30, kick-off 2pm CET at the Hong Kong Stadium

Shenhua-Milan
Wednesday, June 2, kick-off 1.30pm CET at the Shangai Stadium.

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HONG KONG: FIRST TRAINING

29 May 2004 10:46


HONG KONG - Second day in China for Milan. In the morning, at 11.15am local time (5.15am CET) the Rossoneri underwent their first training session at the Hong Kong Stadium where they will play a friendly against Kit Chee football club tomorrow. In front of about 5,000 enthusiastic Chinese fans who were waving Rossonero flags, the team focused on an aerobic work to recover from the journey. they started playing some keep-ball, then warmed up with some fitness exercises, running andf sprints. then they continued training on the technical side of the game, playing a game before finishing with crosses and shots on target.
At the end of the session the team came back to their hotel and had lunch. Late this afternoon (local time) the Rossonero delegation will pay a visit to some young patients in a hospital in Hong Kong


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MILAN'S PROBABLE LINE-UP TO FACE KITCHEE

29 May 2004 14:54


MILAN - Milan will play Kitchee Football Club in Hong Kong tomorrow evening at 8pm local time (2pm CET).
After the training session, the Rossoneri who will have a start tomorrow should be:

MILAN: Abbiati; Diana, Costacurta, Maldini, Kaladze; Brocchi, Redondo, Ambrosini, Serginho; Shevchenko, Borriello


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HONG KONG: ROSSONERI EVENING

29 May 2004 16:30


HONG KONG - After a visit to the young patients in the Hong Kong hospital, the Milan group will appear on a popular Chinese show.
The team will celebrate Massimo Ambrosini's 27th birthday at their hotel in the evening.


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[yourmood]

i dont get it why Milan will play against Kit Chee and Shenhua?????????????????????????????????????????

and why Borriello and Redondo in the 1st 11?????? i tuat we will sell Rodondo and loan or sell Borriello

and who is Diana?????????

[Call Me 7 Cups]

Guys, this is just a Tournee to end the season, many players who didnt play much will play these 2 games.

Milan is missing many International players called for the Euro2004 (italians for example)

without those Milan had to add players from some other italian teams, otherwise they couldnt make a starting 11 and neither have a bench.


it's just another way to make $$$ and promote Milan Branch in Asia

Redondo will leave after these 2 games

[Call Me 7 Cups]

KITCHEE-MILAN: LE FORMAZIONI UFFICIALI
30 maggio 2004 13:19


HONG KONG - A meno di un'ora dal fischio d'inizio ecco le formazioni ufficiali di Milan e Kitchee:

KITCHEE: Xiao; Savelijc, Lam, Fung, Mirkovic; Bamnjo, Feng, De Araujo, Jovanovic; Boa Morte, Mijatovic.

MILAN: Abbiati; Diana, Costacurta, Maldini, Kaladze; Brocchi, Redondo, Ambrosini, Serginho; Shevchenko, Borriello

[ac_champs]

KITCHEE-MILAN 0-0 DOPO I PRIMI 45 MINUTI DI GIOCO
30 maggio 2004 14:51


HONG KONG - Zero a zero dopo i primi quarantacinque minuti di gioco tra la formazione del Kitchee e il Milan. Davanti a circa 70000 spettatori i rossoneri hanno cercato più volte la via del gol, negata in più di un frangente dalla bravura del portiere avversario.

[Bo0]

Diana is Sampdoria's rightback I think.....

[KONDR]

Yes. Walter said that he is the only player who looks good untill now.

[Call Me 7 Cups]

we're losing 2-1
eheheh

[ac_champs]

how do you know, acmilan.com isn't reporting anything in their news flashes..

[Call Me 7 Cups]

a friend of mine watchin MilanChannel

[ac_champs]

IL KITCHEE BATTE 2-1 I ROSSONERI
30 maggio 2004 16:02


HONG KONG - Il Kitchee si impone per 2-1 sui rossoneri all'Hong Kong Stadium. Formazione rossonera in vantaggio al 46° con Andriy Shvchenko abile ad inserirsi di testa su un perfetto cross di Serginho. La formazione di casa perviene poi al pareggio al 66° grazie ad un gol di Putiray, giocatore che poi si ripete all' 80° fissando il risultato sul 2-1.

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[Call Me 7 Cups]

Kitchee - ACMilan: 2-1
final.
-Shevchenko
-Putirai
-Putirai

[ac_champs]

maybe we're not as great as we thought we wereLOL

[Bayman]

Milan's Hong Kong hiccup Sunday 30 May, 2004

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The Rossoneri’s tour of Asia got off to a poor start with a 2-1 defeat, even though Andriy Shevchenko was on target.


The newly crowned Serie A Champions have taken several players from other teams along on this summer tour, including Sampdoria fullback Aimo Diana and Bologna veteran Beppe Signori.


Milan had taken the lead against Hong Kong outfit Kitchee at a packed stadium filled with 70,000 fans.


Capocannoniere Shevchenko added to his seasonal tally with a strong header on Serginho’s cross, but Kitchee managed to turn it all around in the closing stages through substitute Putiray’s brace.

The home side was also able to count on several 'loan' players, including Fulham's Luis Boa Morte and former Fiorentina star Predrag Mijatovic.



Kitchee 2-1 Milan


Scorers: Shevchenko 47 (M), Putiray 66, 80 (K)


Kitchee: Xiao; Savelijc, Lam, Fung, Mirkovic; Bamnjo, Feng, De Araujo, Jovanovic; Boa Morte, Mijatovic


Milan: Abbiati; Diana, Costacurta, Maldini, Kaladze; Brocchi, Redondo, Ambrosini, Serginho; Shevchenko, Borriello

[Leo]

Let's buy this Putiray guy, he seems very promising

[yourmood]

lol

if you want a good player go see Mohamad Zidan

i post most of this goals this season in the Media

[ac_champs]

this Putiray guy is 33 years old

[King George]

And this Putiray guy is an Indonesian...:ow: :eek: :biggrin: but i really hate if Milan lost !!! :angryfi:

[Leffe]

Our boys need vacation and they deserve it, I hate it every time we lose even friendly but now I don't care, we are CAMPIONE :)

[Bo0]

Originally posted by Leo
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Let's buy this Putiray guy, he seems very promising huh?
Rocky Putiray? he's like 40 years old lol
he's almost finished anyways. i dun think he's ever been the main striker for indonesian NT :D.

[Leo]

Just a joke guys...;)

[Meriva]

Originally posted by Bo0
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huh?
Rocky Putiray? he's like 40 years old lol
he's almost finished anyways. i dun think he's ever been the main striker for indonesian NT :D.

that's why milan needs to have a shodown against Persija jakarta sometime .... ;)
And let Bambang Pamungkas do his magic on nesta :D:D:D

[Leffe]

Vacation ;)

[yourmood]

AC Milan promise to down China's Shenhua after Hong Kong humiliation


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After an embarrassing loss to football minnows Hong Kong Kitchee, Italian champions AC Milan will be looking to save face in its exhibition match against Chinese league champions Shanghai Shenhua. Here Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan (C) beats Jizhi Feng (R) and Zoran Mirkovic (L) of Kitchee


After an embarrassing loss to football minnows Hong Kong Kitchee, Italian champions AC Milan will be looking to save face in its exhibition match against Chinese league champions Shanghai Shenhua.

"We're going to take AC Milan's image to the highest level possible," coach Carlo Ancelotti was quoted Tuesday as saying by local newspapers.

"On June 2, we will not lose," Ancelotti promised.

Milan's dearth of usual talent was to blame for their 2-1 loss to Kitchee, Sui Jianhua, deputy manager of Shanghai Shenhua, told AFP.

"Lots of their top level players were absent and they just finished their Italian league matches, so it is quite normal that they lost the game (in Hong Kong)," Sui said.

Although Milan will still be missing their contingent of Italian internationals, the black and red shirts hope to turn things around when they take the field in Shanghai.

While many of Milan's players stayed in Europe for the build-up to this month's European Championships in Portugal, legendary defenders Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta will be booted up.

Suffering from an apparent muscle injury, 27-year-old striker Andrei Shevchenko, Milan's lone goal scorer in Hong Kong, could be sitting out the match.

Nonetheless, Sui and Ancelotti promised to deliver an exciting match.

"We trust our strength, we are the champions of the Chinese league, so we believe we can share a high quality match with our fans," Sui said.

"Well try our best to present our best players on the field tomorrow -- AC Milan is an excellent club and it is a good opportunity for us to learn and communicate."

Italian league matches have been broadcast in China for several years and this is Milan's third visit to the mainland since 1995.

The 17-time Serie A champions have long been followed by fans in China, along with other footballing giants such as Real Madrid and Manchester United.

Shenhua, briefly coached by former Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson, are unbeaten so far this season.




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[King George]

We lost AGAIN !!! :angryfi:

[KONDR]

Who cares...

[yourmood]

i dont :D

[GilaBabe]

We don't want our players to get injuried , do we? ;) let our players have some fun out there :) I'm sure the fans enjoyed seeing their local team beating the Italian Champions which is good, as they are the ones who had paid fortunes for our visit ;)