Shattered & bruised Rossoneri!!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
What went wrong with the European Champions this season??.. Their priorities were no different. They have always considered the UEFA champions league more important than the Scudetto. The name might suggest that its a small sheild but i'v never been an advocate of this policy. Wining in your own league should always be the priority. Recent poor performances of AC Milan in the serie A has ensured that AC Milan dont get the well deserved respect. My folks don't differ either. Milan won the Club world Championship this season and are now the most successful club in the world with 18 international titles,1 more than Argentinian giants Boca Juniors. Still people say they play defensive football and lack in attack. On the other hand, Manchester United, a club with just 5 international titles, & for that matter,10 league titles as compared to Milan's 17, are crowned with the tag of (without doubt) the most entertaining football club.
Milan won the UCL last season with most of their players in good form. This encouraged Ancelotti and Galliani not to bring in some new players and continue with the winning combination. This is where Milan made a big mistake. They should have realized that most of their champion players were aging and they won't be in prime form forever. Inefficiency of Seedorf and poor form of Pirlo was one of the main reasons for the lack of creativity in the midfeild. To add to this Kaka, the unstoppable guy, was injured in the initial stages and could not recover. Another star to miss out due to injury was Ronaldo. The poor run of Gilardino meant that Milan lacked the fire power upfront. The result was inevitable. Milan were not even close to winning the scudetto, instead they lost out on next years CL spot by finishing 5th to Voila. Pato the young Brazilian did add some fuel to the Rossoneri but it was all to much for the 18 year old to carry the burden in his first season.
Eyebrows have been raised on the heroes of last year's win but its true that theres NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. We have to rebuild the side and come down all guns blazing in the next season. We have to accept the results this season, with heads held high and come back with a bang.
FORZA ROSSONERI!!

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