bayern when they took 4th that was one of the most humilating seasons for bayern and as for u amr u always say that the epl is more entertaining than serie A lol nd iw will always discuss nd say ma opinion freely mahdy asl long as we are in the forums lol

Here's Milan squad for the game:
GOALKEEPERS: Abbiati, Dida;

DEFENDERS: Antonini, Darmian, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Maldini, Zambrotta;

MIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Cardacio, Emerson, Flamini, Pirlo;

STRIKERS: Inzaghi, Pato, Seedorf, Shevchenko (76), Ronaldinho.

Shevchenko will wear the shirt number 76 and not 7.

what's with people wearing shirts with large numbers

99, 44, 43, 84, 76.

its just....bleh.

Senderos isnt called for the game so how will be the defence in this case
i guess it will be like this
Zambrotta - Bonera - Kaladze - Jankulovski

ROSENERO after the draw of inter can have a great impact on players morale
specially that the match in Guisseppe Meazza in san siro

Unfortunatly all the super new additions 4 Milan did nothin 2day n the great news r that Milan lost 2 Bologna in Meazza 2-1

well maybe we could have found an excuse 4 that if it was an away match but in San Siro i never expected the loss , i was hopin deeply from ma heart 2 see a draw n this was even called over optimism but Valliani did it and bagged the 3 points 4 Bologna.

What's ur excuse now Milan ???

Can't believe till now!!! what a disaster !!! 2 shots 2 goals

The game was dominated by Milan but for some (great) reason, Bologna won. I'm ecstatic. My advice. REPLACE INZAGHI WITH SHEVCHENCO. He was just terrible today. Ronaldhino was amazing. Fortunately the attack was not. Hard luck Zein.

Hard Luck zein n BTW they were 3 shots n 2 goals , the Di Vaio shot over the bar
Ronaldinho wasnt amazin he was just normal , not so good not soo bad n as Joe said Pippo was terrible but even when Sheva took his place he missed easy chances as well , i think Pato was the most ready striker n he should have played b4 Inzaghi n Sheva.

What the hell was Ancelotti thinkin when he was down 2-1 n brought in Emerson ?????
i saw him smoke but i didnt realize he was drunk 2

Lol yeah this substitution wasted the time . But in my opinion Ronaldinho was great not normal he created 3 chances for Milan but our strikers failed to score.And u r right Mahdiano Pato should be first choice but he has never played alone in the front.

he'd have definatly been better than off form Inzaghi n 2 years substitute Sheva

And that is how the cookie crumbles. Anyway, the game was amazing. Ronaldinho did a great job in the creation department. Flamini was amazing. I couldnt think of a better substitute for Gattuso. Zambrotta went up and down the right comfortably. There was no finishing though

Serie A Week 1 - 31/8/08 (14.00 UK)

Milan 1 - 2 Bologna

Di Vaio 18 (B), Ambrosini 42 (M), Valiani 79 (B)

Stadio Meazza

Ronaldinho impressed on his Serie A debut, but it was Bologna who emerged with a 2-1 victory at San Siro!

All eyes were on Dinho's Serie A debut and his first game in a Rossoneri jersey, as he missed pre-season friendlies so he could pick up a bronze medal with Brazil at the Olympics. Carlo Ancelotti also had Andriy Shevchenko back two years after the £30m move to Chelsea, but Kaka, Marco Borriello, Philippe Senderos, Gennaro Gattuso and Alessandro Nesta were injured with Daniele Bonera banned.

It was a tough task for newly promoted Bologna, who nonetheless wanted to rain on Milan's parade on their return to Serie A after three years. Curiously, they had won their last trip to San Siro 1-0 in January 2005.

This was effectively the first time the new Rossoneri squad had played together in the Christmas Tree formation and the atmosphere at a sold-out San Siro was electric. In the opening minute, Ronaldinho threaded through for Pippo Inzaghi and a defender had to rush to clear.

Dinho drilled wide, but Bologna were dangerous too with Christian Abbiati smothering Martins Adailton's angled drive. Ronaldinho went to head a Clarence Seedorf cross when Inzaghi was better positioned straight behind him.

However, it was another summer signing who scored the first goal at San siro - Bologna's Marco Di Vaio. It was a well-worked move, finalised by a Di Vaio angled drive into the far corner from 10 yards.

Inzaghi sprung the offside trap on Andrea Pirlo's ball over the top, but couldn't get enough power to the ball. Seedorf's first touch let him down on Dinho's pass on the counter-attack, then the Brazilian headed a Gianluca Zambrotta cross straight at Francesco Antonioli.

On 35 minutes Inzaghi combined delightfully with Ronaldinho, but when the Italian went round Antonioli the angle was too narrow and he could only hit the side-netting.

Antonioli parried a Mathieu Flamini screamer from 30 metres, but there was a lot of space at the back and Di Vaio drilled another angled drive just wide on the counter.

However, Milan recovered from that scare to equalise. Ronaldinho gathered a Pirlo cross-field pass and floated the ball to the back post for Massimo Ambrosini's towering header from six yards.

Shevchenko made his comeback two years after the £30m move to Chelsea and was given a warm welcome by the fans. He replaced Marek Jankulovski, moving Flamini to right-back in a very attack-minded 4-2-3-1 formation.

Ronaldinho and Zambrotta combined down the left flank and a pass to the back post was inches away from Seedorf for a tap-in. The new system was working well and Dinho's cheeky dribble in the box set up Inzaghi to force a point-blank save from Antonioli.

Another Dinho chipped pass was this time just wide for Shevchenko. A great move saw Pirlo's long pass find Ronaldinho to cross for Sheva and Antonioli came racing out to narrow the angle and turn the ball past the upright with his foot.

Inzaghi nodded another Ronaldinho cross straight at the Bologna goalkeeper, but for all the pressure Bologna were still in it and Di Vaio skimmed the crossbar with a fierce effort.

Alexandre Pato replaced Inzaghi and created a great chance for Sheva that was closed down by Moras. Milan wanted a penalty for a handling offence, but the referee waved play on.

Incredibly, Bologna sustained the pressure and struck again on the counter to restore their lead! Valiani unleashed a fearsome right-foot strike into the near top corner despite Abbiati getting a fingertip to it! Milan were stunned, as they had dominated the second half and peppered the Rossoblu box with chances.


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Milan: Abbiati; Zambrotta, Maldini, Kaladze, Jankulovski (Shevchenko 46); Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini (Emerson 85); Seedorf, Ronaldinho; Inzaghi (Pato 69)

Bologna: Antonioli; Zenoni, Moras, Terzi, Bombardini (Castellini 88); Mingazzini, Volpi; Adailton (Marazzina 60), Amoroso (Mudingayi 60), Valiani; Di Vaio

Ref: Orsato