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retired_sachin_g006 · 12-02-2006, 09:32 PM

Bring on the final....who do i support????

retired_rblake · 12-02-2006, 09:37 PM

The Ultimate Question, hopefully I will have a fit side to field. With the season almost finished, I will very soon be able to start my new game with the created players in it.

retired_sachin_g006 · 12-02-2006, 09:41 PM

sounds good you'll have to let us know how the new game pans out.....still making my mind up who too support in the final

retired_rblake · 12-02-2006, 09:54 PM

[B}06/05/07[/B] - Serie A
Empoli (H)
Team: Abbiati; Malidni, Gonzalo, Nesta, King; Adu, Aimar, Pirlo, Gattuso, Robinho; Gilardino.

Aimar almost gave AC Milan the lead within the first three minutes with a deft chip but Alessandro Danti scrambled back in time to claw away. A thunderbolt by Gilardino from 30 yards did give AC the lead. Freddy Adu struck the crossabr with a header from Robinho's cross.

A double change at half-time saw the tired Aimar and Robinho replaced by Cafu and the returning ahead of schedule Kaladze.

Gilardino almost doubled the lead before Abbiati had to back-peddle to tip a Francesco Tavani effort over the bar. As Empoli pushed Gilardino beat Danti one-on-one. MOM Gilardino almost completed his hat-trick from a corner but it was cleared off the line before Empoli gave away a penalty from a corner and Cafu converted. Simic snuck in back stick (that's post to you and me) but his header was well saved.
AC Milan 3-0 Empoli
Ten men Parma drew 1-1 at home to Inter, Adriano giving them the lead on 15 minutes, before the ex-Inter centre back Gonzalo Sorondo was sent off for hauling down Cordoba inside his own half and in the third minute of injury-time substitute 18-year-old Marco Di Maio scored on his Parma debut, meaning that AC Milan returned to the top of the table by one point.

retired_rblake · 12-02-2006, 09:56 PM

My plan is to write a more detailed involved story staring the manager of the side I manage, possibly Castel di Sangro and will give regular updates of all of the created players, U19, U20, U21, full International call-ups and appearances, who they get snappped up by and further transfers, lengthy injuries, debuts, first goals and such.

retired_rblake · 12-02-2006, 10:21 PM

10/05/07 - Coppa Italia Final, 2nd Leg
Juventus (A)
Teams:
AC Milan: Abbiati; Kaladze, Gonzalo, Nesta, Simic; Seedorf, Aimar, King, Vogel, Robinho; Shevchenko.
Juventus: Buffon; Chiellini, Cannavaro, Kovac, Zebina; Cuneaz, Vieira, Emerson, Camoranesi; Trezeguet, Ibrahimovic.

A reshuffled side as many players were tired ahead of the important last game of the Sunday away to Cagliari and in the midweek to follow the UEFA Champions League final. Seedorf and Kaladze had recovered from injury and started whilst King moved into central midfield as Gattuso added himself to the absentees through suspension.

Emerson headed the first opportunity wide and Ibrahimovic the second over the bar. The referee did everyone a favour and brough the first half to a close with AC Milan needing two goals.

Simic sent Shevchanko away down the line and he crossed for the onrushing Aimar to head home inside the first two minutes of the secodn half. Kovac put in a last ditch tackle to thwart the goalbound Shevchenko, legally of course. AC Milan went 433 for the final fifteen minutes in search of a winner and Aimar came close with a 20-yarder that just curled wide. AC could not find another and lost on away goals.
Juventus 0-1 AC Milan (2-2 on aggregate, Juventus win on the away goals rule).

retired_rblake · 12-02-2006, 10:51 PM

13/05/07 - Serie A
Cagliari (A)
Team: Abbiati; Kaladze, Gonzalo, Nesta, King; Seedorf, Kaka, Pirlo, Gattuso, Adu; Shevchenko.

Before the game, captain Gennaro Gattuso let out a rallying cry to go out and beat Cagliari to secure the title.

Kaka looked to have given AC Milan the lead cracking a thunderbolt past Alex Cordaz, but it was disallowed for offside. Disaster as Massimo Gobbi scored from the touchline. Kaka headed a King cross just over. Another King crossed was flicked just wide by Shevchenko and then Cordaz denied him. Gattuso's diving header from Pirlo's corner went wide. Kaka's long range effort went just wide as AC Milan went in one behind and Inter were being held 0-0 at home to Udinese.

A double change at half-time taking off Seedorf and Adu for Glardino and Robinho, saw AC switch to 433. Shevchenko had two decent efforts but missed the target with both and Inter had gone 2-0 up with goals from Adriano and Martins. The equaliser came from Kaka who seemed to have made it his mission to replicate Aimar's good scoring form, after twice Cordaz had saved. Aimar replaced the tiring Kaka with fifteen minutes left as Pepe pulled one back for Udinese. AC pushed men forward in search of the elusive winner. Robinho's cross was headed wide by Gilardino as time ticked on. Abbiati's goal kick was headed by Gilardino and Aimar lobbed over goalkeeper and bar. Suazo shot just wide as Milan were short of numbers at the back. There were only three allotted minutes of injury time to be played and by now Inter were 3-1 up through Simao. The final whistle blew as the title was thrown away as AC only converted one of their 22 shots as Alex Cordaz picked up MOM.
Cagliari 1-1 AC Milan
Final League Position: 2nd.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"><table bordercolor="#000000" width="90%" align="center"><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>Pos</td><td>Inf</td><td>Team</td><td></td><td>Pld</td><td>Won</td><td>Drn</td><td>Lst</td><td>For</td><td>Ag</td><td>G.D.</td><td>Pts</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>1st</td><td>C</td><td>Inter</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>25</td><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>63</td><td>22</td><td>+41</td><td>85</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>2nd</td><td></td><td>Milan</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>25</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>71</td><td>19</td><td>+52</td><td>84</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>3rd</td><td></td><td>Juventus</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>23</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>68</td><td>21</td><td>+47</td><td>78</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>4th</td><td></td><td>Sampdoria</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>21</td><td>3</td><td>14</td><td>64</td><td>50</td><td>+14</td><td>66</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>5th</td><td></td><td>Palermo</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>17</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>40</td><td>30</td><td>+10</td><td>65</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>6th</td><td></td><td>Roma</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>19</td><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>56</td><td>35</td><td>+21</td><td>63</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>7th</td><td></td><td>Fiorentina</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>17</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>59</td><td>43</td><td>+16</td><td>62</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>8th</td><td></td><td>Lazio</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>17</td><td>8</td><td>13</td><td>57</td><td>44</td><td>+13</td><td>59</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>9th</td><td></td><td>Udinese</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>17</td><td>6</td><td>15</td><td>44</td><td>41</td><td>+3</td><td>57</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>10th</td><td></td><td>Messina</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>45</td><td>37</td><td>+8</td><td>57</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>11th</td><td></td><td>Parma</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>14</td><td>10</td><td>14</td><td>47</td><td>41</td><td>+6</td><td>52</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>12th</td><td></td><td>Ascoli</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>14</td><td>10</td><td>14</td><td>37</td><td>43</td><td>-6</td><td>52</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>13th</td><td></td><td>Brescia</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>4</td><td>19</td><td>44</td><td>57</td><td>-13</td><td>49</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>14th</td><td></td><td>Livorno</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>15</td><td>37</td><td>39</td><td>-2</td><td>47</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>15th</td><td></td><td>Cesena</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>19</td><td>39</td><td>56</td><td>-17</td><td>39</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>16th</td><td></td><td>Lecce</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>9</td><td>11</td><td>18</td><td>41</td><td>58</td><td>-17</td><td>38</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>17th</td><td></td><td>Chievo</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>21</td><td>30</td><td>62</td><td>-32</td><td>31</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>18th</td><td>R</td><td>Empoli</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>5</td><td>10</td><td>23</td><td>33</td><td>73</td><td>-40</td><td>25</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>19th</td><td>R</td><td>Cagliari</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>3</td><td>12</td><td>23</td><td>27</td><td>70</td><td>-43</td><td>21</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>20th</td><td>R</td><td>Ternana</td><td></td><td>38</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>28</td><td>25</td><td>86</td><td>-61</td><td>20</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></pre>

retired_rblake · 12-02-2006, 11:22 PM

State your allegance Mark.

16/05/07 - UEFA Champions League Final
Man Utd (N - OAKA Spyros Louis, Athens, Greece)
Teams:
AC Milan: Abbiat; Maldini, Gonzalo, Nesta, King; Seedorf, Kaka, Pirlo, Gattuso, Robinho; Shevchenko. Subs: Fachhini, Simic, Cafu, Vogel, Aimar, Adu, Gilardino.
Man Utd: Howard; Evra, Silvestre, Ferdinand, Neville; C.Ronaldo, Cambiasso, Scholes, Rooney; Bojinov, van Nistelrooy. Subs: Johnson (grey-GK), Ji-Sung, Richardson, A.Smith, Mertesacker, Heinze, Fletcher.

After gifting Inter the title and losing in the Coppa Italia Final to Juventus, AC Milan were desperate to not make it a hat-trick this season and add the UEFA Champions League to the Italian Super Cup Final they won back in August.

Man Utd were missing first choice goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar who twisted his ankle in the 2nd leg of the semi against Chelsea and Milan had Dida, Jankulovski and Ambrosini injured and first-choice Kaladze suspended.

Man Utd had the better of the opening exchanges and lost Tim Howard through injury 22 minutes in and was replaced by Scott Johnson (grey goalkeeper, bloody good though, much better than Howard), whilst Seedorf was struggling having picked up a knock. With new goalkeeper in place, Milan attacked and Johnson thwarted Gattuso and saved the rebound from Kaka also. Abbiati saved from van Nistelrooy and King cleared the rebound away from Rooney. Pirlo spread the play wide to Robinho on the left and he slipped in inside to Kaka who slotted passed Johnson just before half-time. Milan again created and a King free-kick from the right was met on the half volley by Maldini but Johnson parried. Man Utd had one last chance before half-time as Rooney wriggled free but Abbiati saved. HT 1-0.

The second was passing by quite nicely, on 72 minutes Man Utd shuffled the pack, replacing the front two of van Nistelrooy and Bojinov with Alan Smith and Park Ji-Sung. Rooney went up top to partner Smith and Park wide-right. Man Utd threw men forward in a 424 formation for the final ten. AC brought on Simic for the tiring Kaka late on to counter's Man Utd change and play a 541 formation and Adu replaced Seedorf on the left. Silvestre was sent off in injury time for a second yellow card cynically stopping a Milan breakaway and then the final whistle was blown.
Man Utd 0-1 AC Milan

retired_sachin_g006 · 12-03-2006, 11:35 AM

damn........at least we got to the final.....revenger shall be sweet wahh ha haha

retired_swimmer1995 · 01-05-2007, 04:58 PM

great story gennaro - good to see a straight fact representation, I can't bear the invented manager persona stories "Adam Smith couldn't believe he'd become the new Manchester United manager, at 17 years old he was by far etc..."

Keep up the good work :thup:

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