24 MAN SQUAD FOR UDINESE

(IN THE PHOTO: Ignazio Abate training)MILANELLO – Training began yesterday at 15.00 at the Milanello sports centre ahead of the quarter final Italian Cup match Milan-Udinese tonight at the San Siro.The squad started with a warm-up on the lower pitch behind the gym at Milanello. The warm-up included a possession drill followed by a jog and some upper and lower body exercises and then some stretching.The squad then started to work more with the ball. Initially with another possession drill on a reduced size pitch which was then followed by some work focused on tactics ahead of tonight's match at 21.00 against Udinese.The training session finished with a practice match on a reduced size pitch with goalkeepers.Ignazio Abate trained with the group.Bonera, De Sciglio, Montolivo, Poli and Petagna worked in the gym on their personalised training programs.Here is the 24 man squad for tonight's cup match at the San Siro at 21.00:Abbiati, Coppola, Gabriel, Abate, Constant, De Sciglio, Iotti (n 37), Rami, Silvestre, Zaccardo, Zapata, Birsa, Cristante, Emanuelson, De Jong, Honda, Kakà, Mastalli (n 41), Nocerino, Pinato (n 39), Poli, Balotelli, Di Molfetta (n 38), Robinho.