MILAN – Italy’s preparations for EURO 2016 will begin on May 18 at Coverciano but without the Italian players from Milan, Juventus and Paris Saint Germain who will be involved in the final of the Italian and French Cup on May 21.
From May 24 however, Azzurri coach Antonio Conte will have a full squad available and for the two pre-Euro 2016 friendlies on May 29 and June 6 with Scotland and Finland respectively. The Azzurri will then make their way to France for the finals on June 8.
MILAN – Since the introduction of Sunday night matches broadcast on TV, there have been two meetings between Sampdoria-Milan at the Marassi at that time. Here are the results below:
– 1996-97, Sampdoria-Milan 2-1.
– 2012-13, Sampdoria-Milan 0-0.
A reminder that the Rossoneri take on Sampdoria this Sunday in round 33 of Serie A. Click here for our match-preview.
MILAN – Daniel Maldini got the ball rolling for the Milan U15s versus Feralpisalò over the weekend, opening the scoring in a 5-2 victory for the Rossoneri. Daniel’s first thought was to immediately dedicate the goal to his grandfather Cesare who sadly passed away at the start of the month.
A total of 24 teams have confirmed their attendance, 13 of which from Italy and 11 from abroad. These include some of the best European clubs such as Bayer Leverkusen, Paris Saint Germain, CSKA Moscow, Porto, Galatasaray, Ajax and Anderlecht.
In addition to Milan, carrying the hopes for the Italian teams meanwhile will be the likes of Inter, Juventus, Palermo, Hellas Verona and Atalanta.
MILAN – The Blucerchiati have been given today and tomorrow off by coach Vincenzo Montella. Training and preparations for Sunday’s game with Milan will commence on Wednesday with a double workout.