MILAN – Whenever Keisuke Honda has scored for Milan, the team have always collected a positive result. Here are the matches in which the Japanese star has found the back of the net for the Rossoneri and the final score:
2013-14: Genoa-Milan 1-2.
2014-15: Milan-Lazio 3-1, Parma-Milan 4-5, Empoli-Milan 2-2, Milan-Chievo 2-0, Verona-Milan 1-3.
2015-16: Milan-Perugia 2-0, Milan-Genoa 2-1.
MILAN – Up next for Milan in Serie A is a trip to the San Paolo to take on Napoli. Click here for our match-preview. The Rossoneri will be going into the match on the back of a 2-1 victory at home to Genoa while the Azzurri fell to a narrow 1-0 loss at Juventus on Saturday night.
The southern outfit were given a day-off on Sunday by their coach but today will resume training ahead of their first-leg Europa League last-32 tie with Villarreal which is scheduled for this Thursday at 19.00 at the Madrigal Stadium.
MILAN – 8 players from the Milan youth sector have been called-up for international duty starting with Alessandro Plizzari, Raoul Bellanova and Matteo Gabbia who have been named in the Italy U17 squad by Alessandro Dal Canto for the two friendlies scheduled this week with Serbia.
Italy U16 coach Daniele Zoratto has called-up Vittorio Vigolo for the Azzurrini’s matches at the UEFA Development Tournament in England while a further four Milan players are in the Italy U15 squad for this week’s double-header with Belgium. They are: Alberto Barazzetta, Gabriel Basani, Giuseppe Iglio and Riccardo Tonin.
MILAN – Here is our look-back at three memorable Rossoneri moments to have fallen on this date, February 15, over the years:
– 1998, Serie A, Vicenza-Milan 1-4: Patrick Kluivert netted his first brace for the Rossoneri.
– 2012, Champions League, Milan-Arsenal 4-0: a magical European night at the San Siro in the last-16 first-leg of Europe’s elite competition.
– 2013, Serie A, Milan-Parma 2-1: Mario Balotelli’s first goal from a free-kick in Milan colours.