MILANELLO – On Saturday afternoon, the Rossoneri held a final training session before the round 24 Serie A match with Udinese scheduled for Sunday at 15.00 at the San Siro. Click here for our match-preview.

The training session got underway at 15.00 on the central pitch with a warm-up followed by sprints. The ball was then introduced into the session for keep-ball and passing exercises. Tactics took centre stage for the rest of the session.

Individuals: Giacomo Bonaventura started the work-out with the rest of the team but after a quarter of an hour headed back to the locker-rooms. Luiz Adriano meanwhile worked on a personalised training programme in the morning.

At the end of training, Sinisa Mihajlovic called-up the following 23 players for the visit of Udinese:

GOALKEEPERS: Abbiati, Donnarumma, Livieri.
DEFENDERS: Abate, Alex, Antonelli, Calabria, De Sciglio, Romagnoli, Simic, Zapata.
MIDFIELDERS: Bertolacci, José Mauri, Kucka, Montolivo, Nocerino, Poli.
FORWARDS: Bacca, Balotelli, Boateng, Honda, Menez, Niang.

Jack Bonaventura has not been called-up because of an injury to his right-hip.

PAST FIVE MEETINGS IN SECOND PART OF THE SEASON:

Season 2012/13: Milan-Udinese 2-1. Round 23.
Season 2009/10: Milan-Udinese 3-2. Round 24.
Season 2007/08: Milan-Udinese 4-1. Round 38.
Season 2006/07: Milan-Udinese 2-3. Round 37.
Season 2001/02: Milan-Udinese 2-3. Round 20.

FORMER PLAYERS:

Milan: Cristian Zapata (at Udinese from 2005 to 2011).

Udinese: Pablo Armero (at Milan in 2014/2015), Alexander Merkel (came through the Milan Youth Sector and at Milan until 2012).

The following have played for both clubs: Oliver Bierhoff (at Udinese from 1995 to 1998, at Milan from 1998 to 2001), Marek Jankulovski (at Udinese between 2002 to 2005, at Milan from 2005 to 2011), Thomas Helveg (at Udinese from 1995 to 1998 and at Milan from 1998 to 2003), Giovanni Stroppa (at Milan in the 1986/1987 season and 1987 to 1991 and 1994/95. At Udinese from 1995 to 1997) and Stefano Borgonovo (at Milan in 1989/90 and at Udinese in 1993/94 and 1995/1996).

Alberto Zaccheroni has coached both clubs (at Udinese from 1995 to 1998, at Milan from 1998 to 2001).

MEMORABLE MOMENT: Milan-Udinese 3-2. Season 2009/2010. Round 24.
The match was brought forward to the Friday night ahead of the Rossoneri’s first-leg last-16 Champions League tie versus Manchester United. The ultra-attacking line-up launched by Leonardo was firing on all cylinders right from kick-off. Huntelaar found the breakthrough early on with a header thanks to an assist from Ronaldinho and the Brazilian was involved again to set up fellow countryman Pato for the team’s second. Floro Flores pulled one back for the hosts just before the first half whistle, but Huntelaar netted his second of the night in the second half to restore the team’s two-goal cushion. Di Natale scored a late consolation goal but it was Milan that came away with maximum points at the final whistle.

PAST FIVE MATCHES IN SERIE A:

MILAN

Round 23 – Palermo-Milan 0-2
Round 22 – Milan-Inter 3-0
Round 21 – Empoli-Milan 2-2
Round 20 – Milan-Fiorentina 2-0
Round 19 – Roma-Milan 1-1

UDINESE

Round 23 – Empoli-Udinese 1-1
Round 22 – Udinese-Lazio 0-0
Round 21 – Palermo-Udinese 4-1
Round 20 – Udinese-Juventus 0-4
Round 19 – Carpi-Udinese 2-1

MILAN’S PAST FIVE HOME MATCHES:

Round 22: Milan-Inter 3-0
Round 20: Milan-Fiorentina 2-0
Round 18: Milan-Bologna 0-1
Round 16: Milan-H.Verona 1-1
Round 14: Milan-Sampdoria 4-1

UDINESE’S PAST FIVE AWAY MATCHES:

Round 23: Empoli-Udinese 1-1
Round 21: Palermo-Udinese 4-1
Round 19: Carpi-Udinese 2-1
Round 17: Torino-Udinese 0-1
Round 15: Fiorentina-Udinese 3-0

January 2011 was 4-4 goal-fest, with Ibra and Pato on one side and Sanchez and Di Natale on the other.

Milan-Udinese 5-1, 6 November 2005, was the first brace for Alberto Gilardino at San Siro in a Milan shirt.

Milan-Udinese league statistics at San Siro:

24 Milan wins

13 draws

6  Udinese wins

97 goals for Milan

48 goals for Udinese