MILAN – Yesterday evening’s success against Palermo was the second consecutive win in Serie A for Milan at the Barbera stadium: last season Milan defeated them 2-1 on April 4th, 2015. It has been 63 years since Milan last registered two consecutive wins at Palermo: in 1952-53 (Palermo-Milan 0-1) and 1953-54 (Palermo-Milan 1-4). In both Serie A matches, Gunnar Nordahl was on the scoresheet, with 1 goal in 1952 and a hat-trick in 1953.
MILAN – The Milan Esordienti 2004 will be taking part in the 13th edition of the Torneo di Gallipoli, the prestigious youth tournament, from tomorrow. The tournament is made up of seven groups of four teams and runs from February 5-9. Milan have been drawn in Group C and here are the Rossoneri’s matches:
Friday, 5 February 15.00, Milan-Pantanelli Siracusa, Racale (Lecce).
Saturday 6 February, 15.00, Milan-Lecce, Taurisano (Lecce).
Sunday 7 February, 11.00, Milan-Ostiamare, Copertino (Lecce).
MILAN – This Sunday, Massimiliano Irrati will take charge of the round 24 Serie A match between Milan-Udinese. The league clash at the San Siro will mark the Italian referee’s 49th top-flight match. The Rossoneri’s record with Irrati reads 3 wins and 1 draw.
MILAN – On this day, two important memories to be remembered.
– February 4th, 1968, Serie A round 18 – Milan won the Scudetto game, beating Napoli 2-1 with goals from Rivera, Barison (N) and Prati in the 90th minute. At the end of the season, Milan won the title and Napoli ended second behind the Rossoneri.
– February 4th, 1990, Serie A round 23 – Milan ended the first half 2-0 down to Fiorentina on the neutral pitch of Perugia. But just after the break, the Rossoneri came back and scored three goals in 10 minutes, from 55th to 66th, with Evani (1 goal) and Van Basten (two penalties). Full result: Fiorentina-Milan 2-3.
MILAN – Below is the match-table from Udinese’s match at Empoli yesterday evening:
Empoli-Udinese 1-1 (first half 0-1)
Goals: 22′ Zapata (U), 90′ Pucciarelli (E)
Empoli (4-3-1-2): Skorupski; Laurini; Tonelli; Camporese (70′ Bittante); Mario Rui; Zielinski; Paredes; Croce; Saponara (79′ Mchedlidze); Pucciarelli; Maccarone. Coach. Giampaolo.
Udinese (3-5-2): Karnezis; Heurtaux; Felipe; Pirsi; Widmer; Fernandes (57′ Badu); Lodi (68′ Kuzmanovic); Hallfredsson; Ali Adnan; Zapata; Matos (77′ Thereau). Coach. Colantuono.