MILAN – Bertolacci, Kucka and Romagnoli were amongst the crowd last night at the Forum di Assago Milanofiori for the Eurocup Basketball match between Olimpia Milano and Neptunas Klaipeda which ended 79-71 in favour of the Milanese outfit.

MILAN – Stefan Simic, winner of the Viareggio Tournament with the Milan youth team in 2014 and part of the first-team squad at times this season, celebrates his 21st birthday today. Many happy returns to the young defender from Prague!

MILAN – 31 years ago today, the 20th January 1985, Paolo Maldini made his Milan debut in Serie A. The occasion was Udinese-Milan (1-1) and the Italian was handed his first appearance by Nils Liedholm, marking the start of a glittering career, winning everything possible with the Rossoneri and playing over 900 times for the club. Maldini’s appeal went beyond Milan too, starring for Italy and on the world stage, going down in history as a legend of the game.

MILAN – The players will hold an afternoon training session today at 15.00 and continue with their build-up to Saturday’s league match away at Empoli.

MILAN – Alessio Romagnoli and Kevin Prince Boateng have both been named in the Serie A TIM team of the week.