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CLAUDIO SPOSITO HAS PASSED AWAY

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MILAN – Claudio Sposito has passed away at the age of 60. The former manager of Finivest and founder of the Private Equity Clessidra spend 5 years in the holding group of Silvio Berlusconi until 2003.

Claudio, who had been ill for some time and was a father of two, passed away in Milan, his home for most of his life.

 

Coppa Italia: STATS #MILANCARPI

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Some interesting stats ahead of the match Milan-Carpi.

MILAN – Tomorrow the rossoneri take on Carpi in the quarterfinals of the TIM Cup at San Siro. Here are some interesting facts.Milan haven’t reached the semifinals of the Italian Cup since the 2011/12 season when they were knocked out of the torunament by Juventus after extra time.

Milan have won all three of the TIM Cup matches played this season; 2-0 and 3-1 after extra time at home against Perugia and Crotone respectively, and then 2-0 over Sampdoria at the Marassi stadium. If the rossoneri were to win tomorrow then it would be the first time since 2003/04 that the club put together four victories in row in the Cup. At the time the wins came against Sampdoria and Roma.

Carpi have never before reached this stage of the competition. This is their 13th participation in the Italian Cup and they have never reached the quarter finals. In 1922 the club did reach what now would be the round of 16.

Carpi striker Ryder Matos has scored three goals for his team in the Italian Cup this season. The Fiorentina owned player has set a new club record in becoming the all-time top scorer in the competition alongside Concas, Di Gaudio, Toffanetti and Foglieri.

 

PETERSON ON AC MILAN: I LIKE MIHAJLOVIC

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MILAN – Dan Peterson spoke about Adriano Gallini following the celebration of his 80th birthday. He said:

“I joke with Adriano Galliani about the fact that I could have been the Milan coach. I like Mihajlovic, he is a great guy. I am always on the side of the coaches. Mihajlovic just hasn’t been able to obtain the right result in the last few minutes of three matches. You need to have that sprint in the last 10-15 minutes and then you can have a good season. Behind the front three all the other teams are still fighting for the remaining two places in Europe. You need to have everyone healthy, fit and a little luck.

 

AC MILAN COACH MIHAJLOVIC: FOCUSED ON CARPI

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Sinisa Mihajlovic was joined by Riccardo Montolivo in the press conference for the TIM Cup match against Carpi

MILANELLO – Sinisa Mihajlovic was joined by his captain Riccardo Montolivo in the press conference ahead of the TIM Cup match against Carpi tomorrow. The Milan coach spoke of his desire to make it to the next round of the tournament. He said:“A win would mean we move on in the Italian Cup. We know Carpi well, we know they are a team that fights for the entire 90 minutes and they never give up. We need to take our chances and go through to the next round. The goal for tomorrow is to stay on our feet and go through to the next round. If we play like we did at Roma then we have have good chance of winning. Against Rome we played badly for 15 minutes then we got to grips with the game and it was an even match. Conceding a goal after only three minutes could have fallen apart but the players rallied together. In the end we played an excellent match and we deserved to win. We are not an unlucky team, if we create a lot and don’t score that much then it means it is one of our problems that we have to work on. I am relaxed, as always, and the rumoours do not bother me. I am just focusing on one game at a time. This side, when we have the entire squad fit, can compete for a Champions League place and we deserve a little more on the pitch. The only game we drew and didn’t deserve to was the game against Atalanta. We the points we deserved to have we would be a lot closer to the top teams. We must be more clinical and determined in front of goal. For me as a coach the way we play is very important no matter what the result is and if we continue to play like this then we will also obtain the results.”

“I will decide the line-up after the training session. Maybe Luiz Ariano will play alongside Niang and Bacca will be rested. I told Luiz Adriano to go and mark De Rossi when he was not in possession and he did that very well and he also asked for the ball a lot. Even Boateng, when he came on, did very well. The players always try to out into practice what we work on in training. Boateng from the very first minute is an option, it is the third game in seven days and some have played more than others, some will play all three games, we’ll see. Balotelli is available and has been called-up for tomorrow if nothing happens today. Menez has been working with the ball and with the rest of the squad for the last two days. What’s important is that he doesn’t feel pain anymore and I hope to have him available as soon as possible, by the end of January if there are no further complications. Since arriving the club have always supported me. When the results don’t come then we are the first to be disappointed but the president is the one who suffers the most. We all feel the club is sticking close to us and I spoke to the president yesterday so everything is fine.”RICCARDO MONTOLIVO:
“Carpi have been doing well lately. At the start maybe they took some time to adjust to the top flight. We have to clear our minds, we have to concentrate only on tomorrow and play a good game. There is nothing anyone can say about our desire and work ethic but we still haven’t taken that extra step. It is obviously our fault if we do not take the chances we create and of course we get angry. The president has always been very close to the players and team and it is only normal that there is some criticism out there. I am the Milan captain and today we are eighth so it’s only normal to hear some negative things. It is better if they criticise me rather than others, so the others can have less pressure.”