MILAN – Milan take on Fiorentina this Sunday in the opening round of the 2015/16 Serie A season. The rossoneri will run through their final training session on Saturday afternoon and then shortly afterwards make their way to Florence. The rossoneri will travel down to Florence at 17.15 with the high-speed “Frecciarossa” train and will make their way back to Milan immediately after the match and once again aboard the high-speed train.

MILANELLO – The first of two training sessions scheduled for today is underway at Milanello. Out on the raised pitch, the players ran through a warm-up followed by tactical exercises. Individuals: Davide Calabria is training with the first team squad for the third session in a row.A full training report will follow shortly.

MILAN – Round 1 of Serie A sees the rossoneri travel to Florence to face Paulo Sousa’s Fiorentina. The last time the two sides met on the first day of a new season was on the 11th of September 1977. On a sunny afternoon, Milan scored a late equaliser through Egidio Calloni, much to the delight of the Milan fans packed into the away sector of the stadium, and to cancel out Rossinelli’s opener for the hosts on 53 minutes. Final score: 1-1.

MILAN – Alessandro Matri celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday with family, friends and team-mates including Abate, De Sciglio, Cerci, Antonelli and Bertolacci. Via Instagram the Milan striker thanked everyone for the birthday wishes.

MILAN – Fiorentina will continue with their preparations ahead of this weekend’s Serie A opener against Milan by holding a late afternoon training session today at 18.00. In other news from the Tuscan club, new striker Nikola Kalinic was officially presented to the press yesterday while head coach Paulo Sousa was in the stands to watch his former side Basle take on Maccabi in the Champions League play-off on Wednesday evening. The match ended 2-2.