MILAN – Following his red card against Torino, Cristian Zaccardo has been handed a 1 match ban by the Lega Serie A. The defender will miss Milan’s last match of the season away at Atalanta which is scheduled for this Saturday at 20.45.

MILAN – Giovanissimi Nazionali coach Omar Danesi has led his side through to the last-16 of the Scudetto Finals, where they will meet Fiorentina. His side overcame Latina in the previous round. The rossoneri youth team coach spoke to calcionazionale.it about the win. Here are his comments: “We were a bit apprehensive at Latina, slightly tense after they broke the deadlock, but it’s normal at 15 years of age. But then we saw the real Milan, with our attacking ideas and we deserved to go through.”

Ahead of the next stage against Fiorentina, here were the coach’s comments: “It’s really great to be able to test ourselves with important sides and compete for something. Fiorentina-Milan could be the final! It’s over two legs, we will see the character, personality, lots of aspects. I have already told the players that it’s important that we play like we did in the second leg versus Latina.”

MILAN – The players are back at Milanello today to prepare for this Saturday’s Serie A fixture away at Atalanta. In the first meeting between the two teams in Serie A this season at the San Siro, the Orobici ran out 1-0 winners thanks to German Denis.

The last time Atalanta achieved that was the 2012-2013 season. On that occasion, Cigarini was on the score-sheet for the Orobici at the San Siro. In that same season and in the second meeting between the two teams in Bergamo however, Milan ran out 1-0 winners thanks to Stephan El Shaarawy.

The little pharaoh netted a brace over the weekend in Milan’s 3-0 victory over Torino and appears in excellent form following his return from a spell on the sidelines.

MILAN – On Monday the 1st of June at 14.30, the presentation for this year’s Final-8 youth sector Scudetto finals takes place. The draw will follow shortly after the presentation. In the meantime, this is the schedule for the Final-8:

9th June 2015

QTR-FINAL 1 (16.30 Genoa)
QTR-FINAL 2 (21.00 Savona)

10th June 2015

QTR-FINAL 3 (16.30 Genoa)
QTR-FINAL 4 (21.00 Chiavari)

12th June 2015

SEMI-FINAL 1 (18.00 Savona)

13th June 2015

SEMI-FINAL 2 (21.00 Chiavari)

16th June 2015

FINAL 18.00 Chiavari

The winners from QTR-FINAL 1 and QTR-FINAL 2 will meet in SEMIFINAL 1. The winners from QTR-FINAL 3 and QTR-FINAL 4 will meet in SEMIFINAL 2.