PRE-ATALANTA TRAINING


(ARCHIVE PHOTO: the players hard at work at Milanello) 
MILANELLO – On Friday afternoon, the players held one final work-out before Saturday’s round 12 Serie A match with Atalanta. A reminder that kick-off at the San Siro is 20.45 local time.The training session took place on the lower pitch and started with tactical exercises for the squad. Mexes and Montolivo both took part.The next phase of the session saw the players run through a keep-ball drill and a passing drill split in two groups. A practice match on a full size pitch brought the session to a close. Montolivo and Mexes both took part once again with the rest of their team-mates.At the end of training, Sinisa Mihajlovic named a 22-man squad for the match with Atalanta:GOALKEEPERS: Abbiati, Donnarumma, Livieri (97).DEFENDERS: Antonelli, Calabria, De Sciglio, Rodrigo Ely, Mexes, Romagnoli, Zapata.MIDFIELDERS: De Jong, Josè Mauri, Kucka, Montolivo, Nocerino, Poli, Suso.FORWARDS: Bacca, Cerci, Honda, Luiz Adriano, Niang.