Milan and Barcelona at the top of revenge today

Milan seeks to avenge Barcelona and Catalan off the train quickly token, when the two sides meet today at the Stade "Giuseppe Meazza" in Milan in the first leg of the first knockout round of the Champions League.
The tour itself experiencing today (20-2-2013 meeting of a special type of Ivorian striker Didier Drogba, who is due to participate in the Champions League by Galatasaray shirt, where the player wearing robe and his Turkish team challenge for the guest team Schalke.
And watching football fans all over the world the dramatic confrontation between the Italian and Spanish giants in Milan, which combines two reaped the championship title 11 times earlier, where Barcelona crowned the title four times against seven previous titles to Milan.
The match tough test for both teams especially Milan, who seeks to avenge the Barcelona surpasses it in two consecutive encounters the same tournament last season.
And Milan had already snatched a valuable draw 2/2 with Barcelona in their own home back and then lost it 2/3 in Milan forth within the group stage of the tournament last season.
The two teams met again in the quarter-finals of the tournament negative فتعادلا in Milan and then Barcelona won 3/1 on the home trip.
Therefore, a confrontation between them this season an opportunity to confirm the superiority for Barcelona and a chance for revenge for Milan.

Chafee recovery

And reassured Barcelona veteran midfielder Xavi Hernandez playmaker who has recovered from a muscle strain injury in the right leg, and make sure traveling with the team today to Milan while to make sure the absence of fellow striker David Villa, who suffered a heart pain in the kidneys during the past week.
Both players missed the team in the match where he beat Barcelona Granada 2/1 on Saturday in the Spanish league.
Also continues the absence of coach Tito Vilanova seats coaching staff for Barcelona in this match due to his presence in New York to complete the journey therapy after surgery conducted by about two months ago to remove a cancerous tumor.

The absence of Balotelli

In contrast, lacks Milan young striker Mario Balotelli, who became the password in the last team wins Serie A and scored four goals for the team in three Serie A games since he joined at the end of January (January) last coming from Manchester City.
Balotelli can not participate with the team in the tournament due to his involvement with Manchester City in the same tournament this season.
He hopes Milan in recovering Stefan Hubert striker young team and top scorer with 15 goals in Serie A and two in the Champions League, where he suffered a player from injury in the past and missed the team games recently, but it may be ready to participate in today's game.

A.C. Milan vs. FC Barcelona

A.C. Milan Squad

Goalkeepers: Abbiati, Amelia, Gabriel

Defenders: Abate, De Sciglio, Mexes, Yepes, Zapata

Midfielders: Ambrosini, Montolivo, Boateng, Constant, Muntari, Cristante, Traorè

Strikers: El Shaarawy, Niang, Bojan, Pazzini

Dropped Players: Marco Amelia (birth of daughter), Mathieu Flamini (left thigh), Antonio Nocerino (hamstring)

F.C. Bercelona Squad

Valdés, Pinto, Oier

Alves, Piqué, Fàbregas, Puyol, Montoya, Bartra

Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Mascherano, Sergio, Jordi Alba, Song

Alexis, Messi, Pedro, and Tello

Dropped: David Villa (renal colic), Adriano (right hamstring)

       

A.C. Milan’s Champions League match against Barcelona at the San Siro tomorrow (20/2/13) is now SOLD OUT.

Stats About A.C. Milan and F.C. Barcelona…

A.C. Milan:

The Rossoneri have scored a total of 399 goals in the European Cup.

At just 19 years and 342 days, Stephan El Shaarawy became the youngest ever player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored against Zenit in game two.

El Shaarawy has scored a total of 22 goals in 37 games in all competitions this season. 

El Shaarawy scored his first goal for Italy in just his third cap for his country. Italy lost their friendly with France by 2-1. 

F.C. Barcelona:

Barcelona haven’t lost against Milan for 7 games. The last defeat came on October 20th 2004 in the Group stages of the competition. 1-0 with a goal from Shevchenko. Massimo Ambrosini was playing in that match as were Valdés, Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta.

Barcelona have won 8 of their last 11 away fixtures in the UEFA Champions League. This season they beat Benfica and Spartak Moscow away from home.

Overall Barcelona have 6 wins against Italian sides away from home, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Abidal back this weekend

Sport believe today that Eric Abidal will likely be declared fit for first team selection at Barcelona as soon as this weekend.

The Frenchman has been back in training in recent months after being given the all clear to resume his playing career following a liver transplant underwent last April.

Catalan-based publication Sport are running the line that his recovery is almost complete and that he could be discharged by the club’s medical team this week.

That, it is believed, would free him up for first-team selection in time for the Saturday night visit to the Camp Nou of Sevilla.

Abidal has not played for Barcelona since February 2012, whilst his last professional appearance to date was for France against Germany at the end of that month.

Five reasons to support the success of Zidane as coach

Returned legend Zinedine Zidane for Royal Club as youth team coach in a move that has raised enthusiasm of all royal fans and hope to see Zidane royal coach in the future.

In this short report we review five reasons to support the success of Zidane as a coach.

1 - very large experience in football stadiums and the diversity of thought spherical gained by turning professional at the highest levels with Juventus, Real Madrid and the big championships with the French team.

2 - his strong personality and would be a major supporter of strict in imposing his personality on any team coached.

3 - excellent relationship with the Department of Real Madrid and the club's fans will give him space to shine, even if sometimes failed.

4 - Zidane has great leadership talent and this is what we saw inside the stadiums and convey them to him as a coach.

5 - enough to have Zidane trainer to give more of your energy as a player and this is what will facilitate the task of Zinedine and his brilliance as a coach.

ABC: Falcao riyal deal only in summer

Abounded names linked to leave the ranks of Real Madrid in the summer in order to strengthen President Almadrida victory Florentino Perez in the elections.

The network ABC reported that the riyal has been associated with both Gareth Pal and Cavani and Falcao, Silva and Aguero and Neymar next re Carvkhal in summer.

And confirmed journalist Jose Manuel Cuellar news the Spanish ABC radio:

Mourinho will not include only one name only great in the summer because the amounts requested in other names very, very large.

And completed Cuellar:

 Name the closest to join in the summer is the Colombian Radomal Falcao is the preferred option on the table Perez.

62% of the public wants Riyal Kaka similar fate probably awaits

AS newspaper conducted a referendum to the public the club about the possibility of post Kaka similar fate probably awaits in crucial games against Manchester United at Old Trafford and in an interview Camp Nou Stadium Cup against Barcelona.

And 62% of the student audience riyal Mourinho rely on talented Brazilian mainly not to provide the level of Featured games against Sevilla and Rayo league Vikano.

While 32% student not to rely on Kaka and he does not deserve fundamental Center in variety balanco.

The club will play against Barcelona on Tuesday, February 26 after a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu in the cup.

Xavi and Villa will be in Milan

Xavi Hernández and David Villa didn't make the trip to Granada this Saturday, but barring any last-minute setbacks, they should be fit enough to play in next Wednesday's Champions League match in Milan.
They, along with Eric Abidal, whose recovery continues, and Dos Santos, who has just recovered from an injury, are the only unfit Barça players during this weekend's league programme.

On Friday David Villa got the all-clear from the hospital after getting over an attack of renal colic which has left him out of action for the entire week. He went into hospital in Barcelona on Monday and was discharged on Wednesday, but on Thursday he had to go back to hospital as the discomfort had not stopped. But yesterday's OK is definitive, and Villa, after leaving the hospital, was in the gym at the Ciudad Deportiva in Sant Joan Despí. As long as there are no setbacks, Villa has time to recover completely and will travel to Milan on Tuesday with the rest of the team.
Another player who could reappear in the Champions League game is Xavi, who on Friday trained with the rest of the team for the first time since his injury and was perfectly fine for almost all the session. As with Villa, the important thing for him is that there is still time, and Roura has hinted that if Xavi is fit enough, he might well make his comeback at San Siro: "this short period out of action is not going to affect him . He is a player with a lot of experience, and has an instinctive and automatic knowledge of the team's moves ".