Sunday, September 28, 2008
AC MILAN'S world player of the year Kaka says a victory over Italian champions Inter Milan in today's city derby would be great but it is consistency that his team needs the most.
Milan lost their first two games of the season as high profile new signings Ronaldinho and Andrei Shevchenko failed to inspire them.
They have since won three matches two in Serie A and one in the UEFA Cup but the Brazilian playmaker insists that beating the small teams is even more important than a win over Jose Mourinho's Inter. "Right now we've won three matches in a row, and that's important because beating Lazio or Inter is great but you also have to find the motivation to play against Reggina on a rainy Wednesday night," he said.
"In the end its the points won or lost against the little teams that make the difference."
Consistency has been the problem for Milan already this season. They played well but lost 2-1 at home to Bologna in their first match before deservedly losing 2-0 at Genoa.
In the UEFA Cup they were rarely convincing in a 3-1 win over FC Zurich before producing a superb display to beat Lazio 4-1 at the San Siro.
Yet they were poor in a lucky 2-1 win at Reggina in midweek.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti has rotated his squad a fair bit although he looked to be settling on a forward pairing of Marco Borriello and Pato, with Ronaldinho and Shevchenko on the bench.
One of those two should play against Inter as Borriello is injured but it seems clear that AC Milan fans' dream formation with Shevchenko and Brazilians Ronaldinho, Pato and Kaka all lining up in the same team is unlikely to ever happen.AFP
Milan lost their first two games of the season as high profile new signings Ronaldinho and Andrei Shevchenko failed to inspire them.
They have since won three matches two in Serie A and one in the UEFA Cup but the Brazilian playmaker insists that beating the small teams is even more important than a win over Jose Mourinho's Inter. "Right now we've won three matches in a row, and that's important because beating Lazio or Inter is great but you also have to find the motivation to play against Reggina on a rainy Wednesday night," he said.
"In the end its the points won or lost against the little teams that make the difference."
Consistency has been the problem for Milan already this season. They played well but lost 2-1 at home to Bologna in their first match before deservedly losing 2-0 at Genoa.
In the UEFA Cup they were rarely convincing in a 3-1 win over FC Zurich before producing a superb display to beat Lazio 4-1 at the San Siro.
Yet they were poor in a lucky 2-1 win at Reggina in midweek.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti has rotated his squad a fair bit although he looked to be settling on a forward pairing of Marco Borriello and Pato, with Ronaldinho and Shevchenko on the bench.
One of those two should play against Inter as Borriello is injured but it seems clear that AC Milan fans' dream formation with Shevchenko and Brazilians Ronaldinho, Pato and Kaka all lining up in the same team is unlikely to ever happen.AFP
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