One Up, Many Downs for Milan
By: Martha | February 1st, 2007
Just a few days after the gala arrival of El Gordo, Milan stepped out on the pitch (Without Ronaldo, of course. It’s going to take him more than 20 minutes to get fit.) and were demolished 3-1 by Roma in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal match. Not only were they handily beaten, but Milan also lost both Inzaghi and Dida (again) to injury in the game. Dida may be out for the season (Storari to the rescue!), while Whiny Pipo is likely to be out at least a few weeks, a situation that will give him great excuses to feed himself about why his ass is on the bench a month from now. Man alive. I mean, no matter how much you hate Milan, it’s hard not to feel a slight hint of pity for the all the injuries they’ve suffered this year. Poor Carlo Ancelotti would be tearing his hair out, were it not his best feature. Still, he’s surely suffering inside.
In other player news, the ageless Billy Costacurta (Whose wife, by the way, is officially a future WAG of the Week. She is smoking hot. Damn.) has announced he’ll be retiring at the end of this season. Over the course of his long career, Costacurta has seen many developments in football: His first game, played August 12, 1894, took place between two teams of 14 men in a disused vineyard. The ball was an inflated sheep’s bladder, and the referee was a local shepard who took the gig only because they wouldn’t let him pass otherwise. Ah, memories.
There is, however, one bit of good news for Milan: Gennaro Gattuso, AKA the only man in Serie A as hated as Marco Materazzi, has extended his contract with the club though 2011. Here’s a question: What does it say about me that Gattuso is one of my favorite footballers? And that, were I something other than the worst soccer player on earth, I’d want to play like him?
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Tags: AC Milan, Coppa Italia, Costacurta, Dida, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Materazzi, Results, Roma, Rumors -amp; News, Serie A, StorariSubscribe
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Oh, Martha, don’t worry. I love Rino, too. Yes, I’m a Milan supporter, but how could you not love him after he hit Lippi during the World Cup and lost his shorts during the championship celebration?
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haha, oh man. This news of Rino is fantastic!
He’s my favorite player in all of soccer by far!
He’s a beast, and will break your legs, but isn’t a moron, like Matrix.But, this news about Dida and Pippo is slightly unsettling.
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i love rino too!
yeah louise, after seeing him hit his own coach, i was intrigued. when he stripped (i think it wasn’t just his shorts he removed) in celebration of winning the world cup, i was in love.
he’s the hard man of italy AND he has a rabbit.
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So, is “rabbit” a euphemism for something naughty?
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Gattuso is the only soccer player that I truly believe (if he had the size) could play middle linebacker in the NFL. Actually, at his size he could probably play free safety. He’d put a hurtin on some receivers trying to go over the middle.
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We’re supposed to feel sorry for Milan?? Should we also feel sorry, while we’re about it, for Silvio for being publicly called out by his wife?
Amusing idea about Gattuso playing in the NFL. He’s certainly got the attitude, but not only does he lack size, he lacks speed. NFL receivers would go by him like he’s standing still. The only thing he’d hurt is the turf when he lands on it face-first.Posted from
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I’d see him as sort of a John Lynch type. Not really fast enough, but would knock the balls out of T.O. over the middle.
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sadly martha, no. but you’re still free to think of it as you like…
have you seen that episode of footballers’ cribs? said rabbit made an appearance and was described by rino to “like eat carrota”.
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