WE’RE IN GOOD FORM

9/29/2007
And we must prove it. This is one of the concepts on the eve of the match against Catania expressed by the Milan coach. The team is improving and coming from good games - THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF CARLO ANCELOTTI

MILANELLO – Here are the declarations of Carlo Ancelotti on the eve of Milan-Catania tomorrow at San Siro: "Let’s look forward, to tomorrow’s match against Catania. We must take the good things from the game of Palermo, we played and we must insist on that, because in the end the quality of the game gives results. The match against Palermo will be very difficult to repeat result wise, when you play like this it’s easy to win. It did not happen, but we only consider it as a negative episode. Now the importance of the results start to weigh in and the desire to climb up the standings. This team is in form and it shows it, we only await the results. Catania is finding the right setup, they obtained a good result against Empoli and we shall find the usual difficulties.”

Our coach went on: "In a season, during the year, having three-four injured players is part of the norm. Gourcuff? He’s fine, he doesn’t have any problem, in time he will be used as well. The squad is competitive, using this or that player depends from the periods and the succession of the games. Dida? He has a problem which will be solved in a week's time and Kalac has always played good games last year whenever he was used also in the Champions League. Tomorrow we must play well and win and I think that the two things go together. Milan has characteristics which are tied to the quality of the players and the game played. Milan is not a physical team and the result must be obtained through the game, which is the best way. In the long run the nice game pays and we must continue on this road. The referee designations? The mistakes occur and for us the one at Palermo was a big mistake, but it ends there, there's nothing else to say. If then Foschi speaks I start laughing, if the preaching comes from him, it's coming from somewhere we know well, but I don't want to talk about it. For tomorrow I will not use the turn over ahead of the Celtic game. There’s still some player who has not yet recovered and will not play, but we only think about tomorrow’s game even though there are players who have played a lot and it’s good to rest. Pirlo to rest? No.”


The other themes touched by Carlo Ancelotti: "A year ago we were in difficult due to the injuries and the physical aspect, this year we are improving on the physical aspect, but we still have the same results, not the rest. We play a lot, it's true, but the games give competition. The important thing is to evaluate the recovery between one game and another. Ronaldo? He started running, he started the preparation. He's been without training since the 31st of July, now he is doing therapy and preparation. However, let me wish a happy birthday to our president whom we hope to dedicate a very nice game and a very nice win tomorrow."

This year’s start: "We thought we would have more points. The explanation of six points in five matches is difficult to find, because we had our ups and downs, but we did not play badly, on the contrary, we're coming from good games and the team is improving. The team is different, it is more positive than last year. Gilardino tomorrow from the first minute? Maybe, but it is not yet certain.”