Torino vs AC Milan

Match is tomorrow. Got some annoying injuries in our squad, hope we win. Potential debuts of both of our CAMs Kaka and Saponara. I would like to see Kaka start with Saponara coming on later if we are leading. Balotelli played for Italy, he should get a bit of rest imo. Should come of for Matri in the second half, it will be vital to go in to the second half with the upper hand. El Shaarawy did not play a single minute in the international break, he should be fresh and ready to start. Excited to see a possible Kaka-ES-Balo link up tomorrow.

Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed that Kaka is set to start for AC Milan in their tie with Torino on Saturday.

The Brazilian left San Siro in 2009 but returned to the club in the final 48 hours of the summer transfer window from Real Madrid.

Allegri praised Kaka's commitment to training since his return to Serie A and admitted that the 31-year-old is nervous about making his return in a Milan jersey.

"I think Kaka will be in the starting XI,” Allegri told a press conference on Friday. "He is in good shape, he has trained really well and he has the enthusiasm of a young boy.

"I think he is a little nervous about his debut tomorrow and it is only normal that he is missing a bit of match sharpness.

"Kaka can give a lot to Milan. He has done some great things at this club. He hasn’t played a lot over the last three years in Madrid, but he has immediately put himself at my disposal.

"He spends a lot of the day at the training ground and he is a great example for the youngsters."

The coach also defended Stephan El Shaarawy from criticism over his lack of goals 2013 and says he hopes that the Italy international can be motivated by being dropped from the starting XI.

"There is no problem with El Shaarawy," Allegri insisted. "It doesn’t exist. Stephan’s goals dried up in the second half of the season, but his performances remained good. It was his first season under the spotlight, but he did well.

"Since he returned from the Confederations Cup, he’s only really missed the Cagliari game. You can’t fear competition for places when you are in a great team. That needs to be a stimulus.

"El Shaarawy needs to stay calm because he has my faith."

Milan's trip to Torino kicks off at 21:45CET on Saturday.

Can't wait for the game , really. If i couldn't wait before Kaka , now i can't hold it. I am bit worried about how Zaccardo will do , but i think he's seasoned enough to get the job done.

Let's hope all goes well and we don't have to deal with any injuries in the game. I've read somewhere Cerci might not play , that should be good news for Milan. Whatever , i am more worried with the absence of Abate and De Sciglio tbh. Especialy now in the 4-3-1-2 , our fullbacks must be in great shape and form , i am bit concerned about that.

Midfield is ok , we play away so we will need Muntari's help at the back i believe. I expect a win tbh . We did well last time there , i believe we are more than capable to repeat it again .

Can't wait to see Kaka play for Milan again

el sharaawy got injured, he is out maybe for a month, he is probably going to miss celtic game, and even napoli game.

well hoping matri balotelli and kaka all gets goal. and saponara debut too.

i am hearing that poli might be used as backup RB. its incredibly nice of poli, very magnanimous of him not to complain about position (unlike flamini lol ) and make himself available to allegri.

so i am hoping a clean 3-0 victory

I'd rather see Kaka, Robinho and Matri start, and rest Balotelli for the Celtic clash. And it most probably will and should be Zaccardo at right back.

Saponara not called up. Seeing us winning, but let's watch it in the back since we're so fragile there..

we are so shit

What have we seen so far. Same game as always. Montolivo helping defense, Kaka helping midfield trio (or duo), Balotelli helping midfield in place of Kaka and we don't have atackers in this first half. Robinho is not playing, he even don't know what he have to play, Emanuelson did not gone to their half and in the end a injury to Montolivo.
Only good thing is seeing Kaka plays in our jersey. Maybe with the armband of a captain on his arm and introduction of Poli will make some difference. I certainly hope so.

allegri is a clown!! he has no idea how he is organizing team. ... unbelievable.

terrible performance, thank you allegri. he had choice to reinforce defense, he went for matri when pazzini was going to be ready by october.

back to square one

so just promoted to serie a .. serie b teams beat us...by two goals..

zapata is a joke.. emauelson muntari robinho... total waste!

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Can't even begin to address our problems, not even our worst game of the season..

And it seems that Kaka has brought more tactical headaches than solutions, we have absolutely 0 width. Though it is understandable giving our fullbacks.....

Montolivo subbed off because of injury...

I don't even know why the f*ck that little c*nt Urby is being used at LB..

We beat them twice last year, this is absolutely an unacceptable loss. Allegri deserves his fair share of blame along with the players, lack of motivation. Lethargic movement from the players, looked hopeless out there..such an uninspired side

Lack of planning in the summer and the fact that we botched up most of our transfers has led us here, we're suffering the consequences and deservedly so

4-3-1-2...Such a dire formation, never been a fan of it never will be

Yeah, welcome back Ricky...

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Gonna try and sleep this off

robinho muntari and emauelson were giving away ball, kaka just had nothing to do up front so he just dropped deep. then in other flank zaccardo sucked.

its not kaka fault how we lost this game. its just s..ty players we have.

zapata is a joke. i dont know what allegri sees in guys like muntari and all.

muntari goal and now poli get pk... we are joke! yet again allegri gets away ...

We didn't deserve that 1 point

Atrocious display, Torino were better than us

We lacked width in this game, it is usually provided by Abate and De Sciglio. Allegri should have noticed this and switched formations.

this is the funniest game I've seen. Good kaka display, that's all I'm gonna say..

•MilanDevil• wrote:We lacked width in this game, it is usually provided by Abate and De Sciglio. Allegri should have noticed this and switched formations.

Unfortunately he can't notice anything.

And i can't understand what coach and players of Torino were unsatisfied of that goal and of that penalty. Regular goal and clear penalty.

ever since Verona beat us, cagliari did the same to us, only that their finishing was poor. now Torino did the same.

3 games, same problem. caught out in counterattack, piss or CBs, muntari emanuelson, no where to be found. no where!
then there is zaccardo.

without abate and de sciglio, we are lost. montolivo loss is another problem.

anyway it was pretty obvious right from the beginning that if we lost of first team players we are f..ked.

balotelli sucked today. infact i was surprised matri made huge impact he made like 2-3 perfect passes for balotelli to score, and balotelli above all lost it.

robinho ... he is a disaster. lost so many ball. he is hopeless. he is good as finished.

if el shawaary comes back, and robinho still get preference, allegri should just jump in the river and die.

3 games . same problem yet allegri has done absolutely nothing!

in fact that left flank was terrible. cerci was running free! robinho muntari and emanuelson!! thats disaster written all over it. and yet allegri still prefers muntari ahead of poli

TBH, I am tired of Allegri.

We have Napoli after Celtic, and with the form that they have been in. It'd be a wonder if we can snatch a point

Oh and Montolivo and Poli are injured, if you didn't get the memo

I can't understand something. Has Berlusconi ran out of money or why doesn't he spend on some WC players ?

we are f..ked.. allegri didnt even put saponara in CL list right?