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Milan face last chance to reel in Juventus
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-03-10 10:33
With no major injury worries, the toughest choice facing Milan coach Carlo
Ancelotti is whether to field Inzaghi or Alberto Gilardino alongside Andriy
Shevchenko in attack.
Milan's players will be lifted even more by the knowledge that Juventus have
looked more fragile in the past few weeks than at any point this season.
Juve wobbled in Serie A draws against Parma and Messina and needed a late
howler by Werder Bremen keeper Tim Wiese to reach the quarter-finals of the
Champions League.
Fabio Capello's men will not be relishing the prospect of playing Milan, who
are the only team to have beaten them this season in Serie A.
Pacey left back Gianluca Zambrotta is out after picking up a thigh strain
against Werder, and with striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic struggling to recapture his
sparkling early-season form, the match promises to be a test of Juventus's
famous capacity to grind out a result.
Whatever happens at the top, Inter will want to beat Sampdoria to avoid
getting sucked into a dangerous battle with fourth-placed Fiorentina (56 points)
and fifth-placed AS Roma (55 points) that could result in them losing their
Champions League status next season.
In the last month, Inter have gone from being Juventus's main rivals to
running the risk of slipping out of the top four.
Fiorentina and AS Roma face relatively easy away matches against Cagliari and
Ascoli respectively, and are poised to take advantage of any slip by Inter.
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