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Carletto and Adriano on Arsenal and the players

[LONDON CALLING
2/19/2008 1:39:00 PM
Before departing towards London, Adriano Galliani and Carlo Ancelotti spoke about the conditions of the team and on their sensations ahead of the game. - THE DECLARATIONS -

MILAN - These are the declarations of Adriano Galliani and Carlo Ancelotti this morning at the international airport of Malpensa before leaving towards London:

ADRIANO GALLIANI:

"It's nice to arrive at the start of spring, end of summer to face the last 16 round of the Champions League. It's been happening to us for the last six years and we hope that the story continues. Tomorrow night we shall have Seedorf back, a fundamental playere for our club and when Milan plays well, also Clarence plays well. However we have the full squad available except for Ronie and Dida. Both us and Inter must face two very strong English teams. Everyone thought they would top their groups, but unfortunately it wasn't so. It doesn't depend from us because Milan did its duty as we finished on top of our group. In six years we have won seven groups, counting also the 2002/03 year when the groups were two. Milan has recovered all the injured players, it will be a tough encounter, but I continue to say that there should be the tennis style table to avoid that three big teams, amongst the three games of the Italian teams, go home already from the last 16 round, whereas in the fourth round there might be teams of lower prestege and minor strength."

CARLO ANCELOTTI:

"For tomorrow I expect a very balanced and very difficult game for both teams. Milan, right now is not at the top of its condition, but it's normal that it's like this due to the many games they have faced in this period, but it's in these type of games that unthinkable energies come out. This team ha salways done so, we must remain serene and be convinced that we can do well. Kalac? He will not be recovered at any cost, but simply if he will be in the right condition he will play. For a goalkeeper a finger is important, therefore we shall have to evaluate his conditions, otherwise Fiori will play. We managed to recover all the injured players and the problem of the goalkeepers is relative, because a game is never conditioned by a goalkeeper with regards to the game. If a team plays well, then you don't need the goalkeeper. Arsenal is a team which plays well, very dynamic and which plays a very offensive football and has a lot of enthusiasm. I think that Milan must play in its own way, with courage and personality, without leaving anything in their hands. Pato is fine and could play because he has recovered. He surely didn't have a lot of training session and he is not in the best conditions, but his knee is fine. Personallu I was never in London, neither as a player nor as a coach. It will be fascinating, a new experience."