Pirlo heaps more pressure on AC Milan pal Ronaldinho
Andrea Pirlo's performance for Italy last night has heaped more pressure on AC Milan teammate Ronaldinho.
The decision to play Pirlo behind the Azzurri strikers for last night's 2-0 win over Bulgaria has been celebrated by the local media this morning.
Now, Milan coach Leonardo is being urged to take Marcello Lippi's lead and play Pirlo as a trequartista in his line-up. Any decision to do so, however, would mean Ronaldinho being forced to make way.
Both Leonardo and president Silvio Berlusconi have made it clear that Ronaldinho will be given his chance in the opening rounds of this season, but his disappointing derby performance has led to calls for a change of thinking.
And Pirlo's display last night has only added to the demand for a shake-up in midfield from Leonardo for this weekend's clash with Livorno.
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Feb 9th | |||
| Lazio | Cesena | 3 - 2 | 19:45 |
| Sat Feb 11th | |||
| Udinese | Milan | 1 - 2 | 17:00 |
| Cagliari | Palermo | 2 - 1 | 19:45 |
| Lazio | Cesena | - | 23:00 |
| Napoli | Chievo | - | 23:00 |
| Siena | Roma | - | 23:00 |
| Sun Feb 12th | |||
| Catania | Genoa | - | 14:00 |
| Internazionale | Novara | - | 14:00 |
| Lazio | Cesena | - | 14:00 |
| Cagliari | Palermo | - | 14:00 |
| Napoli | Chievo | - | 14:00 |
| Atalanta | Lecce | - | 14:00 |
| Siena | Roma | - | 14:00 |
| Parma | Fiorentina | - | 14:00 |
| Udinese | Milan | - | 14:00 |
| Bologna | Juventus | - | 19:45 |
| Mon Feb 13th | |||
| Siena | Roma | - | 19:45 |
| Napoli | Chievo | - | 19:45 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 47 |
| Juventus | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 45 |
| Lazio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 42 |
| Udinese | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 41 |
| Internazionale | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 36 |
| Roma | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| Napoli | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| Palermo | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 31 |
| Genoa | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 30 |
| Cagliari | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 30 |
| Fiorentina | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| Parma | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 27 |
| Chievo | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 27 |
| Catania | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -6 | 24 |
| Atalanta | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 23 |
| Bologna | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 22 |
| Siena | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| Lecce | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 17 |
| Cesena | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 16 |
| Novara | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -23 | 13 |
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Comments (9)
dinho is playing very well this season with a Milan team that lacks confidence and does not co-ordinate well. The media is just blind. He is still one of the best players in the world this season he has excecuted some amazing pinpoint passing despite the pressure on himAgainst Zurich and Atlanta he was excellent
where will be ronaldinho position now???
Ronaldinho is nowhere the lvl he is when he was playing for Barca few seasons ago where Barca won everything.
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