Not a weak week

As written in the last post, this coming week promised to hold a large amount of excitement for Milan and Berlusconi. While more details emerged about the prostitution scandal surrounding Berlusconi, no real revelations have emerged besides more name calling from the Berlusconi family and his detractors. A an interview with Nicole Minetti, reputed to be Sivlio's pimp/part time lover/assistant/fill in the blank, was made public where she denied every charge brought against Berlusconi and made herself to look as innocent as a lamb. Pretending to see, hear, or speak no evil is a pretty trite strategy, and it ending up casting a negative light on Berlusconi.

The real action took place on wednesday at the San Siro, with visitors Tottenham stealing a late goal in the 80th minute. This rare away win in the Champions League will definitely be a disappointment, but also possibly a blessing in disguise at it will allow Milan to focus on the domestic league. Of course, the real controversy began after the game ended, as Milan midfielder/iron worker Gennaro Gattuso headbutted and hit Tottenham assistant coach Joe Jordan in the neck. While Gattuso has apologized profusely and will accept whatever ban is placed on him, it was an indefensible act. Accosting another player or coach for that matter during of after the game is completely classless and has no part in the game. It should be mentioned that Jordan is not free of blame though, as he was on the field in plain view yelling at Gattuso, reputedly calling him a Fu***** Italian Ba****d. Using this language as a coach is pitiful, and as the old expression goes two wrongs certainly don't make a right.

The only bright spot was a 2-1 win over Chievo Verona today, keeping Milan 5 points clear in the Serie A. If Milan can keep up their domestic league success for the next 2 weeks until the next Champions League match, they may have enough momentum to steal an away win and move on. As more details emerge from Berlusconi's case, they will be reported as such, but for right now its still in the preliminary stages. As always stay tuned and Forza Milan!