PIACENZA - AC MILAN: NUMBERS AND STATS (ENGLISH)

Next Sunday, after the Uefa Cup quarter-finals second leg, the Rossoneri visit Piacenza, coming from a draw 1-1 in Udine. The two sides faced each other 6 times in the league at the 'Garilli' stadium. Inzaghi, Fiori and Novellino are the ?~ex?T.

NUMBERS ?" By now, in their away matches AC Milan obtained 5 wins (2-1 in Udine, 4-2 with Inter Milan, 1-0 in Parma, 1-0 in Lecce, 4-1 in Venice), 4 draws (2-2 in Brescia, 1-1 in Bergamo with Atalanta, in Florence and in Rome with Lazio) and 4 losses (1-3 in Perugia, 0-1 in Turin against Torino, 0-1 at the Olimpico against AS Roma, 0-2 in Bologna).
Piacenza, in their home games, collected 6 wins (2-0 Roma, 3-1 Torino, 2-0 Bologna, 1-0 Lazio, 5-0 Venezia, 2-0 Perugia), 1 draw (2-2 Chievo) and 6 losses (1-2 Lecce, 0-1 Brescia, 1-2 Udinese, 1-2 Atalanta, 2-3 Inter Milan, 2-3 Parma).

PREVIOUS MATCHES ?" Piacenza and AC Milan met 6 times in Piacenza:
- Piacenza wins: 1 (last one: Dec. 1, 1996: PIACENZA ?" AC MILAN 3-2, Dugarry 2, Valoti, Di Francesco, Luiso);
- draws: 3 (last one: Nov. 1, 1998: PIACENZA ?" AC MILAN 1-1, S. Inzaghi, Ganz);
- AC Milan wins: 2 (last one: Feb. 6, 2000: PIACENZA ?" AC MILAN 0-1, Bierhoff).

LAST MATCH ?" Jan. 6, 2000:
PIACENZA ?" AC MILAN 0-1
Scorer: Bierhoff 33
PIACENZA (1-3-4-2): Roma; Lucarelli; Polonia, Vierchowod, Sacchetti (sub. Gilardino 59); Buso (sub. Gautieri 74), Cristallini, Stroppa, Manighetti; Rizzitelli, Piovani. Coach: Simoni.
AC MILAN (3-4-3): Abbiati; Sala, Costacurta, Maldini; Helveg, Albertini, De Ascentis, Guly; Leonardo (sub. Ambrosini 35), Bierhoff (sub. Ayala 90), Shevchenko (sub. José Mari 69). Coach: Zaccheroni.
Referee: Tombolini

FIRST-ROUND MATCH ?" At the San Siro, on Nov. 18, 2001, Carlo Ancelotti debuted on AC Milan bench.
AC MILAN - PIACENZA 0-0
AC MILAN (4-3-1-2): Abbiati; Contra, Laursen, Costacurta, Kaladze; Gattuso (sub. Chamot 57), Albertini, Brocchi (sub. Serginho 46); Rui Costa (sub. Pirlo 73); Shevchenko, Inzaghi. Coach: Ancelotti.
Substitutes not used: Rossi, Donati, Umit, Simone.
PIACENZA (4-4-2): Orlandoni; Cristante, Lucarelli, Maltagliati, Tosto (sub. Mora 54); Di Francesco, Statuto, Volpi, Matuzalem; Hubner (sub. Cardone 70), Caccia (sub. Gautieri 60). Coach: Novellino.
Substitutes not used: Guardalben, Miceli, Ambrosetti, Poggi.
Referee: De Santis di Tivoli
Booked: Gattuso (M), Cristante (P), Volpi (P), Gautieri (P)
Ejected: Costacurta (58, foul play) and Cristante (66, double booking)

GLI EX ?" Valerio Fiori played in Piacenza in 1999-2000 (28 matches), just like Filippo Inzaghi (2 matches in 1991-92; 37 matches and 15 goals in 1994-95).
Piacenza?Ts coach is Walter Alfredo Novellino, who won the Stella (AC Milan 10th championship in 1978) with the Rossoneri. He stayed 4 years in AC Milan playing 122 matches and scoring 10 goals in the Serie A (151-14 including other official competitions).


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