Practise match

Gila and Pippo on fire

Alberto Gilardino bagged 5 goals and Filippo Inzaghi scored a hat-trick in a practise match with local side Sestese here on Sunday. Azurri Coach Marcelo Lippi divided his team into two groups and made them play the local side, who were whipped 10-0 on both occasions.

Though the quality of the opposition certainly was not something to lose any sleep over, accounting for half the scoreline would've done wonders for Gila's confidence. Alberto also used the occassion to express his solidarity to Milan on the ongoing match fixing investigation.

“I keep reading in the newspapers that every day there is a new story linked to this scandal, but I have always maintained we should wait and let the magistrates do their job,” he noted. “In any case, I’d stay at Milan even if they were demoted to Serie B.”

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