Uefa Champions League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Viktoria Plzeň AC Milan Group H - Matchday 6 Eden, Prague Tuesday 6 December 2011 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Competition facts.............................................................................................................16 Team facts.......................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................19 FC Viktoria Plzeň - AC Milan Tuesday 6 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Eden, Prague Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/11 GS AC Milan - FC Viktoria Plzeň 2-0 Milan Ibrahimović 53(p), Cassano 66 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 AC Milan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 FC Viktoria Plzeň - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None AC Milan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/03/04 R16 AC Milan - AC Sparta Praha 4-1 Milan Inzaghi 45+2, Shevchenko 66, 79, agg: 4-1 Gattuso 85; Jun 59 24/02/04 R16 AC Sparta Praha - AC Milan 0-0 Prague UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/08/02 QR3 FC Slovan Liberec - AC Milan 2-1 Liberec Slepička 47, Langer 87; Inzaghi 20 agg: 2-2 ag 14/08/02 QR3 AC Milan - FC Slovan Liberec 1-0 Milan Inzaghi 68 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/95 R3 AC Sparta Praha - AC Milan 0-0 Prague agg: 0-2 23/11/95 R3 AC Milan - AC Sparta Praha 2-0 Milan Weah 33, 76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/04/73 SF AC Sparta Praha - AC Milan 0-1 Prague Chiarugi 74 agg: 0-2 11/04/73 SF AC Milan - AC Sparta Praha 1-0 Milan Chiarugi 68 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 AC Milan 5 5 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 2 1 12 3 Last updated 06/12/11 00:27:29CET 2 Previous meetings FC Viktoria Plzeň - AC Milan Tuesday 6 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Eden, Prague Match background FK Viktoria Plzeň welcome AC Milan to Prague looking to finish the job of wrapping up third place in UEFA Champions League Group H. • With Milan already secure in second place behind FC Barcelona, the overriding question at the Stadion Eden is whether Plzeň, 2-0 losers at San Siro in September, can retain their advantage over fourth-placed FC BATE Borisov and earn entry into the UEFA Europa League. • Plzeň's victory in Belarus on matchday five – their first in the UEFA Champions League – lifted them two points above BATE and left them needing only a draw against Massimiliano Allegri's Milan to guarantee European football after Christmas for the first time. Match background • This is the first home meeting with Italian opponents for Plzeň, the UEFA Champions League newcomers who are still seeking a first home victory in the competition proper. Pavel Vrba's men did post three successive wins at their own ground in the qualifying round and play-offs in July and August. • Milan have not won away to Czech opposition since their first visit to the country, beating AC Sparta Praha 1-0 through a Luciano Chiarugi goal in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals en route to winning the trophy. • The Rossoneri's most recent trip to the Czech Republic brought a goalless draw with Sparta in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League round of 16, a match featuring Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf and unused substitutes Christian Abbiati and Massimo Ambrosini. Their overall record in the country is W1 D2 L1. Team ties • Antonio Nocerino and Alberto Aquilani played for Italy in a 3-1 win against František Rajtoral's Czech Republic at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Aquilani scoring one of the goals. • Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta and Gianluca Zambrotta played in Italy's 2-0 victory against the Czech Republic at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. • Before switching his international allegiance to Ghana, Kevin-Prince Boateng was in the Germany side that beat Martin Fillo and Rajtoral's Czech Republic 2-1 in a UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite-round fixture in Zlin in May 2005. • David Limberský made four appearances in Serie A during a loan spell at Modena FC in 2003/04. He did not face the Rossoneri but did line up against Daniele Bonera in a 2-2 draw with the Milan player's old side, Parma FC, on 6 March 2004. • Plzeň's most experienced European campaigner, Pavel Horváth, has had mixed fortunes in home ties against Italian opposition with his previous clubs. • With SK Slavia Praha, Horváth suffered a 2-0 home defeat against Bologna FC in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup second round. He then earned a 1-0 win against Udinese Calcio – and eventual away-goals success – in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup fourth round. With Galatasaray AŞ, he sat on the bench for a 1-0 home win against a Nesta-skippered S.S. Lazio side in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League first group stage. • Taye Taiwo scored on Czech soil for Olympique de Marseille against FK Mladá Boleslav in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup first round but finished on the losing side as a 4-2 defeat confirmed the French side's elimination by a 4-3 aggregate score. • Former Czech international Pavel Nedvěd had a spell in the youth ranks at Plzeň and later enjoyed a long and successful career in Italy with Lazio (1996 to 2001) and Juventus (2001 to 2009). He is now a member of the Juventus board. Last updated 06/12/11 00:27:29CET 3 Match background FC Viktoria Plzeň - AC Milan Tuesday 6 December 2011 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Eden, Prague Match facts Plzeň UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Marián Čišovský is available after a one-match ban; Václav Pilař and Pavel Horváth will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Latest domestic information • Friday 2 December: FC Viktoria Plzeň 4-1 Bohemians 1905 (Horváth 25pen, Rajtoral 27, Pilař 41, Darida 84; Nešpor 4) Čech; Rajtoral, Čišovský, Bystroň, Limberský; Horváth, Jiráček, Petržela (Darida 77), Kolář (Ďuriš 64), Pilař (Hora 87); Bakoš • Plzeň, beaten 2-1 at 1. FK Příbram on 27 November, went into the Czech winter break on a high with a fourth successive home league victory. • František Rajtoral won the penalty converted by Horváth and struck himself two minutes later – his first goal since the opening day of the league season. Vladimír Darida scored his first league goal for the club. • Defender Čišovský was on target in Pribram, and has scored three goals in six 1. Liga matches. • Marek Bakoš has scored seven times in his last ten outings. • At this stage last term, Plzeň were top of the league on 41 points – 11 more than this time around. • A 2-0 loss to AC Sparta Praha on 29 August represents Plzeň's only home league defeat in 37 games. • Vrba's side beat FK Mladá Boleslav 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in July's Czech Super Cup. Injury news • Marek Čech, out since injuring a knee on matchday three, made his comeback at FC BATE Borisov. International duty • First international goals from Pilař and Petr Jiráček helped the Czech Republic book their UEFA EURO 2012 place with a 3-0 aggregate victory against Montenegro in last month's play-offs. Milan UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Alberto Aquilani serves a one-game ban on matchday six; Mark van Bommel's next booking will incur a suspension. Latest domestic information • Friday 2 December: Genoa CFC 0-2 AC Milan (Ibrahimović 56pen, Nocerino 79) Amelia; Abate, Yepes, Thiago, Antonini; Aquilani, Ambrosini (Seedorf 69), Nocerino; Boateng; Robinho (El Shaarawy 88), Ibrahimović • Zlatan Ibrahimović took his tally to nine goals in his last eight club appearances by converting a penalty awarded after he was brought down by Kakha Kaladze, an incident that earned the ex-Milan defender a second yellow card. • Ibrahimović scored twice − taking his Serie A goal tally to 101 − as Milan beat AC Chievo Verona 4-0 on 27 November. • The Diavolo have scored four goals in four of their past seven top-flight games. • The Rossoneri are 17 league matches unbeaten at San Siro, since a 1-0 defeat by AS Roma on 18 December 2010. • Milan's haul of one win and two draws from their first five league games represented the worst start to a Serie A defence since SSC Napoli in 1990/91. • Clarence Seedorf's goal in the 1-0 win against AC Cesena on 24 September meant the 35-year-old has now scored in each of his 20 campaigns as a professional. Injury news • Van Bommel missed the Genoa game with a swollen knee; Pato was a late withdrawal with flu.