Trip to the San Siro looking less likely

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:02 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Won't be Panathinaikos either.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43887360

Havent paid wages so UEFA fine them.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:06 pm

I hope they've improved the San Siro (or Stadio Guiseppe Meazza to give it its correct name) since I was in there in 2006. Looked dreadfully run down then and in need of extensive work.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:08 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I hope they've improved the San Siro (or Stadio Guiseppe Meazza to give it its correct name) since I was in there in 2006. Looked dreadfully run down then and in need of extensive work.

I'd assume it will be an upgrade on turf moor.

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:46 pm

I’m trying hard not to tempt fate by hoping for certain teams whilst we will have 3 rounds to play before we get anyone from a major country, and I’m going back a long time to count the last time we won 3 cup games, I got my hopes up last season before Lincoln did their thing....

....but if I was to tempt fate I would hope for Sevilla or Milan(s). In truth though, if we take it as seriously as a Premier League game that is all I ask. To toss our place away after waiting 50 years would be unforgivable, and I wouldn’t even entertain the thought if it wasn’t for our cup record under SD. Give it 100%, I’d be happy with any draw.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:03 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Shame shaktar cant move home. The stadium and facilities are fantastic. Donetsk as a whole has lost so much. Not to mention its football. A couple of sides went to the wall completely. Theres an 'excellent' interview with dario srna somewhere online about why he refused to leave despite many offers.

Now he's banned for taking steroids

Shakhtar have had some good players recently, they always find some Brazilian gems. Willian, Fernandinho, Alex Texeira, Douglas Costa, Bernard, Marlos, Taison, Fred, Mkhitaryan.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:21 pm

tim_noone wrote:I'd assume it will be an upgrade on turf moor.

There was no match on, but the whole place looked really run down and in need of some major work. Unbelievably iconic stadium though. These are a couple of pics I took.

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: 0422 San Siro.JPG (882.74 KiB) Viewed 1314 times

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:57 pm

Always has looked unfinished from the outside.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:29 am

The outside was fine. Inside there broken seats, seats full of bird crap. The whole place looked run down and filthy.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:34 am

Went on a tour last year. Looked pretty dirty but in decent nick. Its industrial looking so probably why it looks a bit dirty and tatty. The most impressive part was the tunnel. Long, narrow, dingy dull concrete corridor. I wouldnt want to have got on the wrong side of Gattuso and had to walk down there.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:08 am

ClaretTony wrote:I hope they've improved the San Siro (or Stadio Guiseppe Meazza to give it its correct name) since I was in there in 2006. Looked dreadfully run down then and in need of extensive work.

Had a €30m refit a couple of years ago

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:16 am

UpTheBeehole wrote:Had a €30m refit a couple of years ago

I hope they'd done something with it in the ten year period before that. It was a shame to be so disappointed with it because it really is a special, unique stadium.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:18 am

No wonder they started to struggle on the pitch looking at that picture...

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:25 am

KRBFC wrote:Now he's banned for taking steroids Shakhtar have had some good players recently, they always find some Brazilian gems. Willian, Fernandinho, Alex Texeira, Douglas Costa, Bernard, Marlos, Taison, Fred, Mkhitaryan.

Im assuming you are joking with Mkhitaryan given he is Armenian.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:26 am

ClaretTony wrote:I hope they've improved the San Siro (or Stadio Guiseppe Meazza to give it its correct name) since I was in there in 2006. Looked dreadfully run down then and in need of extensive work.

I thought it was both. San siro when Milan are at home and Guiseppi Meazza when Inter are at home.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:31 am

gandhisflipflop wrote:I thought it was both. San siro when Milan are at home and Guiseppi Meazza when Inter are at home.

I was confused but was told when we went that its real name is Stadio Guiseppi Meazza who played for both clubs. However, the Milan fans won't use it because they believe he is really an Inter legend. He played 39 times for Milan, scoring nine goals. For Inter he scored 243 goals in 365 appearances so I get their argument.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:32 am

San Siro is its traditional name, but it was renamed the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in 1980. Meazza played for Inter and Milan, and won 2 World Cups.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:05 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I was confused but was told when we went that its real name is Stadio Guiseppi Meazza who played for both clubs. However, the Milan fans won't use it because they believe he is really an Inter legend. He played 39 times for Milan, scoring nine goals. For Inter he scored 243 goals in 365 appearances so I get their argument.

Fair enough that. Imagine our stadium being called the Adam Blacklaw Stadium and a groundshare with Blackburn

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:05 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:Fair enough that. Imagine our stadium being called the Adam Blacklaw Stadium and a groundshare with Blackburn

I’m fully in favour of that name

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:20 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:Im assuming you are joking with Mkhitaryan given he is Armenian.

I said ''Shakhtar have had some good players recently, they always find some Brazilian gems'' then I named some good players they've had in recent years it just so happens that all but 1 were Brazilian so tied into my 2nd point about finding Brazilian gems. Of course I know Mkhitaryan isn't Brazilian

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:10 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I hope they've improved the San Siro (or Stadio Guiseppe Meazza to give it its correct name) since I was in there in 2006. Looked dreadfully run down then and in need of extensive work.

Believe it was refurbed in 2015.

Interesting that despite being renamed in 1980 the new name has never stuck.

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