Martino names 22 for Milan,MILAN-BARCELONA, HISTORY

Piqué works alone
In the only training session between the game at El Sadar and the trip to Milan, Gerard Piqué worked out alone while the starters from last night’s game did recovery work. Ortolà of Barça B, and Moha and Pedro of the youth team also participated.
Messi during this Sunday's training session / PHOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ-FCB
The players will meet at the Camp Nou at 9.30 on Monday. From there, they will be transferred to the airport. They’ll train in the San Siro at 19.00. Previously, at 18.15, Gerardo Martino and Alexis Sánchez

MILAN-BARCELONA, HISTORY

Statistics, precedents and ex-players. Here’s the history behind Milan-Barcelona at the San Siro.
MILAN – Ahead of Tuesday evening’s match against Barcelona in the Champions League, here are the ex-players from the past and the present, the episodes that have gone down in history and the form of the two sides:
MILAN-BARCELONA, THE LAST FIVE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES AT THE SAN SIRO:
2012/13: Milan-Barcelona 2-0. Last 16.
2011/12: Milan-Barcelona 0-0. Quarter finals.
2011/12: Milan-Barcelona 2-3. Group stages.
2005/06: Milan-Barcelona 0-1. Semi-final.
2004/05: Milan-Barcelona 1-0. Group stages.

EX PLAYERS BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS:
Apart from Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona for the 2009/10 season and Milan from 2010-2012), three Golden Boot winners have played for both clubs: Ronaldinho (Barcelona from 2003 to 2008, Milan from 2008 to 2011), Rivaldo (Barcelona from 1997 to 2002., Milan from 2002 to 2003)  and Ronaldo (Barcelona for the 1996/97 season, Milan from January 2007 to 2008).
Other players include Demetrio Albertini (Milan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1991 to 2002, Barcelona from January 2005 for six months), Bojan Krkic (Barcelona from 2007 to 2011, Milan for the 2012/2013 season), Mark Van Bommel (Barcelona from 2005 to 2008, Milan from January 2011 to 2012) Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona for the 2005/2006 season, Milan from 2008 to 2012), Patrick Kluivert (Milan for the 1997/1998 season, Barcelona from 1998 to 2004), Edgar Davids (Milan from 1996 to January 1998, Barcelona on loan from January 2004 for the 2003/2004 season), Michael Reiziger (Milan in the 1996/1997 season, Barcelona from 1997 to 2004), Winston Bogarde (Milan for the 1997/1998 season, Barcelona from 1998 to 2000), Francesco Coco (Milan from 1996 to 2001, Barcelona for the 2001/2002 season), Maxi Lopez (Barcelona for the 2005/2006 season, Milan from January 2012 to the end of the season) and Cristophe Dugarry (Milan for the 1996/1997 season, Barcelona for the first part of the 1997/1998 campaign).

HISTORIC EPISODES:
Milan-Barcelona 1-0. 1989/90. European Supercup Final. 14 days after the first leg in Barcelona ended in a draw (1-1 with goals from Van Basten and Amor), Milan win 1-0 at the San Siro and win their first even European Super Cup.

MILAN’S LAST FIVE HOME MATCHES IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
2013/14. Milan-Celtic 2-0
2012/13. Milan-Barcelona 2-0
2012/13. Milan- Zenit St Petersburg 0-1
2012/13. Milan-Malaga 1-1
2012/13. Milan-Anderlecht 0-0

BARCELONA’S LAST FiVE MATCHES AWAY FROM HOME IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
2013/14. Celtic-Barcelona 0-1
2012/13. Bayern Monaco-Barcelona 4-0
2012/13. PSG-Barcelona 2-2
2012/13. Milan-Barcelona 2-0
2012/13. Spartak Moskow -Barcelona 0-3

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