Clarence Seedorf

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NAPOLI-MILAN

GOALKEEPERS: Fiori, Kalac, Offredi;

DEFENDERS: Bonera, Digao, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Nesta, Oddo, Serginho, Simic, Ambrosini;

MIDFIELDERS: Ba, Brocchi, Gattuso, Kakà, Seedorf;

STRIKERS: Gilardino, Inzaghi, Pato.

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WE HAVE TO ACCEPT

In Europe no one has done or won as much as Milan in the last five years. In this season we have missed some chances, but if we play the Uefa Cup there's no shame. Clarence Seedorf speaks.

MILANELLO - Calm and proud, hopeful and confident. That's Clarence Seedorf feels in the week leading up to Milan-Udinese and Torino-Fiorentina. The Dutch champion spoke to Sport Mediaset.

"The Champions League? At the moment it's not an illusion, it's a hope. There's one match to go for both us and Fiorentina. We have to win. On the results of the latest round of Serie A, we knew at the start of the season it would be exciting. In Italy there are a lot of top-level teams. Napoli? They did better than us, like they did against Inter, Juventus, and Fiorentina, which they all beat at home. It's not in Naples that we wasted our chance to get into the Champions League, but in other games before that."

"But whatever happens on the last matchday, we have to know that in the last five years no one has won as much as us. We were the best in Europe and always competitive in Italy, even though this season we didn't do great. But overall if we look at what we did and what the best European clubs did, we have nothing to be ashamed of, even if we only get into the Uefa Cup. On the contrary, this team was on top for more time than other teams, that's why we have to accept it if things aren't going the way we are used to right now."

Clarence's conclusion: "The future? We have to build it, especially now. We know that, but we also know the club is making the right moves. Let's be clear, I don't want to tell our fans to get ready for the Uefa Cup, on the contrary I am convinced we can still make it because we want to beat Udinese and because Torino have their dignity and will certainly honor the sport. Perhaps, and I'm not saying this is an alibi, this season we paid for the fact that last year we gave more than we could by winning the Champions League at the end of a season in which we started with a lot of difficulties but also without a proper summer preparation."

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MILAN-UDINESE

GOALKEEPERS: Dida, Kalac;

DEFENDERS: Bonera, Cafu, Digao, Favalli, Kaladze, Oddo, Serginho, Simic, Ambrosini;

MIDFIELDERS: Brocchi, Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf;

STRIKERS: Gilardino, Inzaghi, Pato.

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AC Milan 4:1 Udinese

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Player Ratings: Milan 4-1 Udinese

AC Milan needed to win to stand a chance of earning their Champions League spot. They looked dead and buried after going a goal down in an uninspired first half. They did manage to reply with four in the second but it mattered little as Fiorentina won 0-1 at Torino to condemn the Rossoneri to the UEFA Cup for next season. Goal.com rates the performers on the pitch.

Kalac - 6.5: Made a few important saves in the first half to keep his side in the contest. Other than that, it was a fairly quiet evening for the Spider.

Oddo - 5.5: Was playing almost as an attacking winger in the first half to help carve open the Udinese defence. Allowed Di Natale the freedom to charge forward.

Bonera - 7: Had a shaky start but came into the game strongly and made a number of crucial tackles and interceptions.

Kaladze - 6: Didn’t quite have the pace to cope with Udinese’s counter attacking style. Looked more composed in the later stages of the game when the opponents went off the boil.

Favalli - 6: Never looked secure at the back. His over commitment to attack left far too much space for Simone Pepe to roam. He did, however, constantly provide his attacking wingers with the overlapping option.

Brocchi - 5: Ineffective. Could not provide the creative spark down the flank that Milan were so desperately seeking in the first half. Not surprised to be taken out at the break for Pato.

Pirlo - 7.5: Showed tremendous vision time and time again with some stunning long balls to split the visiting backline.

Ambrosini - 7: Strayed too far forward too often and that allowed Udinese to break forward with ease. Did link up well with Kaka and Seedorf in the final third of the pitch.

Kakà - 7: Very involved in the game and initiated almost every attacking move. Had about four excellent scoring chances but spurned all of them, including a penalty.

Seedorf - 8: His lively performance defies his age. He was carving out openings in both flanks and down the middle and just like Kaka, he was engaged in every attacking build up.

Inzaghi - 6.5: Had too many defenders mark him out of the game. Had more space and freedom when Pato came on. Should have scored more than just the one goal.

Substitutes:

Cafu - 7: Did well to clean up at the back. Wasn’t afraid to go forward, despite his aging legs. Scored a quite sumptuous goal to wrap up his playing career in style.

Pato - 8: What his teammates couldn’t do in 45 minutes, he managed to in just two. Caused all kinds of headaches for the Udinese defence and injected that extra attacking oomph that his team was missing in the first half.

Serginho - 6: Had a few attempts at goal from distance and will be disappointed he couldn’t sign off his career with a goal.

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CLARENCE SEEDORF PRESENTS 'GOAL4AFRICA'

Tomorrow, Thursday 29 May, Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf will be at the 'Kempinski' Hotel in Dubai to present a worldwide initiative to leave a strong sign on the whole African continent.

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AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf is appointed Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau by the Netherlands ambassador to Italy Alphonsus Stoelinga, in a ceremony in Rome Thursday, April 28, 2011, bestowed for his services to football and charity work. Seedorf is the only player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs _ Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007. In 2005, Seedorf founded the not-for-profit Champions for Children foundation.