I don’t know how Michael has been affected by what happened between him and Coulthard but I don’t think it has

I don’t know how Michael has been affected by what happened between him and Coulthard but I don’t think it has made the team any more determined to win here, because we are at it all the time We are all flat out.”But he will have learned from it. But if everything is equal and balanced the championship will have a good ending.”The accord reached by Schumacher and Coulthard has clearly diffused a potentially uncomfortable situation for the Scott and his team. Only a couple of banners declared Ferrari fans’ hostility here yesterday. Coulthard said: “Any Ferrari fan who has come up to me here has just asked for my autograph.”Eddie Irvine was ahead of Schumacher at the end of the session, with Coulthard third.

Today, it is Juve, not Milan, who the others are trying to emulate.Top among the pretenders are Lazio, the only floated club in the country, and Parma, who were in Serie C not so long ago. As Berlusconi put more of his energies into politics and less into football, Milan’s star faded. The club still bought expensive players but the blend was no longer there Nor was the commitment. For the second season running, Milan have failed to qualify for any European competition, a statistic of almost scandalous proportions given the club’s recent history.
The transformation of a team who were feared only a couple of years ago by every opponent in Europe should make interesting reading for those who both worship and detest Manchester United. “The Old Lady”, otherwise known as Juventus, made a stunning comeback.

When Berlusconi bought Milan 12 years ago, they were practically bankrupt. With billions of lira from his MediaSet television holding company, Berlusconi bought the best players, paid them the highest salaries and sat back smugly as Milan won five Serie A championships in nine seasons and the European Cup three times.Then (Manchester United, take note) came the crash. When the Italian league gets under way with five matches today and another four tomorrow, Silvio Berlusconi’s Milan will have a job on their hands trying to rekindle past glories. DOES BIGGEST necessarily mean best? The answer, if the Italian equivalent of Manchester United is anything to go by, is yes for a few years, then emphatically no. Bruce himself is doubtful with a hamstring strain, but the player-manager is upbeat.

“I’m delighted with the way the players have rolled up their sleeves and dug in during a difficult period,” he said.Bradford’s pounds 2.3m strike force of Lee Mills and Isiah Rankin are doubtful but Gordon Watson, out since suffering a leg fracture 18 months ago, is in the squad.Crystal Palace may field their Chinese internationals, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, against Port Vale as the Eagles try to build on the midweek win at Crewe.. Michael Duberry has been involved with the club since he was 13, nine years ago, and is the only remaining graduate of the 1992 youth intake

“It is hard to get in the team,” he admitted yesterday. HE IS the survivor, the one player of the 17 Chelsea have used this season to have come through the ranks, writes Glenn Moore. Heart’s Steve Fulton later admitted he was the other player concerned.. WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers may have lost their unbeaten record against Port Vale on Tuesday but Mark McGhee, their manager, refuses to give up on the side which has emerged as early promotion contenders. “I am still convinced that this is my best team and that there is no-one I can bring in at the moment to improve things,” he said.
Sunderland’s leading scorer, Kevin Phillips, has recovered from a calf injury to hold his place in an unchanged side.Steve Bruce is enduring an unfortunate start to his managerial career at Sheffield United with a crippling injury list ahead of the derby at Bradford City.

Wolves entertain their fellow pace-setters Sunderland at Molineux with many options available but McGhee is banking on his present selection. “But nobody has got the right to be there and we know we have got to continue to work hard if we are going to build on what we have done.”We showed a level of consistency last year, and got the bit of luck that you need, and I am confident we can do the same again this time.”A win over the champions would be another worthy addition to the Williamson CV, but the pre-match preparations of the Celtic coach, Jozef Venglos, have not been helped by the news that the midfielder Morten Wieghorst could be out for the rest of the season. Ritchie was sent off in error following an off-the ball incident involving Derek Adams. At least the strikers Henrik Larsson and Darren Jackson appear to have returned home unscathed from international duty.The Hearts defender Paul Ritchie has been given the all clear to play against Dundee today after his red card against Ross County in midweek was rescinded by the Scottish Football Association. THE KILMARNOCK manager, Bobby Williamson, will not let a new five- year contract go to his head today as he sends his players out to face Celtic at Parkhead. He will be preaching the same work ethic that has characterised his 21-month reign. The Ayrshire club face the Scottish champions knowing that, after a League Cup exit to Airdrie, a second defeat in a week would take the shine off their manager’s reward for making them a Premier League force.