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The 2011–12 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 78th season in Serie A, and their 29th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Milan were the defending Serie A champions, and they were aiming for a second straight title. Despite a slow start, they had been able to build up a four-point lead in the table over Juventus by 11 March. However, in the last nine games of the season Milan picked up only five wins, with two draws and two losses, allowing Juventus, who instead recorded ten wins and one draw over their last eleven, to regain the lead and win the title by four points. As the previous year's Serie A champions, Milan began their season contesting the Supercoppa Italiana against Coppa Italia holders Internazionale, winning the match 2–1. The ''Rossoneri'' also competed in the Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Barcelona, and took part in the Coppa Italia as well, being knocked out in the semi-finals against Juventus. == Pre-season and friendlies == Milan began their pre-season training at Milanello on Tuesday, 12 July 2011. The following week, on 20 July, they contested the first friendly, an away match against neighboring side Solbiatese Arno. The ''Rossoneri'' easily won with a score of 12–0. As part of the Audi Cup, Milan then played two friendlies against Bayern Munich and Internacional at the Allianz Arena in Munich, on 26 and 27 July, respectively. The first game finished 1–1. Zlatan Ibrahimović opened the scoring only for Toni Kroos to equalise late in the first half; subsequently, Milan lost 5–3 on penalties, with Alberto Paloschi committing the only, and eventually deciding, error. The second game was a 2–2 draw. Ibrahimović once again opened the scoring, before Leandro Damião equalised in the 20th minute, and then Milan took a new lead through Alexandre Pato in the 60th minute only for Andrés D'Alessandro to tie the game ten minutes from time. The ''Rossoneri'' were defeated 2–0 on penalties, being unable to convert any of their four attempts. After travelling to China, where they played their first competitive match of the season, a 2–1 win over city rivals Internazionale in the Supercoppa Italiana on 6 August,〔 Milan resumed their pre-season schedule facing Malmö in Sweden on 14 August. The ''Rossoneri'' took the lead in 27th minute, when Urby Emanuelson raced into the box and crossed the ball to Antonio Cassano, who easily headed it in. Malmö equalised nine minutes later through Jimmy Durmaz, with a curled shot from just outside the penalty area, and three minutes into the second half they also took a 2–1 lead, when Tobias Malm stole the ball in midfield, combined with Alexander Nilsson and finally beat Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Milan, however, managed to equalised in the last minute of the game, as a cross by Cassano was headed in by youth team player Kingsley Boateng. With no extra time, the match was to be decided by a 3–kick penalty shoot-out, which Milan won 3–2, as Abbiati pulled off a save on Malmö's third attempt. Four days later, Milan was back in Italy to play the TIM Trophy. They took on Juventus in the second game of the evening, after the latter had lost the first game to Internazionale on penalties. Milan took the lead in the 13th minute through Antonio Cassano, but Juventus fought back equalising eight minutes later with Arturo Vidal and scoring the winning goal in injury time through Alessandro Matri. The ''Rossoneri'' also lost the third and final game against Inter, with Diego Milito scoring the lone goal, thus allowing them to win the trophy. Milan concluded their pre-season with the annual Luigi Berlusconi Trophy, in which they played against Juventus at the San Siro on 21 August. Kevin-Prince Boateng opened the scoring for the ''Rossoneri'' in the ninth minute, volleying past Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon from a cross by Ignazio Abate. Fourteen minutes later, Milan doubled their lead, as Clarence Seedorf scored with a curled free-kick off the post. In the second half, Milan players looked more tired and Juventus managed to pull one back through Mirko Vučinić, but the ''Rossoneri'' held on to win the game 2–1. Following the players' strike that forced the postponement of the first weekend of league fixtures, however,〔 Milan announced they would play another friendly match, away against Como, on 1 September. The ''Rossoneri'' took the lead in the 22nd minute through Massimo Ambrosini, who was set up by Stephan El Shaarawy, but the hosts equalised two minutes later with a goal from Umberto Miello. In the second half, Urby Emanuelson converted a penalty to give Milan the final lead. On 4 January 2012, Milan played their first game of the new year with a friendly against French side Paris Saint-Germain in Dubai for the Emirates Challenge. The game got off to a good start for Milan as Ibrahimović drew the goalkeeper out of his goal and passed to Alexandre Pato for the opener in the fourth minute. The game progressed with neither team looking much better than the other, but both could not convert anymore chances and the game ended 1–0 in Milan's favor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011–12 A.C. Milan season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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