Football Italia has named Kaka as their Player of their week following his impressive weekend display against Reggina. Here are a few excerpts, and you can read the full article after that. Despite the absence of the experienced Clarence Seedorf alongside him in midfield – not to mention a central spine devoid of Andriy Shevchenko and Alessandro Nesta ? Kaka took on the responsibility of taking the game to Reggina with a maturity beyond his years. Milan?s case was not helped by the Amaranto taking an early lead in a game Carlo Ancelotti had described beforehand as a ?must-win match?. But Kaka responded in style by taking the ball past three players before setting up Inzaghi to equalise just three minutes later. After Gilardino had made it 2-1, the youngster began a delightful counter-attack on the stroke of half-time which culminated in Inzaghi scoring again, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside. Reggina simply had no answer to the silky South American (WORD!!), who was central to almost every Milan move, and six minutes after the restart his weaving run and cut-back gifted Inzaghi his second.The Samba star gave an equally sumptuous display in midweek when the Rossoneri trounced Treviso 5-0 and it is becoming evermore apparent that for Ancelotti?s men to play well, their brilliant Brazilian needs to be on form. His slump early in the New Year coincided with Milan?s failure to find the net and a particularly poor display in his side?s 1-0 defeat to Roma found the attacking midfielder the subject of heavy criticism for his showing.It is easy to forget, though, that Kaka is still only 23, given that he is already a World Cup winner and has been a virtual ever-present since arriving from Sao Paulo for just under ?5m three seasons ago. ?Kaka interprets his role in the hole in his own unique way. He is very dynamic and quick, he covers runs into the area very well,? said Ancelotti last week. [FULL Story]Also, this is the roster for the friendly against RussiaGoalies: Dida (AC Milan) and Julio Cesar (Inter Milan).Defenders: Cicinho (Real Madrid), Maicon (Monaco), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gustavo Nery (Corinthians), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Cris (Lyon) and Luisao (Benfica).Midfielders: Emerson (Juventus), Edmilson (Barcelona), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon), Kaka (AC Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians) and Ronaldinho (Barcelona)Forwards: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Adriano (Inter Milan), Robinho (Real Madrid) and Fred (Lyon)[MATCH REVIEW]
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