Hard running, hard tackling and an ever-visible aggression and determination characterise Gennaro Gattuso.
AC Milan entered the final of the Champions League on the away goals rule despite losing 1-3 to PSV Eindhoven in the second leg semi-final on Wednesday.
A place in the Istanbul final on May 25 beckons if Chelsea and Milan can exploit home advantage.
Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-2 while while Milan beat city rivals Inter 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League first leg quarter-finals.\n\n
AC Milan moved smoothly into the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup with a 2-0 win over Palermo.
Milan are still looking for their first league win at the San Siro this season and after eight games they are 11th with 10 points.
The day after AC Milan and Juventus drew 1-1, AS Roma president Franco Sensi said the result was planned.
European champions AC Milan beat Lazio 1-0 at the San Siro on Sunday to join Juventus at the top of Serie A.
AC Milan will meet Liverpool in the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.
AC Milan won the Italian Cup with a 2-2 draw with AS Roma in the second leg of the final on Saturday.
Italian soccer is back in fashion and next week three of the four teams in the semi-finals of the Champions League will be from the peninsula.
Inter Milan's move to secure Batistuta in a loan deal from Roma hands the former Fiorentina striker a chance to end his career in glory.
Inter were 4-1 up after Marco Materazzi scored in the 68th minute but the defender's excessive goal celebration led to him being sent off for a second yellow card and his side were then left to struggle with 10 men.
The 29-year-old has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark's opening game of the European Championship.
Barcelona's 1-0 victory brought to an end to AC Milan's 13-match unbeaten home run in Europe.
The Argentine striker scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory in the second leg Champions League pre-quarter-final.
'It was a long career, really long, thank you to everyone who gave me the strength, the adrenaline and the emotion to continue.'
Kingsley Coman came back to haunt Paris St Germain again as he earned Bayern Munich a 1-0 win in their Champions League last-16 first leg in Paris on Tuesday.
The nose of the statue was cut off in a pre-Christmas attack but the vandalism this weekend was the most severe yet.
IMAGES from Serie A matches played on Saturday.
AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli has been given a three-match ban for his sending-off at the end of Sunday's 2-1 home defeat by Napoli, the Italian league said in a statement on Monday.
A second-half goal by forward Lautaro Martinez earned Inter Milan a 1-0 victory over rivals AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final second leg.
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