If you haven't heard yet David Beckham will be playing with AC Milan pretty soon. Right now he is on tour with his MLS team the Los Angeles Galaxy in New Zealand. David Beckham has continued to represent England in international play since he started his career in the US for the Galaxy. He still plans on doing this - which is a big reason why he is going to play with AC Milan for a few months so he can stay in shape and continue to be competitive when England needs him.

"It's important that I keep my fitness up and that's one of the reasons I'm going to Milan for a few months," said Beckham.

Beckham needs to keep up his fitness in order to be ready for international play and it's a great time for AC Milan to pick Beckham up - an unfortunate reason for the timeliness though. The reason AC Milan will be happy to see Beckham, besides the fact that he's a great player, is the fact the Kaka has been out lately with injury. We'll just have to wait and see how he meshes with the rest of the team. I'm sure they will all welcome him.

AC Milan played Palermo in a Serie A game on Sunday and I was not impressed. The final score of the match ended up being 3 - 1 with Palermo on top. AC Milan had their chances never really seemed to be into the game.

What's the deal AC Milan? I didn't even watch the whole match - it was starting to upset me. From what I saw AC Milan was playing horrible defense. There was no communication between players - if I was the goalie I would have been getting pissed at my teammates. I don't know how many times they let the ball just drop in front of them inside the box right in front of the goal. I'm surprised the score wasn't 5 - 0.

Palermo controlled the pace of the game throughout most of the match. The ball seemed to spend much more time in their possession attacking. AC Milan just couldn't get things going. They had a few chances that could have turned the momentum their way, but they couldn't capitalize. Ronaldinho had a chance early in the game (27th minute) to put AC Milan up 1 - 0 but missed a penalty on a very weak effort.

Fabrizio Miccoli put the first ball in the back of the net for Palermo in the 50th minute. It was only 9 minutes later when Palermo added a second goal scored by Edison Cavani. Fabio Simplicio put the game out of reach with a goal in the 80th minute to make it 3 - 0 Palermo. Ronaldinho spoiled a shut-out with a goal on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute.

With the lost AC Milan loses more ground on their city rivals Inter Milan for the top position in Serie A. This leaves AC Milan still in third place - six points off the leaders. The chances were there for AC Milan they just couldn't finish, and Palermo took advantage of a lack luster defensive effort on the part of AC.