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LA Galaxy vs AC Milan: Third place match

Galaxy will face another Italian in final game of GICC.

MIAMI – The Los Angeles Galaxy will face Italian powerhouse AC Milan in the final game of the Guinness International Champions Cups (GICC) in Miami Florida. The winner of the match will finish this friendly tournament in third place.

LA Galaxy vs AC Milan is scheduled for Wednesday August 7 at 6:30PM local time (3:30PM pacific) from the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. Immediantly following this game will be the GICC championship game between Real Madrid and Chelsea.

The Galaxy have reached the third place match after a 3-1 loss to Spaniards Real Madrid in Phoenix Arizona and a 3-1 victory over Italian champions Juventus at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Milan is in the third place match as a result of a 2-1 win over Spanish side Valencia and a 2-0 loss to Premier League team Chelsea.

Galaxy will have a full squad available after both Robbie Keane and Robbie Rodgers returned from injury and played in the last game against Juventus. Manager Bruce Arena said in the press conference following the Juventus match that he will be using a "strong" squad Wednesday. "They should all be fit; this competition is a good way to get them use to playing twice a week. So there will be a strong squad on Wednesday as well as on the weekend in Dallas"

AC Milan will come into this game without its Brazilian forward Robinho due to a groin injury, but there will plenty of fire power for the Italians with both Mario Balotelli and Stephan El Shaarawy likely to take part of this fixture.

The seventh and fifth place matches will take place today (Tuesday, August 06) Juventus will play fellow Italians Inter Milan in the seventh place match to avoid being the tournaments last place finishers. Premier league side Everton will take on Spaniards Valencia in the fifth place match.

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