Tuesday, April 26, 2011

AC Milan vs Bologna - 1st May 2011, match 35

The match started out very promising, with Flamini giving us the lead with a goal that left my jaw hanging for a few minutes. He scored a goal with skill!!! I couldn't believe it but the replay was right there for me to see...it was amazing. We dominated the first half which was a good thing but it seemed Cassano and Ambrosini were in some kind of a competition to see who could suck more...it was annoying. Cassano had no imagination whatsoever at the front and was always bringing the ball backwards. Ambrosini's job was to lose balls in midfield and give away free kicks. The second half was full of hair-pulling frustration as I watched our team go to sleep second by second. The Bologna team had several chances to sink us so it was just a matter of luck that we stayed afloat. After what seemed like a lifetime Allegri finally made subs, bringing in Pirlo and Beretta. They injected some life into the team and Beretta created some chances but his finishing isn't up to par yet. As usual, Nesta, Silva and Abate did a wonderful job at defence, Boateng and Seedorf did good in midfield though they could have done  better.

I was disappointed even though we won , but I'm looking forward to our next match because Ibrahimovich is returning and hopefully Pato too. See u there.

Friday, April 22, 2011

AC Milan vs Brescia - 23rd April 2011, match 34

The first part of the first half, we seemed to be dominating the game, creating chancing and keeping possession but all that changed in the latter parts of the first half all through to the end of the game. Brescia stopped waiting to hit us on the counter and decided to take the initiative, hitting our defence again and again. I'm just glad our defence held strong even with Abiatti having injury issues. Our midfield was ok but our game play was too freaking slow. Abate tried to inject some speed, but when your teammates aren't speeding up with you it's hard to maintain a fast pace. Our strikers did not perform well at all...they missed too many clear cut chances that would have given us the lead right from the first half. A defensive error on the Brescian side - which I'm very happy for - gave us the lead in the final minutes of the game.

We took 3pts away from that game but I'm really hoping to see a better Milan at the next match. See u there.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

AC Milan vs Palermo - TIM Cup Quarter Finals, 20th April 2011

Well...all I can say is that the match was a sore disappointment when it came to our defence. I really wish I knew what was going through Allegri's mind when he chose the defenders to play the match. The only tight defender we had was Thiago Silva and who the hell is Socratis?!!!! Even with Silva our defence was trash, and we were chasing those guys from the beginning of the match till the end. I'm only glad it ended in a 2-2 draw and not a loss and I'm really praying Allegri knows what he is doing. In our midfield Pirlo wore the captainship band and played like a captain with seedorf and gattuso, and Boateng helping him. In front Ibrahimovich(scored first goal), Robinho and Cassano played well too. Emmanuelson came in later and scored our final equalising goal. Now it's the second leg we have to look forward to in May meanwhile we have Serie A matches to play before that.

So, moving on to the next match, see u there.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

AC Milan vs Sampdoria - 16th April 2010, match 33

First of all, I want to say a big "Congratulations!!!" to Cassano on the birth of his son. The match was slow paced with Milan playing the passing game in defence and midfield. We had 75%possession which is something we haven't seen recently. Seedorf started off the scoring by putting in a free kick from the edge of the box. I was totally surprised cos that was something I did not associate with him. That seemed to boost Milan although it wasn't until the second half that we saw subsequent goals. Abbiati and Pato were out on injuries substituted with Amelia and Cassano. Cassano came in and immediately owned the match working hand in hand with seedorf to create chances which ended up giving us 2 more goals
- one from a penLty by cassano and the other a header by Robinho who had previously missed somegood chances. Our defence was tight and our midfield saw the return of Pirlo from his injury. The fans were amazing as they cheered the team all the way.

All in all the match was a match to watch and I really hope we continue to play like this for the remainder of the season. See u at the next match, ciao.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fiorentina vs AC Milan - 11th April 2010, match 32

The match ended 2 - 1 to Milan. This put us 3pts ahead of napoli who were level with us after winning their match. Our attackers worked hand in hand with the midfielders and some defenders like Abate who came forward frequently. Ibrahimovich missed some clear cut chances and to add to his frustration picked up another red card. He'll miss our next 3 matches which might not be good for us...but I sincerely hope we'll be able to cope without him.

The match was fun...but it's time to look forward to the next match. See u there!!!