Abbiati, Dida, Perucchini ,Antonini, Bonera, Darmian, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Maldini, Senderos, Zambrotta, Ambrosini, Beckham, Flamini, Pirlo, Seedorf, Inzaghi, Pato and Ronaldinho where called up for the match against Bremen.
Kaka is still recovering from an injury at his foot, so he won’t play.
With Ronaldinho being in good shape and Pato almost scoring every match he plays the prediction is that Ronaldinho and Pato will play as attackers. Pato seems to be fit enough to play the game.
At the press conference, Ancelotti said it would be difficult winning here, because Bremen has ,like Inter, a lot of offensive quality, but it would be an important step if winning here.
Milan hosted Reggina at the San Siro hoping for all three points, but it wasn’t meant to be. Reggina, parked the bus and counted on the counter-attacks, and that was enough for them to get that one point.
First half was rather quite, with a decent amount of chances for Milan, but barely any of those threatened the Reggina goal. Reggina, took advantage of Milan pushing toward the goal, and built up a very good counter attack leading in the goal scored by Di Gennaro, ex-Milan player. Milan, searching for the equalizer, continued to attack, but it was never meant to happen in the first half.
Second half was picked up by Milan from where they had left the first, pushing towards the Reggina goal. Seedorf scored a goal, that was called off by the referee for handball. With Reggina getting a bit shaky at the back, Our Duck found his way through three players in one move and got tackled in the box giving Milan that much needed penalty. Kaka’ stepped up, and scored it as he sent the goalie to the other side. Milan where never going to stop there, but tried constantly to score the second, but after five minutes of extra-time the referee whistled signaling the end of the match.
The referee’s performance was far from convincing, as he failed to get control on the match. His decisions where far from accurate as well. Kaka’ left the pitch minutes before the end of the match, and is expected to be out for two weeks thus missing the Milan Derby.
Pato shined yet again despite the not so convincing performance by Milan. He was spotted angry at the referee few times, as Pato got constantly fouled on the pitch. His maturity was spotted as he told the referee his call was wrong and that he[Pato] was the last one to touch the ball before it went out of bounds earning Reggina a goal kick rather than a corner kick for Milan.
Milan traveled to Rome to face Lazio, with their hopes up high. A win would have been enough to get them back to the title race, and they did just that…and a bit more.
The first half did not have much in it. Lazio were able to produce a little, but Abbiati was good enough to stop most of the chances. 3 minutes before the end of the first half, after a very good pass from David Beckham, “The Duck” was able to score; a very well directed shot saw Milan end the first half in somewhat a convincing result.
Second half started, and Milan picked it up from where they left it .Only three minutes from the start, from a free-kick sent in by Beckham, Ambrosini was able to head the ball in the net. After a few chances wasted, Kaka’ was able to secure it for the Rosseneri just seven minutes before the final whistle.
Abbiati and Beckham were key for the Milan win, but Pato never stopped annoying the opposition’s defense. With his constant runs and dribbles, although not always accurate, he was able to shake the Lazio defense. Pato showed yet again glimpses of improvment, and was complemented by his fellow teammates, Kaka’ and David. His[Pato] enthusiam on the field, and geat talent has been making wonders to the Milan results.
Here are Pato’s thoughts on the game:
“We played a great match all together, for me it was easy to put it in, Beckham gave me an incredible pass. I am doing everything the coach asks of me, I’m doing well and I’m happy I’m scoring frequently.”
AC Milan has retained their 3rd place in Serie A, en route for Champions League qualifying. Pato played incredibly once again, he is settling in quite nicely at the San Siro. He scored the only goal for the Rossoneri’s way back in the start of the match, in the 7th minute.
This might also potentially be the last game for Kaka at the San Siro, as there were many rumours of him getting brought over to Man City. This was also David Beckham’s second match at the San Siro, and he played quite well, but didn’t get himself on the score sheet once again.
Pato’s goal was his 6th in his last 4 games, quite incredible for the teenager!
Once again though, Pato’s goal was enough for Milan, and has thrusted Milan within 6 points of Inter for the top of the table, though Inter play tomorrow vs Atlante.
For the full 90 minutes, the Milan faithful were chanting Kaka’s name, reminding him that a move to Man City would be quite painful for him, and that the fans want him to stay.
In an extremely exciting match, both teams must be wondering what they would have changed to get the vital 3 points. a couple of chances went squandered by Milan that they should have capitalized on. Once again superstar Alexandre Pato played an extraordinary game, he scored 2 brilliant goals. One set up, and one pure genius. That’s now 8 goals and counting for “The Duck”. Playing away proved no problem for Pato, as he scored his first brace for Milan away. Milan might have lost a bit of concentration as this was the first match for David Beckham on his 2 month loan deal with Milan. In the first half, the lone goal was scored by Vucinic of A.S Roma from a cross from John Arne Rise. Ten minutes after the half, Pato got some help to bag in the first goal, from a cross by Kaka. The second goal came a couple of minutes later, but this time it was all Pato, dribbling through the whole defense of Roma, he lobbed Roma’s goalie Alex Doni. Roma equalized in the 71st minute through Vucinic, a goal that left all the Milan players, including goalie Abbiati suprised.
In the end, a great match full of flair from Pato. All Milan needed was all 10 other players to play just as good.
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