Milan 3 Zurich 1Milan in Europe are something special. Even when they play like a relegation bound team in the Serie A, they put in some extra-ordinary performances in Europe. Same has been the case recently. Milan have been below ordinary in the domestic league but they dispatched Zurich with relative ease. 3-1 was the final score.
Shevchenko was better than usual. He was responsible for 2/3 goals that Milan scored. Pato scored an absolutely blinder from a dead ball situation. But my personal favorite was the goal that Borrielo scored even though Pato's goal would be grabbing the headlines. Pato scored from 30-35 yards out, which is not a joke, but how often does he do that?? Lets look at Borrielo's goal - Shevchenko receives the ball from Seedorf and he pushes it to Borrielo. The Italian forward has two defenders converging on him, and he is closer to the near post. The goalkeeper is guarding the near post and Flamini is running down the right flank. Marco has 2 seconds to decide whether to shoot or to pass it to the Frenchman. He decides to shoot with his left foot, and he scores! This goal, if scored by a world class striker would be considered as a trademark goal, and Mr Borrielo has scored some like these in his days with the Grifoni last season. That's what makes this goal worth describing. What a cool finish to the bottom corner, at near post, the goalkeeper had no chance. I had my apprehensions about this Italian, and i still do, but he has shown sparks of becoming a world class striker, and a certain spark was displayed last night.
Our defense is a major concern, though i don't blame the defense for the goal the Zurich scored, i mean Djuric rifled the shot to the top corner from outside the box so the maximum Milan could have done was close him down, which they obviously dint. Dida had a nervous night, Seedorf seemed confident, Flamini was kept busy, and Kaka showed signs of returning to form. Jankulovski was sublime, and he capped his performance by scoring a goal. Overall a good, sound performance.
Lazio await us back home, and they have been splendid in the first 2 games, as they sit pretty at the top of the league. Hopefully this win will give us some confidence to face the side from Rome.
Goalscorers -
Milan - Jankulovski, Pato, Borrielo
Zuric - Djuric
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