disastrous draw

Cagliari 0 Milan 0

Milan were coming into this game from a 5 game winning streak. Many expected this to be a smooth ride for the club from San Siro. Cagliari were riding very low on form. Having played 5 games previously, the team was struggling at the bottom of the table with 0 points. This obviously means they had lost their previous 5 games. All of them! They had lost to Lazio, Siena, Juventus, Atlanta and Lecce. Not the most dangerous of oppositions in the Serie A, perhaps besides that of Lazio. You must be surprised how come Juventus aren't in my list of 'dangerous teams'. Thats because they have failed to score more than 1 goal in any of their Serie games this season and languish in mid table.

The first half started with Cagliari attacking Milan, like the visitors were a team from junior high. Milan were getting over-powered. Other than a few bleak chances Milan dint seem to find a stepping in the game. The defense was mediocre at best with Maldini putting up a stand-out performance for the second week in a row. The midfield was awful, Ambrosini is in the team because of his allegiance to the club for several years, more than anything else. Atleast, in my opinion. Seedorf played like he was doing Ancelloti a favor and Gattuso was as bad if not worse. He did show heart, but quality was missing. Something that has gotten synonymous with Brocchi who plays for Lazio this season.

Second half Milan were more assertive, but not productive. Kaka was doing ok, but Ronaldinho was compensating for an excellent performance last week against Inter. Pato also dint seem to have any solutions for the problems at hand. Abbiati was doing well, but was lucky on a few occasions due to poor finishing from the Cagliari attack. Milan were really fortunate to escape with a draw to be honest. They looked likely to concede at any moment, and the attack was too scared to score. We did bring on Shevchenko and Inzaghi for the disappointing pair of Ronaldinho and Pato. But it was too late. If only Ancelloti had used his head to play 2 strikers from the beginning.

To top it all, Maldini comes up to the press and says that Milan cannot always play well, and Galliani blames the UEFA Cup for the draw. Aren't we getting fed up with the same excuses, and how lame are these excuses?? If consistency is a problem, then Rossoneri can wave the Scudetto goodbye. But everything is not lost as we are 3 points below the leaders with 6 games gone. We play Sampadoria in about 10 days. Palombo, Cassano, Delvecchhio, Sammarco and Dessena await. But they haven't had a great start as they have lost 4 games out of 6, so there is hope of winning.

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Goalscorers -
Cagliari - none
Milan - none