torrid defending

Torino 2 Milan 2
I have read several articles about Alessandro Rosina. He is the other Alex from Turin. Why is he wasting his life at Torino? One would never know. Stadio Olimpico di Turin hosted Milan. We were playing Torino. After the Derby di Italia ended in Inter's favor, it was necessary that we picked up maximum points from this game.
With Pirlo back and Favalli out of the squad, Milan looked lethal on paper. This game if contested on paper wouldn't have been a contest. But that's the beauty of football, anything is possible. AC started the game in a prevailing fashion. The Granata's only hope remained in Rosina, who was the best player on the pitch. Long rangers were the call of the day, and dont ask me why. When Torino players see a central defensive pairing of Maldini and Kaladze, why would they go for long range shots? On the 24th minute, Roberto Stellone found the back of the net for the Granata and who else be the architect but Rosina. Ariel balls along with several other challenges of defending have been concerns for our line of 4 in front of the keeper for awhile now. And they dealt with the this arieal threat just as they were expected to, which resulted in a goal. Milan reacted almost immediately, when Gattuso's superb pass found Pato, who controlled the ball beautifully before slotting home with a world class finish. Milan were stating their intent, and on the 34th minute Kaka was bought down at the edge of the area. Ronaldinho curved in a lovely free kick, making it look oh so easy. We were up by a goal now. 7th goal of the season for the Brazilian. Torino defense stayed put to keep the scoreline at 2-1 for the rest of the half

2nd half started as the first half ended. Milan dominating the game. Then the balance shifted with Torino moving ahead bravely in attack. The tempo was high as Toino kept going at Abbiati, and Milan reducing their scoring options to only counter attacks. Pato was sizzling hot today, and Torino were finding him hard to manage. The Rossoneri defense was sprawling and crawling around to get the ball out of the penalty area, and their shambolic defensive display resulted in a penalty. A cartoon named Kaladze decided to play handball with Rosina's pass and the referee wasn't far to be fooled. Rosina dispatched his penalty coolly, a well deserved goal for the Italian. Sheer grit. and an obstinate attitude from Milan kept them from conceding any further as Torino threw everything they had at their guests.

Defense was torrid as ever, and this time it reaped the right results. Maldini's valiant efforts were downsized by the result. And he couldn't cope with having clowns like Bonera and Kaladze beside him. Pirlo was showing shades of return to form. Gattuso has been spectacular this season and he showed no signs of letting go. Kaka has been pretty woeful by his standards, and sometimes I wonder if selling him to Madrid would have been good. His dive actually starled me. Ronaldinho has become a goal machine. Pato was definitely a standout player, a tireless performance from the center forward, also notched up a goal for himself. Fair play to the lad. But the game leaves me with one regret - If only Rosina, If only.

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=-scc8RknG9I&eurl=http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1793242/

Goalscorers -
Torino - Stellone (24'), Rosina (76')
Milan - Pato (29'), Ronaldinho (34')