Milan 1 Genoa 1
Genoa are soaring like eagles. Their performances have been nothing short of inspiring. Milito - the man upfront, Biava - the man at the back, and the men in the middle have given the Grifoni enough to climb the tedious rankings of the Serie A. They came home to play the mighty Milan who made a statement against Mihajlovic's side last weekend. They had enough reason to fear. So did they? No.
This was going to be another tale of retribution after we had lost to Genoa 2-0 during the early part of the season, but we were not going to face favors like we did against Bologna in the weekend.
The first ten minutes saw a host of chances going Milan's way as Beckam and Kaka tested Rubinho. The Englishman was keen on impressing his national manager as Capello watched from the stands. Milito went painfully close with his free kick not much later. Pato is having an amazing run of form and his form continued into this game as he was causing the Rossoblu defense several concerns. On the 14th minute, Pirlo clattered the cross bar with a very well taken free kick. 20th minute saw some acrobatics from Pato but the effort went wide. 10 minutes later, Beckam scored a goal of high caliber. It was a goal that would testify of Beckam's world class stature at set pieces. This lifted the mood in the Rossoneri camp. 42nd minute saw Motta strike a low shot from outside the box but the former Barcelona man dint make the Italian goalkeeper work too hard for the save. Right after on the counter, Milan used Pato as a pawn to win a freekick in a threatening postiion and Pirlo again rattled the bar.
Milan resumed play on an attacking note, and quite obviously due to the number of quality attackers they had on the field, playing defensively wasn't an option. Beckam was pulling the strings, but Pato was continously being frustrated by the visiting defense. The home team was quite simply dictating the play, and Genoa were truly running out of ideas. Pato was the livewire, and his pace and skill had no answer from the opposition who had not only run out of ideas but out of substitutions as well. At the back, Jankovic was testing Abbiati who was standing like a wall before the Milan goal. Ronaldinho replaced Pato and this was the second of the 3 dubious substitutions that Ancelloti made. Senderos came on for Seedorf and Flamini on for Beckam. Why? Ancelloti was probably feeling bored and wanted to see how a 4th placed Genoa would react to these outrageous substitutions. They did react as expected as Milito began to test the keeper more and eventually breached the cracked and bruised Milan defense, 3 minutes from time. Heartbreak for all Milan fans as Juventus were losing to a spirited Udinese side at the same time. Genoa managed to walk away with one point, all credit to our manager.
This is a disappointing result. Considering we were playing at home, it should have been easy 3 points for us. Carletto, with his adventurous and retarded substitutions has thrown away 2 precious points. The secret to winning titles is securing positive results on a consistent basis. But the erratic nature of this club in securing points has left me baffled as to how we are in the top 3. Lets just hope we get our act and most importantly our substitutions in place for the weekend.
Video Highlights - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=dkY7r00CzPU&eurl
Goalscorers -
Milan - Beckam (32')
Genoa - Diego Milito (87')
This was going to be another tale of retribution after we had lost to Genoa 2-0 during the early part of the season, but we were not going to face favors like we did against Bologna in the weekend.
The first ten minutes saw a host of chances going Milan's way as Beckam and Kaka tested Rubinho. The Englishman was keen on impressing his national manager as Capello watched from the stands. Milito went painfully close with his free kick not much later. Pato is having an amazing run of form and his form continued into this game as he was causing the Rossoblu defense several concerns. On the 14th minute, Pirlo clattered the cross bar with a very well taken free kick. 20th minute saw some acrobatics from Pato but the effort went wide. 10 minutes later, Beckam scored a goal of high caliber. It was a goal that would testify of Beckam's world class stature at set pieces. This lifted the mood in the Rossoneri camp. 42nd minute saw Motta strike a low shot from outside the box but the former Barcelona man dint make the Italian goalkeeper work too hard for the save. Right after on the counter, Milan used Pato as a pawn to win a freekick in a threatening postiion and Pirlo again rattled the bar.
Milan resumed play on an attacking note, and quite obviously due to the number of quality attackers they had on the field, playing defensively wasn't an option. Beckam was pulling the strings, but Pato was continously being frustrated by the visiting defense. The home team was quite simply dictating the play, and Genoa were truly running out of ideas. Pato was the livewire, and his pace and skill had no answer from the opposition who had not only run out of ideas but out of substitutions as well. At the back, Jankovic was testing Abbiati who was standing like a wall before the Milan goal. Ronaldinho replaced Pato and this was the second of the 3 dubious substitutions that Ancelloti made. Senderos came on for Seedorf and Flamini on for Beckam. Why? Ancelloti was probably feeling bored and wanted to see how a 4th placed Genoa would react to these outrageous substitutions. They did react as expected as Milito began to test the keeper more and eventually breached the cracked and bruised Milan defense, 3 minutes from time. Heartbreak for all Milan fans as Juventus were losing to a spirited Udinese side at the same time. Genoa managed to walk away with one point, all credit to our manager.
This is a disappointing result. Considering we were playing at home, it should have been easy 3 points for us. Carletto, with his adventurous and retarded substitutions has thrown away 2 precious points. The secret to winning titles is securing positive results on a consistent basis. But the erratic nature of this club in securing points has left me baffled as to how we are in the top 3. Lets just hope we get our act and most importantly our substitutions in place for the weekend.
Video Highlights - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=dkY7r00CzPU&eurl
Goalscorers -
Milan - Beckam (32')
Genoa - Diego Milito (87')
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