chievo 1 milan 2 february 21 2011

Chievo: Sorrentino; Frey, Morero, Cesar, Mantovani; Fernandes, Rigoni, Pulzetti (Bogliacino '45); Constant (Jokic '71); Thereau (Moscardelli '81), Pellissier.

Milan: Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini (Oddo '45); Gattuso, Van Bommel, Merkel (Boateng '75); Robinho; Cassano (Pato '64), Ibrahimovic.

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Match ends, Chievo 1, Milan 2.
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90'

Second Half ends, Chievo 1, Milan 2.
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90'

Foul by Alexandre Pato (Milan).
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90'

Mariano Bogliacino (Chievo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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90'

Kevin-Prince Boateng (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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90'

Second Half ends, Chievo 1, Milan 2.
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90'

Foul by Alexandre Pato (Milan).
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90'

Mariano Bogliacino (Chievo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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90'

Foul by Gelson Fernandes (Chievo).
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90'

Kevin-Prince Boateng (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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90'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Stefano Sorrentino.
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89'

Corner, Chievo. Conceded by Mark van Bommel.
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87'

Foul by Alexandre Pato (Milan).
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87'

Nicolas Frey (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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87'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Andrea Mantovani.
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85'

Mark van Bommel (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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85'

Foul by Davide Moscardelli (Chievo).
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84'

Second yellow card to Bostjan Cesar (Chievo) for hand ball.
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84'

Hand ball by Bostjan Cesar (Chievo).
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82'

Alexandre Pato (Milan) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
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82'

Goal! Chievo 1, Milan 2. Alexandre Pato (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gennaro Gattuso.
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81'

Foul by Kevin-Prince Boateng (Milan).
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81'

Santiago Morero (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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81'

Substitution, Chievo. Davide Moscardelli forward replaces Cyril Théréau.
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80'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Stefano Sorrentino.
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77'

Attempt missed. Robinho (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ignazio Abate.
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75'

Foul by Robinho (Milan).
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75'

Luca Rigoni (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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74'

Foul by Thiago Silva (Milan).
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74'

Andrea Mantovani (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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74'

Substitution, Milan. Kevin-Prince Boateng midfielder replaces Alexander Merkel.
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73'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Bostjan Cesar.
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72'

Alessandro Nesta (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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72'

Foul by Cyril Théréau (Chievo).
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71'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Bojan Jokic.
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70'

Substitution, Chievo. Bojan Jokic defender replaces Kevin Constant.
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69'

Gennaro Gattuso (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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69'

Foul by Mariano Bogliacino (Chievo).
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67'

Luca Rigoni (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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67'

Alexander Merkel (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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67'

Foul by Luca Rigoni (Chievo).
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65'

Dangerous play by Alexander Merkel (Milan).
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65'

Nicolas Frey (Chievo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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65'

Substitution, Milan. Alexandre Pato forward replaces Antonio Cassano.
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64'

Attempt saved. Mariano Bogliacino (Chievo) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luca Rigoni.
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64'

Corner, Chievo. Conceded by Alessandro Nesta.
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63'

Foul by Thiago Silva (Milan).
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63'

Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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63'

Offside, Milan. Massimo Oddo tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
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62'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Luca Rigoni.
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61'

Goal! Chievo 1, Milan 1. Gelson Fernandes (Chievo) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Constant with a cross.
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61'

Offside, Milan. Massimo Oddo tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
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60'

Foul by Alexander Merkel (Milan).
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60'

Cyril Théréau (Chievo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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59'

Corner, Chievo. Conceded by Robinho.
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59'

Attempt blocked. Cyril Théréau (Chievo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Constant.
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58'

Offside, Milan. Mark van Bommel tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
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57'

Antonio Cassano (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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57'

Foul by Andrea Mantovani (Chievo).
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57'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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56'

Delay in match Ignazio Abate (Milan) because of an injury.
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55'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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55'

Foul by Santiago Morero (Chievo).
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53'

Santiago Morero (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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53'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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53'

Foul by Santiago Morero (Chievo).
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52'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Bostjan Cesar.
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50'

Corner, Chievo. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
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48'

Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
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48'

Gelson Fernandes (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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48'

Antonio Cassano (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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48'

Foul by Luca Rigoni (Chievo).
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Second Half begins Chievo 0, Milan 1.
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45'

Substitution, Milan. Massimo Oddo defender replaces Luca Antonini.
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45'

Substitution, Chievo. Mariano Bogliacino midfielder replaces Nico Pulzetti.
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45'

First Half ends, Chievo 0, Milan 1.
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45'

Mark van Bommel (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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45'

Foul by Kevin Constant (Chievo).
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44'

Offside, Milan. Alexander Merkel tries a through ball, but Antonio Cassano is caught offside.
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43'

Attempt missed. Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cyril Théréau with a through ball.
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43'

Foul by Gennaro Gattuso (Milan).
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43'

Andrea Mantovani (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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41'

Attempt missed. Alessandro Nesta (Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
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41'

Robinho (Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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41'

Foul by Bostjan Cesar (Chievo).
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39'

Foul by Gennaro Gattuso (Milan).
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39'

Kevin Constant (Chievo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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37'

Foul by Alexander Merkel (Milan).
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37'

Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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35'

Antonio Cassano (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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35'

Foul by Gelson Fernandes (Chievo).
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34'

Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
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34'

Nicolas Frey (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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33'

Gennaro Gattuso (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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33'

Foul by Luca Rigoni (Chievo).
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33'

Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
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33'

Andrea Mantovani (Chievo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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30'

Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan).
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30'

Luca Rigoni (Chievo) wins a free kick in his own half.
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28'

Attempt blocked. Gelson Fernandes (Chievo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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27'

Offside, Milan. Antonio Cassano tries a through ball, but Robinho is caught offside.
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27'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Stefano Sorrentino.
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27'

Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robinho.
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26'

Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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25'

Goal! Chievo 0, Milan 1. Robinho (Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a headed pass.
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23'

Antonio Cassano (Milan) wins a free kick in his own half.
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23'

Foul by Bostjan Cesar (Chievo).
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21'

Offside, Milan. Mark van Bommel tries a through ball, but Antonio Cassano is caught offside.
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19'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Andrea Mantovani.
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19'

Attempt blocked. Robinho (Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Gennaro Gattuso.
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18'

Attempt saved. Luca Rigoni (Chievo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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15'

Bostjan Cesar (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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14'

Antonio Cassano (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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14'

Foul by Luca Rigoni (Chievo).
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14'

Offside, Chievo. Santiago Morero tries a through ball, but Sergio Pellissier is caught offside.
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12'

Attempt missed. Cyril Théréau (Chievo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nico Pulzetti.
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9'

Attempt missed. Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cyril Théréau with a through ball.
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8'

Offside, Chievo. Nicolas Frey tries a through ball, but Cyril Théréau is caught offside.
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6'

Robinho (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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6'

Foul by Nico Pulzetti (Chievo).
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2'

Hand ball by Mark van Bommel (Milan).
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1'

Offside, Milan. Mark van Bommel tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
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First Half begins.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

milan 4 parma 0 : bravo cassano!

Milan-Parma, Formazioni Ufficiali/Official Lineups:
MILAN: Abbiati, Oddo, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini, Gattuso, Van Bommel, Merkel, Seedorf, Ibrahimovic, Cassano.
PARMA: Mirante, Gobbi, Lucarelli, Paci, Zaccardo, Valiani, Dzemaili, Candreva, Giovinco, Amauri, Crespo.

Great performance of the rossoneri today at San Siro! AC Milan beats Parma 4-0, goals by Seedorf, Cassano and twice score by Robinho!

Milan’s injury hit squad was still nowhere near full strength, and although he was due to play, Pirlo suffered a setback in training to keep him out too, so in Allegri’s 4-3-1-2, Christian Abbiati started in goal, behind a slightly more recognisable back 4 than in recent times with Massimo Oddo on the right, the number 1 partnership of Thiago Silva and Alessandro Nesta in the middle, and Luca Antonini on the left. In midfield, Van Bommel retained his spot, along with Gennaro Gattuso and Alexander Merkel. Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic started up front with Antonio Cassano, with Clarence Seedorf back in the side behind them.

The game (like many of Milan’s this season) started off at a frantic pace, with Clarence Seedorf involved instantly after returning from injury. As Gennaro Gattuso won the ball back, he managed to find Clarence Seedorf with a little bit of space. The Dutchman took a few strides forward, and unleashed a strike at goal! The shot was a decent one, and it forced Mirante in to making a smart save, but the keeper was not beaten, and despite threatening otherwise, the scores remained level very early on.


With just 7 minutes gone, Milan took the lead! After Alexander Merkel showed good pace and dribbling on the left, he cut inside and took a shot, however, his effort was deflected out towards Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The swede intelligently played a through ball in to space, and Seedorf had already started making the run. Picking up Ibra’s superb pass, Seedorf touched the ball past Antonio Mirante, before walking the ball in to the empty net! A cool, calm and collected finish after a cool calm an collected ball from Ibrahimovic!

Within minutes of a world class save from Abbiati to deny Giovinco, Milan had doubled their lead! Once again, some excellent work from Alexander Merkel lead to the goal – but this time there was a difference. Merkel picked out Antonio Cassano, who ran in towards the box, and layed the ball off to Gennaro Gattuso at the edge – this was just the first part of the 1-2 though, as Gattuso flicked the ball over the Parma defenders, straight to Cassano! Cassano managed to bring the ball down with an excellent first touch, before calmly slotting the ball in to the bottom right corner to score his first goal for the Rossoneri!

Almost 28 minutes in to the game, Milan’s lead could easily have been 3! By this stage the Rossoneri were dominating, and were clearly the better side, with any half chances for Parma few and far between to say the least. Clarence Seedorf was just outside the left edge of the box, when he managed to pull it back across goal! The ball sqqueezed through and it seemingly found its way to Alexander Merkel, but Merkel completely missed the ball whilst swinging for it! He was very unlucky, but his ‘air shot’ was nowhere near the ball, and so the lead stayed at 2-0.

Shortly after, there were another two oppertunities to take the lead, this time through Antonio Cassano, and then Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Cassano’s chance came after a run just outside the box. The italian turned inwards and struck the ball ferociously with power at the goal of Antonio Mirante – however, the goalkeeper did well to punch the ball over the bar. Ibrahimovic’s effort was one where he perhaps should have passed – after some good footwork he found himself approaching the 6 yard box, and Antonio Cassano fired in a superb ball for him which he just got on to, before taking the shot, but his effort went wide.

The half came to a close with the Rossoneri still in complete control. Milan were looking comfortable at the back, and impressie going forward, not a single player was having a poor game, and they had a 2-0 lead to boot! Parma never really got going, and the front 3 of Giovinco, Crespo and Amauri hadn’t really tested Abbiati’s goal.

The opening 10 minutes of the second half were fairly quiet, with little action in front of goal. Milan did have one or two half chances though. Firstly Van Bommel smashed the ball goalwards, and the deflcted shot found it’s way in to the path of Clarence Seedorf, however, he fired over the crossbar. Secondly, Milan should have had a penalty, after Ibrahimovic’s free kick struck a Parma defender’s arm in the wall, but the referee either didn’t see it, or didn’t think it was a penalty, as the game played on. Meanwhile, Parma rarely threatened and the Rossoneri’s back 4 looked solid.

With 58 minutes on the clock, Allegri decided to take off Clarence Seedorf for Robinho – and the dutchman walked off to rapturous applause, after a very good performance.

This proved to be an inspired substitute after just 3 minutes! Despite Parma looking like they might get back in to the game, Milan added to their lead! After a run in to the box on the left from Antonio Cassano, the Italian intelligently managed to flash it across goal, and Ibrahimovic let it run behind him for Robinho to run on to it and score with a very neat finish in to the bottom corner! Instant impact from the substitute, and a goal and an assist wrapped up for Antonio Cassano! As a result of the goal, with all 3 points secured, Massimiliano Allegri decided to bring on Flamini for Gattuso. Seconds after, the lead could have been 4! After an awesome low ball across the box for Robinho by Ibra, but Lucarelli did well to get something on it to stop him scoring!

Nearing the 65 minute mark, Milan crushed Parma’s spirit even further by adding yet another goal! Robinho once again on the scoresheet! Mark Van Bommel managed to pick out Antonio Cassano, who took the ball in his stride and dribbled at the Parma defence! The Italian continued without being stopped until around 20 yards out, where he had Ibrahimovic to his right, and Robinho to his left! He chose the unmarked Robinho, and the Brazilian made no mistake whatsoever in slotting the ball neatly in to the back of the net past the helpless oncoming Antonio Mirante! With the game well and truly done, Allegri gave Pato a run out in the center forward role, and a rest for Ibrahimovic with a sub.

Parma had another half chance within the next 10 minutes, but again Abbiati was on top. Truth be told, Thiago Silva and Alessandro Nesta completely dominated defensively, it once again showed how much better defensively Milan are when paired together. Thiago Silva was excellent at attacking the Parma forwards, and any time they did get a bit closer to goal, Alessandro Nesta was there to clean up any mess, the pair complimented each other wonderfully, and meant that there was a solid foundation to base attacks on.

The game ended as the last 10 minutes fizzled out quite quickly, the only chance coming from Pato’s effort inside the box, but he didn’t strike it cleanly and it went wide. It was a very comfortable performance, and possibly the best kind of preparation for the Spurs game. There were no fresh injuries, Ibra, Gattuso and Seedorf earned some rest, Flamini, Pato and Robinho had some rest – and the Rossoneri racked up 4 goals whilst looking rarely troubled at the back, an excellent victory!

Best Moment: Robinho’s second goal, to seal the victory

Man of the Match: Antonio Cassano, a goal and 2 assists!

milan 0 lazio 0

MILAN: Abbiati; Oddo Bonera Yepes Antonini; Flamini Thiago Silva Emanuelson; Robinho; Pato Ibrahimovic.
LAZIO: Muslera; Lichsteiner Biava Dias Radu; Brocchi Ledesma Gonzales; Hernanes; Kozak Sculli