FORZA MILAN
Milan: Abbiati; Abate (De Sciglio 87), Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini (Taiwo 78); Nocerino, Van Bommel, Seedorf (Aquilani 70); Emanuelson; Cassano, Ibrahimovic
Viktoria Plzen: Cech; Rajtoral, Cisovsky, Bystron, Limbersky; Pilar (Fillo 75), Jiracek, Horvath, Kolar (Darida 91), Petrzela; Bakos (Duris 67)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic eased the frustration around the San Siro with a 53rd-minute penalty which finally set Milan on their way to a 2-0 Champions League win over Viktoria Plzen.
Massimiliano Allegri's men have failed to light up Serie A so far this season with five points from their opening four games and looked set for another difficult night against their Czech opponents.
But Ibrahimovic grabbed his chance to ease the tension and when Antonio Cassano converted his side's second goal in the 66th minute Allegri was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
It was only Milan's second win in four matches since a creditable 2-2 draw in their opening Group H fixture against Barcelona at the Nou Camp earlier this month.
It might have been much easier for the home side had Ignazio Abate's dangerous cross with just 28 seconds on the clock not been brilliantly saved by Plzen goalkeeper Marek Cech with danger lurking.
But the visitors quickly went on to serve notice of their intentions as Milan Petrzela met a Vaclav Pilar cross with a firm header in the centre of the penalty area which produced a fine save from Christian Abbiati.
Plzen came into the game with confidence after a solid start to their new Czech Liga season, a run of five games unbeaten keeping them well in touch with the league leaders.
In a lively start Cech saved twice from the dangerous Cassano then Mark Van Bommel came close to breaking the deadlock in the 13th minute when he headed an Abate cross over the bar.
Cech saved again from Cassano but Plzen continued to look lively and both Marek Bakos and Petr Jiracek fired wide from long range.
Pavel Horvath had the first chance of the second half for Plzen but Milan got their chance shortly afterwards when Marian Cisnovski's handball in the box allowed Ibrahimovic to step up and slam home the penalty.
Cassano shot over the bar but Milan's lead looked anything but safe with Abbiati forced into action again to deny Horvath, then Clarence Seedorf booting clear a free-kick from the same player.
The points were finally all but guaranteed for the home side in the 66th minute when Cassano met Ibrahimovic's cross from the left with a right-foot shot into the bottom corner.
The game lost much of its momentum after the home side's second goal but the visitors continued to do their best to press forward and a shot by Michal Duris was blocked in the box by Van Bommel.
Two minutes later Daniel Kolar tried his luck from 30 yards but his speculative effort was easily saved by Abbiati as Milan cruised to a victory which they must hope will settle their nerves ahead of their next Group H tie against BATE Borisov.
AC Milan memetik kemenangan 2-0 saat menjamu Viktoria Plzen di matchday kedua Liga Champions. Di San Siro, Kamis (29/9/2011) dinihari WIB gol kemenangan Rossoneri dibuat Zlatan Ibrahimovic dan Antonio Cassano.
Di depan pendukungnya sendiri, Milan sempat dibuat kesulitan oleh Plzen di babak pertama. Penampilan hebat dari kiper Marek Cech bahkan membuat Rossoneri frustrasi karena banyak peluang yang dikreasikan terhadang sang penjaga gawang.
Milan baru membuka keunggulan di menit 53, itupun melalui eksekusi pemnalti Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Sementara gol kedua dibuat Cassano di menit 66.
Kemenangan ini melanjutkan start bagus Rossoneri, yang pada laga pertama dua pekan lalu mengimbangi Barcelona dengan 2-2 di Camp Nou. Dengan The Catalans memetik kemenangan besar atas BATE, Diavolo Rosso harus puas duduk di posisi dua klasemen Grup H dengan nilai empat.
Jalannya Pertandingan
Milan nyaris kebobolan di menit-menit awal. Rossoneri beruntung Cristian Abbiati tampil luar biasa di bawah mistar gawang, dia menepis dengan jarinya bola hasil diving header yang dilakukan Marek Bakos.
Di menit kelima Milan balas mengancam saat umpan Ibra disambar Cassano dengan sepakan keras. Malang buat Milan, bola masih membentur kaki kiper Marek Cech dan gol batal tercipta.
Cech kemudian beberapa kali membuat pemain Milan frustrasi dengan penyelamatan yang dia lakukan. Salah satunya terjadi di menit 33 saat dia dengan sangat baik menghalau sepakan Ibra yang meneruskan umpan Ignasio Abate di tiang jauh.
Lima menit kemudian Ibra kembali dibuat kecewa saat sepakannya berhasil diredam Cech. Sementara semenit sebelum turun minum umpan Clarence Seedorf yang melintas di muka gawang gagal dijangkau satupun pemain Milan. Babak pertama berakhir tanpa gol.
Di awal babak kedua, tepatnya menit 53 Milan akhirnya mmecah kebuntuan. Gol pertama tuan rumah bermula dari bola sepakan Ibra yang menyentuh tangan pemain Plzen, dan wasit menunjuk titik putih.
Maju sebagai eksekutor, Ibra menuntaskan tugasnya dengan sempurna. Milan pun memimpin 1-0.
Sebuah kerjasama segitiga antara Seedorf, Ibra dan Cassano nyaris menambah keunggulan Milan. Namun sepakan terakhir yang dilepaskan Cassano melayang tinggi di atas sasaran.
2-0 untuk Milan! Di menit 66 Ibra dengan sempurna mengontrol bola hasil umpan panjang. Dia membuat gerakan memutar dan melepaskan umpan pada Cassano yang melepaskan tembakan dan bersarang di gawang Plzen.
Delapan menit sebelum bubaran, Plzen punya kans memperkecil ketinggalan. Namun kegagalan Michal Duris menyambar bola hasil tendangan sudut di tiang dekat membuat keunggulan dua gol Milan tak berubah.
Skor 2-0 pun bertahan hingga wasit meniup peluit panjang tanda pertandingan selesai.
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Milan 1 Cesena 0
Gol semata wayang Clarence Seedorf pada menit kelima sudah cukup memberikan AC Milan kemenangan atas Cesena pada lanjutan Serie A Italia, Sabtu (24/9) malam.
Hasil tersebut sekaligus menjadi poin penuh pertama yang diraup Milan setelah menjalani empat pertandingan di awal musim. Namun, untuk sementara posisi Milan masih bisa tergeser dari delapan besar tergantung hasil sisa pertandingan lain Minggu nanti.
Seedorf meraih peluang pertama ketika umpan silangnya dibelokkan Steve von Bergen sehingga nyaris membuahkan gol bunuh diri. Segera setelah itu, tembakan melengkung Seedorf membuat Nicola Ravaglia terpana. Bola bersarang di pojok atas yang tak bisa dijangkau sang kiper.
Kendali pertandingan berada di tangan Milan. Sekali Cesena meraih peluang ketika umpan silang Antonio Candreva masih dapat dipotong Christian Abbiati. Selain itu, secara bergantian pemain Milan memperoleh peluang demi peluang. Urby Emanuelson meminta hadiah penalti karena pelanggaran Martinez, tapi wasit bergeming. Kemudian, Stephan El Shaarawy terlalu lama menahan bola sehingga bek Cesena dapat mencuri penguasaan.
Untuk meningkatkan performa, Marco Giampaolo menempuh pergantian ganda untuk Cesena usai jeda. Abdel Ghezzal dan Eder dimasukkan. Namun, taktik itu tidak berjalan mulus karena Milan lebih banyak memperoleh peluang.
Pada menit ke-63, Milan seharusnya sukses menambah gol. El Sharaawy melakukan gerakan mengecoh sehingga umpan Antonio Cassano bisa disambut Seedorf. Tendangan sang kapten jauh dari sasaran.
Cesena lebih banyak mengandalkan serangan balik, tetapi tidak kunjung menciptakan gol balasan. Upaya Milan menambah keunggulan pun tidak menemui hasil, termasuk ketika memasukkan Filippo Inzaghi pada sembilan menit terakhir laga.
Milan menang 1-0 dan mengumpulkan lima poin dari empat pertandingan.
Hasil tersebut sekaligus menjadi poin penuh pertama yang diraup Milan setelah menjalani empat pertandingan di awal musim. Namun, untuk sementara posisi Milan masih bisa tergeser dari delapan besar tergantung hasil sisa pertandingan lain Minggu nanti.
Seedorf meraih peluang pertama ketika umpan silangnya dibelokkan Steve von Bergen sehingga nyaris membuahkan gol bunuh diri. Segera setelah itu, tembakan melengkung Seedorf membuat Nicola Ravaglia terpana. Bola bersarang di pojok atas yang tak bisa dijangkau sang kiper.
Kendali pertandingan berada di tangan Milan. Sekali Cesena meraih peluang ketika umpan silang Antonio Candreva masih dapat dipotong Christian Abbiati. Selain itu, secara bergantian pemain Milan memperoleh peluang demi peluang. Urby Emanuelson meminta hadiah penalti karena pelanggaran Martinez, tapi wasit bergeming. Kemudian, Stephan El Shaarawy terlalu lama menahan bola sehingga bek Cesena dapat mencuri penguasaan.
Untuk meningkatkan performa, Marco Giampaolo menempuh pergantian ganda untuk Cesena usai jeda. Abdel Ghezzal dan Eder dimasukkan. Namun, taktik itu tidak berjalan mulus karena Milan lebih banyak memperoleh peluang.
Pada menit ke-63, Milan seharusnya sukses menambah gol. El Sharaawy melakukan gerakan mengecoh sehingga umpan Antonio Cassano bisa disambut Seedorf. Tendangan sang kapten jauh dari sasaran.
Cesena lebih banyak mengandalkan serangan balik, tetapi tidak kunjung menciptakan gol balasan. Upaya Milan menambah keunggulan pun tidak menemui hasil, termasuk ketika memasukkan Filippo Inzaghi pada sembilan menit terakhir laga.
Milan menang 1-0 dan mengumpulkan lima poin dari empat pertandingan.
barca 2 - milan 2
BARBARA Berlusconi :
"Sungguh malam yang sangat emosional dan begitu mendebarkan, tapi itulah sepakbola. Malam ini sungguh tak terlupakan,Kami menghadapi tim terbaik dunia dan mampu menjaga kepala tetap tinggi. Milan terbukti tampil solid, kompak, dan mencetak dua gol bagus. Sekarang saya bergabung dengan dewan direksi dan belajar dari mereka yang telah membuat sejarah dalam sepakbola Italia."
Barca yang lebih diunggulkan sempat dikejutkan dengan gol cepat Milan yang diciptakan Pato saat pertandingan baru berjalan satu menit. Penyerang asal Brasil itu mencetak gol dari luar kotak penalti setelah mendapat operan dari Antonio Nocerino.
Gol itu seperti membuat para pemain Barca tersengat. Mereka mulai mendominasi permainan dan menciptakan beberapa peluang terutama melalui Pedro, Lionel Messi dan David Villa. Tuan rumah baru mampu menyamakan skor di menit ke-36.
Pedro membuat gol dari jarak dekat setelah mendapatkan umpan matang dari Messi. Di babak kedua, Barca semakin aktif menyerang. Mereka mampu unggul lewat gol David Villa melalui tendangan bebas di menit ke-50.
Barca sepertinya akan memenangkan pertandingan dengan mudah dan kembali mempunyai beberapa peluang emas, salah satunya melalui Messi yang tinggal berhadapan dengan Abbiati namun berhasil digagalkan tekel Alessandro Nesta.
Menjelang pertandingan berakhir, Milan mendapatkan tendangan sudut kedua mereka. Tim besutan Max Allegri ini ternyata mampu menyamakan skor setelah umpan Clarence Seedorf disundul Thiago Silva dan menjebol gawang Barca.
Skor 2-2 tetap bertahan sampai gim berakhir karena Barca sudah tidak punya waktu lagi untuk menambah gol.
ENGLISH
AC Milan shocked Champions League holders Barcelona with a Thiago Silva header in the final seconds to walk away with a surprising 2-2 draw at Camp Nou in the sides’ opening game in Group H on Tuesday.
Alexandre Pato opened the game with a goal just 24 seconds after kick off, which marked the fifth-fasted goal in Champions League history. Pedro and David Villa were the host's heroes as they netted a goal either side of the halftime break.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Silva popped up inside the box to meet Clarene Seedorf's corner with a powerful header which flew into the net to snatch a late point.
The match began in absolutely extraordinary fashion when, against all expectations, AC Milan surged into a 1-0 lead in the opening minute.
Pato picked the ball up virtually from kick off, knocked the it through the center of the Barcelona defense and accelerated directly towards goal, leaving Sergio Busquets trailing in his wake before slotting a cool finish under the advancing Christian Abbiati.
The early goal was exactly what the doctor ordered in terms of Massimiliano Allegri’s tactical plan, as it allowed his team to sit deep, defend in numbers and attempt to utilize Pato’s pace on the counter attack.
For a 20-minute spell following the goal, the visitors defended doggedly while testing the Barcelona rearguard, particularly the nervy Sergio Busquets, with a handful of lightning counter attacks.
Milan would remain lucky as Lionel Messi forced at least four decent saves from Abbiati before striking the outside of post with a free kick from 25 yards.
However, as the half wore on, the game was almost exclusively played in the Milan half of the field, and, despite the club's organized and disciplined defending, one moment of magic from Messi in the 35th minute proved its undoing.
The Argentine flicked the ball between Alessandro Nesta and Ignazio Abate and darted through the gap between the fullback and his central defender. He then proceeded to shrug of Abate’s weak challenge and prodded the ball across the face of goal to gift Pedro the easiest of tap-ins.
Milan’s stubborn resistance was breached for a second time five minutes after the restart, and this time there was little anyone in the Rossoneri ranks could do to prevent it as Villa curled a sublime free kick into Abbiati’s top right-hand corner from 25-yards out.
The rest of the second period played out in a predictable fashion, with Barcelona in complete control of possession, but while, less predictably, lacking penetration in the final third as Milan defended doggedly.
That was, however, until against all predictions, Silva powered home a bullet header in the third minute of stoppage time to grab a share of the spoils.
Matchday two sees the Catalan club travel to Belarus to meet Bate Borisov, while Milan hosts Viktoria Plzen at Giueseppe Meazza, with the fixtures to be played on Sept. 28.
"Sungguh malam yang sangat emosional dan begitu mendebarkan, tapi itulah sepakbola. Malam ini sungguh tak terlupakan,Kami menghadapi tim terbaik dunia dan mampu menjaga kepala tetap tinggi. Milan terbukti tampil solid, kompak, dan mencetak dua gol bagus. Sekarang saya bergabung dengan dewan direksi dan belajar dari mereka yang telah membuat sejarah dalam sepakbola Italia."
Barca yang lebih diunggulkan sempat dikejutkan dengan gol cepat Milan yang diciptakan Pato saat pertandingan baru berjalan satu menit. Penyerang asal Brasil itu mencetak gol dari luar kotak penalti setelah mendapat operan dari Antonio Nocerino.
Gol itu seperti membuat para pemain Barca tersengat. Mereka mulai mendominasi permainan dan menciptakan beberapa peluang terutama melalui Pedro, Lionel Messi dan David Villa. Tuan rumah baru mampu menyamakan skor di menit ke-36.
Pedro membuat gol dari jarak dekat setelah mendapatkan umpan matang dari Messi. Di babak kedua, Barca semakin aktif menyerang. Mereka mampu unggul lewat gol David Villa melalui tendangan bebas di menit ke-50.
Barca sepertinya akan memenangkan pertandingan dengan mudah dan kembali mempunyai beberapa peluang emas, salah satunya melalui Messi yang tinggal berhadapan dengan Abbiati namun berhasil digagalkan tekel Alessandro Nesta.
Menjelang pertandingan berakhir, Milan mendapatkan tendangan sudut kedua mereka. Tim besutan Max Allegri ini ternyata mampu menyamakan skor setelah umpan Clarence Seedorf disundul Thiago Silva dan menjebol gawang Barca.
Skor 2-2 tetap bertahan sampai gim berakhir karena Barca sudah tidak punya waktu lagi untuk menambah gol.
ENGLISH
AC Milan shocked Champions League holders Barcelona with a Thiago Silva header in the final seconds to walk away with a surprising 2-2 draw at Camp Nou in the sides’ opening game in Group H on Tuesday.
Alexandre Pato opened the game with a goal just 24 seconds after kick off, which marked the fifth-fasted goal in Champions League history. Pedro and David Villa were the host's heroes as they netted a goal either side of the halftime break.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Silva popped up inside the box to meet Clarene Seedorf's corner with a powerful header which flew into the net to snatch a late point.
The match began in absolutely extraordinary fashion when, against all expectations, AC Milan surged into a 1-0 lead in the opening minute.
Pato picked the ball up virtually from kick off, knocked the it through the center of the Barcelona defense and accelerated directly towards goal, leaving Sergio Busquets trailing in his wake before slotting a cool finish under the advancing Christian Abbiati.
The early goal was exactly what the doctor ordered in terms of Massimiliano Allegri’s tactical plan, as it allowed his team to sit deep, defend in numbers and attempt to utilize Pato’s pace on the counter attack.
For a 20-minute spell following the goal, the visitors defended doggedly while testing the Barcelona rearguard, particularly the nervy Sergio Busquets, with a handful of lightning counter attacks.
Milan would remain lucky as Lionel Messi forced at least four decent saves from Abbiati before striking the outside of post with a free kick from 25 yards.
However, as the half wore on, the game was almost exclusively played in the Milan half of the field, and, despite the club's organized and disciplined defending, one moment of magic from Messi in the 35th minute proved its undoing.
The Argentine flicked the ball between Alessandro Nesta and Ignazio Abate and darted through the gap between the fullback and his central defender. He then proceeded to shrug of Abate’s weak challenge and prodded the ball across the face of goal to gift Pedro the easiest of tap-ins.
Milan’s stubborn resistance was breached for a second time five minutes after the restart, and this time there was little anyone in the Rossoneri ranks could do to prevent it as Villa curled a sublime free kick into Abbiati’s top right-hand corner from 25-yards out.
The rest of the second period played out in a predictable fashion, with Barcelona in complete control of possession, but while, less predictably, lacking penetration in the final third as Milan defended doggedly.
That was, however, until against all predictions, Silva powered home a bullet header in the third minute of stoppage time to grab a share of the spoils.
Matchday two sees the Catalan club travel to Belarus to meet Bate Borisov, while Milan hosts Viktoria Plzen at Giueseppe Meazza, with the fixtures to be played on Sept. 28.
Milan 2 Lazio 2
Milan: Abbiati, Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Gattuso (Van Bommel 18'), Ambrosini, Aquilani (Nocerino 68'); Boateng (Pato 76'); Ibrahimovic, Cassano
Lazio: Bizzarri; Konko, Biava, Dias, Zauri; Ledesma, Brocchi; Cissè, Hernanes (Matuzalem 85'), Mauri (Lulic 81'); Klose (Gonzalez 68')
AC Milan selamat dari ketertinggalan dua gol saat menjamu Lazio pada laga pembuka Serie A Italia di San Siro, Jumat (9/9) malam waktu setempat. Miroslav Klose dan Djibril Cisse sama-sama mencetak gol debutnya untuk Lazio sebelum disamakan duet andalan tuan rumah, Zlatan Ibrahimovic dan Antonio Cassano.
Lazio kali terakhir memperoleh kemenangan di San Siro pada musim 1989/90 dan setelahnya 13 kali mengalami kekalahan serta delapan kali bermain imbang. Namun, sejak September 2008 Milan tak sanggup mengalahkan Lazio di markas sendiri.
Kemenangan berada di depan mata Lazio dalam 22 menit pertama pertandingan. Klose membuka keunggulan pada menit ke-12 ketika berhasil mengecoh pengawalan Alessandro Nesta. Tendangan mendatar kaki kiri Klose gagal dihalau kiper Christian Abbiati.
Sepuluh menit berselang, San Siro makin terbungkam ketika umpan silang Stefano Mauri disambut sundulan terarah Cisse. Abbiati tidak bisa berbuat banyak.
Sebelum gol ini terjadi, Milan kehilangan Gennaro Gattuso karena menderita cedera mata dalam perebutan bola dengan Nesta. Gelandang bandel itu pun digantikan dengan Mark van Bommel.
Milan tak berlama-lama terpuruk dalam ketertinggalan. Menit 29, Cassano terlepas di rusuk kiri pertahanan Lazio saat menerima umpan terobosan Alberto Aquilani. Tanpa pengawalan berarti, Cassano melepaskan umpan mendatar yang dituntaskan dengan mudah oleh Ibrahimovic.
Empat menit kemudian, Cassano sendiri yang melesakkan gol. Tendangan penjuru Kevin-Prince Boateng disambut Cassano dengan sundulan yang menaklukkan Albano Bizzarri.
Menyamakan kedudukan, Milan pun memegang kendali permainan. Di awal babak kedua, Cassano hampir melesakkan gol istimewa. Bola umpan Ibrahimovic ditahan menggunakan dada dan kemudian ditendang hingga menghantam tiang.
Lazio memperoleh peluang ketika Cisse mampu lolos dari sergapan bek Milan dan Abbiati. Dengan mulut gawang yang sudah terbuka, bola berhasil diselamatkan Nesta secara akrobatik.
Milan memasukkan Alexandre Pato pada menit ke-75 untuk memaksakan hasil kemenangan. Namun, Bizzarri terlalu tangguh untuk ditaklukkan lagi. Tendangan Pato meleset dari sudut menjanjikan, sementara Ibrahimovic tersandung saat berupaya menguasai sebuah umpan.
Hingga peluit akhir berbunyi, kedudukan tetap 2-2.
ENGLISH
THE ROSSONERI have started the new Serie A campaign with a draw against Lazio. Despite going 2-0 down early on, The Rossoneri came back well to tie it at 2-2 with goals from Ibrahimovic and Cassano, but were unable to find the necessary goal to take the win.
With some of the brazilians not fully up to speed and some other injuries, Massimiliano played Abbiati in goal, behind a back 4 of Abate, Nesta, Silva and Antonini. In midfield, an Italian trio of Gattuso, Ambrosini and Aquilani was deployed, whilst Boateng played behind Cassano and Ibrahimovic, meaning 8 of the 11 players were Italian.
The game initially started at a frantic pace, with Lazio fast out of the blocks to try and show their intent, but within 5 minutes the Rossoneri had taken control and were already looking the better side.
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With just 7 minutes on the clock, Aquilani had a chance to score on his debut! Milan’s Mister X made a terrific run which was only seen by one Zlatan Ibrahimovic – however, the Swede most importantly had the ball, and with an ingenious flick, played Aquilani through! Unfortunately, Alberto overcooked his touch and unfortunately was unable to guide it into the back of the net.
Disaster struck less than 5 minutes later though, as a brilliant ball was played into the Milan box for Klose, who pulled off an amazing first touch to flick the ball to the other side of Nesta, before slotting it into the bottom corner with his left foot, a stunning goal but it meant Milan were behind just 11 minutes in to the match!
Approaching the 17 minute mark and Lazio should have been 2-0 up. Following a terrible mix up between Gattuso and Nesta, Djibril Cisse was allowed in, and blasted his shot at Abbiati. Abbiati was unable to hold it, and it fell out to Klose who should have tapped in his second, managed to put it wide.
Gattuso was taken off due to injury, and replaced by Mark van Bommel
The task became even more difficult shortly after the 20 minute mark, as Lazio took a 2-0 lead. As a brilliant ball was played into the Milan box, Djibril Cisse was the only one moving, and he ran on and headed it into the top corner with a well executed header, another quality goal, and Lazio were on fire now.
Around the half hour mark, and Milan were back in it! Following an excellent chipped pass from Alberto Aquilani, Antonio Cassano was unmarked in the box and played it square for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to pull one back!
Just 3 minutes later and Milan were level! The Rossoneri earned a corner through Kevin-Prince Boateng’s shot, and Alberto Aquilani played in a superb corner, for Antonio Cassano to header directly in to level the scorelines! A good goal in a great game, and Cassano made up for his disapoointing start!
In an action packed terrific game of end to end football, Lazio very nearly took the lead once more, this time through Hernanes, but the Brazilian pulled his shot wide, as Milan breathed a sigh of relief, the game was incredibly intense now.
Around the 40 minute mark, Kevin-Prince Boateng almost gave Milan the lead with a good shot from the edge of the area, but he just sliced across the ball and the shot pulled wide. The game was still fairly open and even, however Milan were definitely ending the half better.
Milan ended the half on top and came close to scoring with a Van Bommel drive from outside the box, but the scoreline remained 2-2. The Rossoneri had shown great character to come from behind after going 2-0 down due to poor defending, but at half time, the score was level.
Only a moment into the second half, and Antonio Cassano very nearly put Milan in front. Following a good tackle and pass from Van Bommel, Cassano found himself inside the box. The Italian cut back inside and fired hard and low aiming for the far post, but he narrowly put it wide of the post.
The next opportunity too score came for Kevin-Prince Boateng, who just missed the ball with a diving header following Ibrahimovic’s ball in from deep. Unfortunately, Boateng injured himself in the process, but received treatment and came back on after a few more minutes.
Milan almost took the lead again with 60 minutes on the clock, this time through Cassano. As Ibrahimovic held the ball up well, the Swede played a terrific ball into the box for Cassano, who controlled it and shot – but his effort blasted the post and went out! Within minutes Cassano was turning provider and played it across for Boateng, but Bizzarri saved well.
Lazio almost took the lead a few minute soon after, as Djibril Cisse took the ball around Christian Abbiati and looked set to score a certain goal, but Alessandro Nesta redeemed himself after a poor 60 minutes, with an excellent block to prevent a goal, excellent defending!
68 minutes had passed, when Nocerino was brought on for Alberto Aquilani.
With 15 minutes to go and Milan in need of a goal, Pato was brought on for Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Ibrahimovic forced a good save from Bizzarri with around 6 minutes left on the clock, as the Swede was put through into the box, he shot across goal on his weaker foot was saved well, and the scoreline reamined level, with just minutes on the clock.
In something of an anticlimactic ending, the game almost fizzled out. Whilst it became a case of Lazio wasting time and Milan pressing forward, there were no golden opportunities – Pato had a half-chance, a volley on the edge of the area, but he couldn’t do anything with it, and the referee became Mr.unpopular by blowing up exactly at the end of injury time as Milan were just about to take a corner
The Rossoneri did well to come from 2 goals behind however the second goal was poor defending, and there were quite a few opportunities to score throughout the game but the Rossoneri could not capitalise.
Best Moment: Cassano’s equaliser
Man of the Match: Aquilani did well, though he shouldn’t have been subbed off, and Cassano was infuriatingly inconsistent, but productive with a goal and assist
Lazio: Bizzarri; Konko, Biava, Dias, Zauri; Ledesma, Brocchi; Cissè, Hernanes (Matuzalem 85'), Mauri (Lulic 81'); Klose (Gonzalez 68')
AC Milan selamat dari ketertinggalan dua gol saat menjamu Lazio pada laga pembuka Serie A Italia di San Siro, Jumat (9/9) malam waktu setempat. Miroslav Klose dan Djibril Cisse sama-sama mencetak gol debutnya untuk Lazio sebelum disamakan duet andalan tuan rumah, Zlatan Ibrahimovic dan Antonio Cassano.
Lazio kali terakhir memperoleh kemenangan di San Siro pada musim 1989/90 dan setelahnya 13 kali mengalami kekalahan serta delapan kali bermain imbang. Namun, sejak September 2008 Milan tak sanggup mengalahkan Lazio di markas sendiri.
Kemenangan berada di depan mata Lazio dalam 22 menit pertama pertandingan. Klose membuka keunggulan pada menit ke-12 ketika berhasil mengecoh pengawalan Alessandro Nesta. Tendangan mendatar kaki kiri Klose gagal dihalau kiper Christian Abbiati.
Sepuluh menit berselang, San Siro makin terbungkam ketika umpan silang Stefano Mauri disambut sundulan terarah Cisse. Abbiati tidak bisa berbuat banyak.
Sebelum gol ini terjadi, Milan kehilangan Gennaro Gattuso karena menderita cedera mata dalam perebutan bola dengan Nesta. Gelandang bandel itu pun digantikan dengan Mark van Bommel.
Milan tak berlama-lama terpuruk dalam ketertinggalan. Menit 29, Cassano terlepas di rusuk kiri pertahanan Lazio saat menerima umpan terobosan Alberto Aquilani. Tanpa pengawalan berarti, Cassano melepaskan umpan mendatar yang dituntaskan dengan mudah oleh Ibrahimovic.
Empat menit kemudian, Cassano sendiri yang melesakkan gol. Tendangan penjuru Kevin-Prince Boateng disambut Cassano dengan sundulan yang menaklukkan Albano Bizzarri.
Menyamakan kedudukan, Milan pun memegang kendali permainan. Di awal babak kedua, Cassano hampir melesakkan gol istimewa. Bola umpan Ibrahimovic ditahan menggunakan dada dan kemudian ditendang hingga menghantam tiang.
Lazio memperoleh peluang ketika Cisse mampu lolos dari sergapan bek Milan dan Abbiati. Dengan mulut gawang yang sudah terbuka, bola berhasil diselamatkan Nesta secara akrobatik.
Milan memasukkan Alexandre Pato pada menit ke-75 untuk memaksakan hasil kemenangan. Namun, Bizzarri terlalu tangguh untuk ditaklukkan lagi. Tendangan Pato meleset dari sudut menjanjikan, sementara Ibrahimovic tersandung saat berupaya menguasai sebuah umpan.
Hingga peluit akhir berbunyi, kedudukan tetap 2-2.
ENGLISH
THE ROSSONERI have started the new Serie A campaign with a draw against Lazio. Despite going 2-0 down early on, The Rossoneri came back well to tie it at 2-2 with goals from Ibrahimovic and Cassano, but were unable to find the necessary goal to take the win.
With some of the brazilians not fully up to speed and some other injuries, Massimiliano played Abbiati in goal, behind a back 4 of Abate, Nesta, Silva and Antonini. In midfield, an Italian trio of Gattuso, Ambrosini and Aquilani was deployed, whilst Boateng played behind Cassano and Ibrahimovic, meaning 8 of the 11 players were Italian.
The game initially started at a frantic pace, with Lazio fast out of the blocks to try and show their intent, but within 5 minutes the Rossoneri had taken control and were already looking the better side.
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With just 7 minutes on the clock, Aquilani had a chance to score on his debut! Milan’s Mister X made a terrific run which was only seen by one Zlatan Ibrahimovic – however, the Swede most importantly had the ball, and with an ingenious flick, played Aquilani through! Unfortunately, Alberto overcooked his touch and unfortunately was unable to guide it into the back of the net.
Disaster struck less than 5 minutes later though, as a brilliant ball was played into the Milan box for Klose, who pulled off an amazing first touch to flick the ball to the other side of Nesta, before slotting it into the bottom corner with his left foot, a stunning goal but it meant Milan were behind just 11 minutes in to the match!
Approaching the 17 minute mark and Lazio should have been 2-0 up. Following a terrible mix up between Gattuso and Nesta, Djibril Cisse was allowed in, and blasted his shot at Abbiati. Abbiati was unable to hold it, and it fell out to Klose who should have tapped in his second, managed to put it wide.
Gattuso was taken off due to injury, and replaced by Mark van Bommel
The task became even more difficult shortly after the 20 minute mark, as Lazio took a 2-0 lead. As a brilliant ball was played into the Milan box, Djibril Cisse was the only one moving, and he ran on and headed it into the top corner with a well executed header, another quality goal, and Lazio were on fire now.
Around the half hour mark, and Milan were back in it! Following an excellent chipped pass from Alberto Aquilani, Antonio Cassano was unmarked in the box and played it square for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to pull one back!
Just 3 minutes later and Milan were level! The Rossoneri earned a corner through Kevin-Prince Boateng’s shot, and Alberto Aquilani played in a superb corner, for Antonio Cassano to header directly in to level the scorelines! A good goal in a great game, and Cassano made up for his disapoointing start!
In an action packed terrific game of end to end football, Lazio very nearly took the lead once more, this time through Hernanes, but the Brazilian pulled his shot wide, as Milan breathed a sigh of relief, the game was incredibly intense now.
Around the 40 minute mark, Kevin-Prince Boateng almost gave Milan the lead with a good shot from the edge of the area, but he just sliced across the ball and the shot pulled wide. The game was still fairly open and even, however Milan were definitely ending the half better.
Milan ended the half on top and came close to scoring with a Van Bommel drive from outside the box, but the scoreline remained 2-2. The Rossoneri had shown great character to come from behind after going 2-0 down due to poor defending, but at half time, the score was level.
Only a moment into the second half, and Antonio Cassano very nearly put Milan in front. Following a good tackle and pass from Van Bommel, Cassano found himself inside the box. The Italian cut back inside and fired hard and low aiming for the far post, but he narrowly put it wide of the post.
The next opportunity too score came for Kevin-Prince Boateng, who just missed the ball with a diving header following Ibrahimovic’s ball in from deep. Unfortunately, Boateng injured himself in the process, but received treatment and came back on after a few more minutes.
Milan almost took the lead again with 60 minutes on the clock, this time through Cassano. As Ibrahimovic held the ball up well, the Swede played a terrific ball into the box for Cassano, who controlled it and shot – but his effort blasted the post and went out! Within minutes Cassano was turning provider and played it across for Boateng, but Bizzarri saved well.
Lazio almost took the lead a few minute soon after, as Djibril Cisse took the ball around Christian Abbiati and looked set to score a certain goal, but Alessandro Nesta redeemed himself after a poor 60 minutes, with an excellent block to prevent a goal, excellent defending!
68 minutes had passed, when Nocerino was brought on for Alberto Aquilani.
With 15 minutes to go and Milan in need of a goal, Pato was brought on for Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Ibrahimovic forced a good save from Bizzarri with around 6 minutes left on the clock, as the Swede was put through into the box, he shot across goal on his weaker foot was saved well, and the scoreline reamined level, with just minutes on the clock.
In something of an anticlimactic ending, the game almost fizzled out. Whilst it became a case of Lazio wasting time and Milan pressing forward, there were no golden opportunities – Pato had a half-chance, a volley on the edge of the area, but he couldn’t do anything with it, and the referee became Mr.unpopular by blowing up exactly at the end of injury time as Milan were just about to take a corner
The Rossoneri did well to come from 2 goals behind however the second goal was poor defending, and there were quite a few opportunities to score throughout the game but the Rossoneri could not capitalise.
Best Moment: Cassano’s equaliser
Man of the Match: Aquilani did well, though he shouldn’t have been subbed off, and Cassano was infuriatingly inconsistent, but productive with a goal and assist
AC Milan Glorie vs Indonesian All Star Legends
AC Milan Glorie vs Indonesian All Star Legends
AC Milan Glorie confirmed players:
- Nelson Dida
- Massimo Taibi
- Franco Baresi
- Alessandro Costacurta
- Christian Panucci
- Pietro Vierchwood
- Roberto Mussi
- Giuseppe Favalli
- Giuseppe Pancaro
- Stefano Eranio
- Gigi Lentini
- Diego Fuser
- Angelo Carbone
- Mario Bortolazzi
- Roberto Lorenzini
- Marcos Cafu
- Serginho
- Daniele Massaro
- Maurizio Ganz
- Jean Pierre Papin
- George Weah
Indonesia All Stars:
Ricky Yakobi, Yeyen tumena, Hendro Kartiko, Rully Nerre, Rochy Puttiray, Philippe n'diono, Patar Tambunan, Fachry Husaini, Ponaryo Astaman, Jaya Hartono, Hermansyah, Roger Milla, Widodo Cahyono Putro, Aji Santoso, Bima Sakti, Charis Yulianto, Robby Darwis.
AC Milan Glorie confirmed players:
- Nelson Dida
- Massimo Taibi
- Franco Baresi
- Alessandro Costacurta
- Christian Panucci
- Pietro Vierchwood
- Roberto Mussi
- Giuseppe Favalli
- Giuseppe Pancaro
- Stefano Eranio
- Gigi Lentini
- Diego Fuser
- Angelo Carbone
- Mario Bortolazzi
- Roberto Lorenzini
- Marcos Cafu
- Serginho
- Daniele Massaro
- Maurizio Ganz
- Jean Pierre Papin
- George Weah
Indonesia All Stars:
Ricky Yakobi, Yeyen tumena, Hendro Kartiko, Rully Nerre, Rochy Puttiray, Philippe n'diono, Patar Tambunan, Fachry Husaini, Ponaryo Astaman, Jaya Hartono, Hermansyah, Roger Milla, Widodo Cahyono Putro, Aji Santoso, Bima Sakti, Charis Yulianto, Robby Darwis.
AC MILAN SQUAD 2011/2012
AC Milan Squad
Squad Season 2011 / 2012
GOALKEEPERS
ABBIATI Christian
AMELIA Marco
ROMA Flavio
DEFENDERS
NESTA Alessandro
THIAGO SILVA
ABATE Ignazio
BONERA Daniele
ZAMBROTTA Gianluca
YEPES Mario
ANTONINI Luca
MEXES Philippe
TAIWO Taye
MIDFIELDERS
NOCERINO Antonio
AQUILANI Alberto
AMBROSINI Massimo
GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan
VAN BOMMEL Mark
FLAMINI Mathieu
EMANUELSON Urby
SEEDORF Clarence
BOATENG Kevin-Prince
FORWARDS
PATO
IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan
INZAGHI Filippo
ROBINHO
CASSANO Antonio
EL SHAARAWY Stephan
Squad Season 2011 / 2012
GOALKEEPERS
ABBIATI Christian
AMELIA Marco
ROMA Flavio
DEFENDERS
NESTA Alessandro
THIAGO SILVA
ABATE Ignazio
BONERA Daniele
ZAMBROTTA Gianluca
YEPES Mario
ANTONINI Luca
MEXES Philippe
TAIWO Taye
MIDFIELDERS
NOCERINO Antonio
AQUILANI Alberto
AMBROSINI Massimo
GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan
VAN BOMMEL Mark
FLAMINI Mathieu
EMANUELSON Urby
SEEDORF Clarence
BOATENG Kevin-Prince
FORWARDS
PATO
IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan
INZAGHI Filippo
ROBINHO
CASSANO Antonio
EL SHAARAWY Stephan
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