roma 2 milan 3, viva ibra

AS Roma: Maarten Stekelenburg; Marco Cassetti, Nicolas Burdisso, Juan (Gabriel Heinze 71'), Jose Angel; David Pizarro, Daniele De Rossi, Fernando Gago (Erik Lamela 63'); Miralem Pjanic; Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Fabio Borini (Bojan Krkic 38')

AC Milan: Christian Abbiati; Ignazio Abate, Alessandro Nesta, Thiago Silva, Gianluca Zambrotta; Alberto Aquilani, Mark Van Bommel, Antonio Nocerino (Massimo Ambrosini 88'); Kevin-Prince Boateng ( Urby Emanuelson 66'); Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robinho (Antonio Cassano 73')


In-form AC Milan inflicted a home defeat on Roma today to move to the top of the Serie A standings - at least for a few hours.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the visitors ahead in the 17th minute before Nicolas Burdisso equalised shortly after.

Alessandro Nesta restored AC Milan's lead at the half-hour mark.

Ibrahimovic gave Milan a two-goal cushion with his second goal of the game in the 78th minute.

Roma substitute Bojan reduced the arrears three minutes from time but Milan held on for their fourth straight league victory.

The result saw Milan go one point clear of Juventus, who were playing at Inter later.

Roma, meanwhile, have gone down to their third loss in four games.

The visitors went ahead in what was their first chance of the contest.

Ibrahimovic got behind Alberto Aquilani's cross from the right and his powerful header beat Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

Roma struggled to break Milan's defence until the 28th minute when Burdisso scored his first goal of the season. He ran into the six-yard box to meet Miralem Pjanic's cross with his head and beat AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.

Roma's joy was short-lived as Milan went back in front two minutes later.

Robinho's cross following a corner was met by Nesta, who nodded past Stekelenburg.

Bojan missed a chance to restore parity in first-half stoppage time when he fired wide from a good angle.

Roma continued to push forward after the break and Nesta made a brilliant tackle to deny Bojan, who was one-on-one with Abbiati to beat.

Before the hour mark, Pjanic's well-struck free-kick was palmed over the bar spectacularly by Abbiati before the keeper

produced another great save to deny Osvaldo.

Roma could not get back on terms during that spell however, and Milan were soon back on the attack and celebrating their third goal as Ibrahimovic showed excellent precision to head Aquilani's cross into the bottom left-hand corner of the goal.

The game was not over, though, as Bojan reduced the deficit three minutes from time.

Bojan struck the ball into the back of the net after Abbiati was unable to hold on to substitute Erik Lamela's bullet strike.

Roma pushed men forward in search of a late equaliser, but the Milan defence held firm to preserve the three points.

INDONESIA

AC Milan berhasil meraih tiga angka dari lawatannya ke Olimpico. Zlatan Ibrahimovic mencetak dua gol dan membawa Rossoneri meraih kemenangan 2-3 atas AS Roma di Olimpico, Sabtu (29/10/2011) malam.

Kemenangan ini mebawa Milan naik ke puncak klasemen sementara Seri A dengan 17 poin. Sedangkan bagi Roma, kekalahan ini membuat mereka tertahan di peringkat 10 dengan 11 angka.

Jalannya Pertandingan

Roma membuka peluang lewat Marco Cassetti di menit keempat. Namun tembakannya masih masih melayang di atas gawang Christian Abbiati.

Berselang tiga menit, Fabio Borini kembali menciptakan peluang untuk tim tuan rumah. Tendangan kaki kananya dari dalam kotak penalti masih bisa diselamatkan Abbiati.

Ibrahimovic akhirnya membawa Milan unggul di menit 17. Menyambut umpan Alberto Aquilani, sundulan bomber Swedia itu tak mampu dihalau oleh kiper Maarten Stekelenburg.

Roma menyamakan kedudukan di menit 28 lewat sundulan Nicolas Burdisso. Berawal dari sepakan pojok Miralem Pjanic, bek asal Argentina itu menyundul bola ke pojok kanan gawang.

Skor 1-1 hanya bertahan kurang dua menit. Milan kembali unggul melalui sundulan Alessandro Nesta, yang juga memanfaatkan sepak pojok yang dilakukan Robinho.

Babak pertama berakhir 1-2 untuk keunggulan Milan.

Dua menit babak kedua berjalan, Ibrahimovic membuka peluang untuk Milan. Namun upayanya masih berhasil digagalkan oleh Burdisso.

Roma memperoleh peluang di menit 55. Memanfaatkan umpan terobosan Daniel Osvaldo, Bojan Krkic melepaskan tendangan ke arah gawang yang masih bisa dihalau Nesta.

Miralem Pjanic nyaris membawa Roma menyamakan kedudukan di menit 57. Namun tendangan bebasnya masih berhasil ditepis oleh Abbiati.

Di menit 78 Milan memperbesar keunggulannya menjadi 3-1, lagi-lagi lewat sundulan Ibrahimovic. Roma cuma berhasil menambah satu gol lagi via Bojan di menit 87, dan mereka harus mengakhiri pertandingan sebagai pihak yang kalah.

Roma 0 Milan 0 - Seri A Video Highlights

Roma: Julio Sergio, Juan, Burdisso, Riise, Cassetti, Pizarro, De Rossi, Vucinic, Perotta, Baptista (Toni 58'), Taddei.

Milan: Abbiati, Thiago Silva, Nesta, Antonini (Abate 71'), Bonera, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Flamini (Beckham 72'), Ronaldinho, Boriello (Inzaghi 78'), Huntelaar.


AC Milan dominated but had to settle for a point against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.

In a battle of two teams who still have scudetto aspirations, the Rossoneri had numerous opportunities to break the deadlock but failed to take any of them.

The result left Milan in second place - three points behind Serie A leaders and city rivals Inter, who will take on Genoa with a chance to extend their gap at the summit to six points. Roma remained third, two points behind Milan.

A fine Milan can't get more than a 0-0 draw in Rome. Leonardo's team plays the whole match with great conviction, showing especially in the second half a great physical shape, which brings the Rossoneri to be dangerous more than once in the opposition's penalty area. With great authority and ball possession Milan once again showed they have what it takes to play a match of very high level in Manchester.

The Saturday evening match of the 27th matchday starts with an offensive Milan team designed by its coach with a trident formed by Ronaldinho, Borriello and Huntelaar. Ranieri on his part left out Toni and included Julio Baptista behind Vucinic.
After just three minutes Roma created the first chance of the evening. De Rossi fired a shot from the edge of the area which went just past Abbiati's post. After the first chances for the home side the match became more balanced, and in the Rossoneri's midfield there emerged a great, dynamic Flamini, who did well to amplify the play while Pirlo did well to block the reference points. In the 23rd minute came the first chance for Milan through Antonini who sent his shot over the crossbar.

Also the strikers tried but first Borriello in the 29th minute and then Huntelaar failed to be effective in the penalty area. The growth of the Rossoneri team was more evident in the second half. The first 15 minutes of the second half saw an attacking Milan. Borriello managed to make himself dangerous, going past Juan but his shot was stopped by the goalkeeper. At this point Ranieri modified his team by sending on Luca Toni. With his characteristics the striker kept the ball up allowing his team mates to take breathers.

Leonardo's answer didn't take long. The Brazilian sent on Beckham and Abate, reinforcing the right wing. The Englishman played two splendid assists for Huntelaar and Ronaldinho, but they both couldn't take advantage. Near the end also Roma made themselves dangerous especially when they tried to find Toni through the area.

It finished 0-0, a draw that slows down the run-up to Inter but which showed a team in great athletic shape and always very convinced of its potential. In Manchester there's still all to play for.