Real Madrid 2 - 3 AC Milan

At the Santiago Bernabeu of Madrid Milan beat Real 3-2. In the second half goals by Andrea Pirlo in the 63rd minute and a brace by Alexandre Pato (66', 89'). For Madrid Reaul scored in the 19th minute and Drenthe in the 77th.

Alexandre Pato saved the blushes of fellow Brazilian Dida with a brace as AC Milan stunned Real Madrid at the Bernabeu to get their Champions League challenge back on track and inflict only a second competitive defeat of the season on their big-spending hosts.

For a while it looked as though Dida`s dreadful first-half error, which allowed Raul to give Madrid a half-time lead, would cost Milan dear but Pato popped up in the 88th minute to volley home his side`s winner and help the Italians bounce back from defeat to FC Zurich in their previous Group C match.

That was Pato`s second goal of the game, as he had also put Milan ahead in the 66th minute after Andrea Pirlo's equaliser just minutes before.

Royston Drenthe was the other goalscorer, making it 2-2 in the 76th minute, but his effort could not save Madrid in the battle between the two most successful sides in European Cup history.

The results means seven-time European champions Milan join Madrid, who have won the competition a record nine times, on six points at the midway point of the group stages.

Madrid were convinced Karim Benzema should have been awarded a penalty in the 14th minute after the France striker went crashing to the ground following a challenge from behind by Gianluca Zambrotta.

That incident was forgotten five minutes later when Madrid took the lead following Dida's error.

The Milan goalkeeper comfortably saved Esteban Granero`s head-high shot but, in looking up to see where his team-mates were, he took his eye off the ball before he had complete control of it.

The subsequent fumble was pounced on by the alert Raul, who nicked the ball away from the Brazil keeper before side-footing into an empty net.

That was Raul`s 66th Champions League goal and completed a memorable few days for the veteran forward, who before Saturday`s home game with Real Valladolid was presented with a trophy for breaking Madrid`s appearance record.

Raul`s strike was the only thing that separated the two sides at the end of a closely-fought first half, with the only other decent effort coming from Marcelo on the stroke of half-time.

The dearth of chances in the first period was in stark contrast to the start of the second, when Madrid had four decent efforts in the opening 10 minutes.

Raul drove one wide of the far post, while Dida pluck his attempted chip out of the air.

The Brazilian goalkeeper partly made amends for his first-half howler as he produced fine saves to deny former Milan favourite Kaka and tip over Benzema`s shot from outside the box.

With Milan offering little going forward and Ronaldinho anonymous, it looked only a matter of time before the home side increased their lead.

But completely against the run of play, Milan not only found an equaliser but also managed to take the lead in a remarkable four-minute spell that turned the game upside down.

Although not in the same league as Dida`s earlier mistake, Madrid keeper Iker Casillas may feel he could have done better with both of Milan`s goals.

The first saw the Spain number one beaten at his right-hand post by Pirlo`s 35-yard thunderbolt, and he then raced out to meet Massimo Ambrosini`s through-ball only to see the ball slid past him off the rain-soaked surface and present Pato with an open net.

Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini, lacking Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain and Ruud van Nistelrooy through injury, opted to give Royston Drenthe a chance and the move proved to be an inspired one as the Dutchman drew Madrid level with 14 minutes to go.

The former Feyenoord man has suffered from the Bernabeu boo boys in the past, but he sent the stadium into raptures as he brought down Raul`s corner on the edge of the box before drilling home a low left-footed shot just inside the post.

However, that was not enough to earn Madrid a point as Milan claimed the spoils thanks to Pato`s late strike.

The visitors really should have gone ahead moments earlier when Thiago Silva saw an apparently good goal controversially ruled out after he headed home a corner.

But Leonardo`s men need not have worried as in the 88th minute former Madrid midfielder Clarence Seedorf picked out the unmarked Pato and he volleyed home at the far post.

Real Madrid	AC Milan
1 Iker Casillas	1 Dida
18 Raúl Albiol	33 Thiaguinho
3 Pepe	13 Alessandro Nesta
22 Xabi Alonso	15 Gianluca Zambrotta
12 Marcelo	44 Massimo Oddo
4 Sergio Ramos	21 Andrea Pirlo
8 Kaká	23 Massimo Ambrosini
24 Esteban Granero	10 Clarence Seedorf
10 Lassana Diarra	80 Ronaldinho
11 Karim Benzema	9 Filippo Inzaghi
7 Raúl	7 Pato

Milan 2 Roma 1

Alexandre Pato ended his scoring drought on Sunday night with the winning goal as AC Milan edged out Roma at the San Siro.

The Brazil striker had not scored since his two strikes against Siena in the Serie A opener but he handed the struggling Rossoneri all three points.

Jeremy Menez gave Roma a third-minute lead before Ronaldinho equalised shortly after the re-start.

Pato then made the most of a wonderful pass from Ronaldinho in the 67th minute to put the hosts in front for good.

Milan were forced to play the last eight minutes of the game with 10 men after captain Massimo Ambrosini was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Nicolas Burdisso but held on for their third victory to climb to eighth in the standings.

No victory has tasted as sweet as this one for Milan's rookie coach Leonardo, who went into the game under pressure with his team having mustered just two points in the last three games.

The home side suffered a blow before the game with goalkeeper Marco Storari ruled out because of flu but veteran Dida proved to be a sturdy replacement.

With Roma's top scorer Francesco Totti unavailable because of a knee injury, Roma coach Claudio Ranieri played with Mirko Vucinic up front and they took an early lead when Thiago Silva's back-pass was intercepted by Menez. He made no mistake and fired past Dida.

Milan first tested Roma goalkeeper Alexander Doni in the 14th minute with Andrea Pirlo's free-kick forcing the keeper to punch away.

Midway through the first half, Daniele De Rossi tried his luck from long range and his powerful effort forced Dida to fully stretch to turn the ball out for a corner.

At the other end, John Arne Riise did well to anticipate Ronaldinho's pass towards Pato as Milan began to come into the game.

Roma should have doubled their lead in the 38th minute after a fast counter-attack left Vucinic with only Dida to beat but his close-range effort was met by a fine save by the keeper.

The hosts almost equalised before the break with Roma's defence failing to clear the ball inside the area. Clarence Seedorf's effort hit the post, though.

Leonardo made one substitution at the interval with Filippo Inzaghi replacing Ignazio Abate.

The replacement almost made an immediate impact, latching onto a corner and heading past Doni only for David Pizarro to make a goalline clearance.

At the other end, Menez surged into the area and fired in an effort which was saved by Dida.

In the 55th minute, the referee pointed to the spot after Burdisso brought down Alessandro Nesta inside the area. Ronaldinho sent Doni the wrong way to level the score.

On the hour mark, Dida was forced to make a desperate clearance with his foot from Riise's powerful free-kick.

Pato then latched on to Ronaldinho's pass and got past Doni before firing into the back of the net.

Roma should have pulled level soon after but Riise failed to find the finishing touch inside the box after Simone Perrotta had tested Dida seconds earlier.

Playing with a numerical superiority, Roma surged forward and enjoyed two good chances.

Substitute Julio Baptista's free-kick went high over the bar while shortly after, Stefano Guberti's diagonal strike from inside the area forced Dida to make a save.

MILAN: Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta; Abate, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Seedorf; Pato, Ronaldinho.
ROMA: Doni; Cassetti, Mexes, Burdisso, Riise; Taddei, De Rossi, Pizzarro, Perrotta; Menez, Vucinic

Atalanta 1- Milan 1

Atalanta: Consigli; Garics, Pellegrino, Manfredini, Bellini; Radovanovic, Padoin, Guarente, Valdes; Tiribocchi, Doni.

Milan: Storari; Abate, Nesta, Favalli, Zambrotta; Flamini, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf; Pato, Huntelaar.

It finished 1-1 in the match between Atalanta and Milan valid for the 7th matchday of Serie A. The goals came from Tiribocchi in the 21st minute of the first half and Ronaldinho in the 38th minute of the second half.

Milan 1 Bologna 0

It finished Milan-Bologna 1-0, in a match valid for the 4th matchday of Serie A. The winning goal of the Rossoneri was scored by Clarence Seedorf in the 75th minute.
MILAN: Storari; Abate, Nesta, Kaladze, Favalli; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf; Pato, Huntelaar.
Milan go back to winning ways at San Siro not without struggling against a compact Bologna team. The team's resistence lasts 75 minutes. Deciding the match was once again the class of Clarence Seedorf, who with a perfect dribble disoriented his opponent and gave Milan the winning goal.

After the many exercises done by Leonardo to see if Ignazio Abate would be able to play as a full back, the young Rossonero gets to play from the start as a right back with Favalli on the left. After the great performance in the Champions League Seedorf is confirmed in the hole behind the strikers Pato and Huntelaar.

The formation against Bologna is an aggressive, compact team, and since the first minutes of the match Milan showed incisiveness and good condition. In the 2nd minute Huntelaar with a powerful diagonal shot scared Viviano, while Gattuso sent the ball over the bar from close range in the 13th minute after a great run by Pato.

Bologna remained mostly blocked in their area and were often in difficulty as they looked for Di Vaio and Zalayeta. Papadopulo's men couldn't create any dangerous moves in the first half an hour.

In the last few minutes of the first half, Milan augmented the pressure. In the 37th minute a cross by Pirlo found Seedorf in the area and he tried to find Huntelaar with a header but the Dutchman couldn't get to the ball in time. In the 41st minute Abate found Seedorf but the ball slipped too fast on the ground and Clarence failed to control it close to Viviano.

At the start of the second half there were no changes in either formation, and Milan quickly made themselves dangerous with a free kick by Pirlo after just two minutes. The match continued to be controlled by the Rossoneri but Papadopulo's spiderweb constantly frustrated Milan's moves.

The first real chance of the second half was in the 19th minute with Pato who fired a shot that ended up on the post. This chance spurred Milan on to believe in it even more. Leonardo took off Huntelaar and Gattuso inserted Inzaghi and Oddo. The hero of Marseille in the 27th minute found a great ball in his feet but the striker's shot went high.

Milan often tried to break through on the left and from that position Seedorf started in the 29th minute. The Dutchman went past Raggi with a nice dribble and put the ball in the net for a deserved lead.

After taking the lead Milan controlled the ball and tried to find dangerous counterattacks going through the left wing. In the 37th minute Inzaghi picked up a long ball and found himself in front of Viviano, who blocked the striker's shot which ended up on the post.

The failed chance led Bologna to try everything to get an equaliser. In the 42nd minute Mingazzini fired a great shot from distance which only Storari's skill prevented from becoming an equaliser for Bologna. A few seconds later from a corner kick Portanova tried a header which went wide. The last chance of a match which allowed Milan to get the first three points of the season in front of their home crowd.
BOLOGNA: Viviano; Raggi, Portanova, Britos, Lanna; Zenoni, Mingazzini, Guana, Valiani; Di Vaio, Zalayeta.

Champion LEague : Marseille-Milan 1-2

It finished Olympique Marseille-Milan 1-2. In the second half the French equalised in the 49th minute through Heinze, after Inzaghi brought Milan in front in the 28th minute. The Rossoneri doubled the score in the 75th minute again with Pippo Inzaghi, who reaches a tally of 68 goals in European competitions.
OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE: Mandanda; Kabore, Diawara, Heinze, Taiwo; Cissè, M'Bia, Cheyrou; Lucho Gonzalez; Niang, Brandao.
MILAN: Storari; Oddo, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta; Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf; Pato, Inzaghi.

livorno 0 - milan 0

AC Milan were earlier held to a dull 0-0 draw at promoted Livorno.

LIVORNO: De Lucia; Raimondi, Perticone, Miglionico, Vitale; Pulzetti, Mozart, Candreva, Moro; Tavano, Lucarelli.
MILAN: Storari; Oddo, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Jankulovski; Flamini, Ambrosini, Seedorf; Ronaldinho; Pato, Huntelaar.
Leonardo's side, hammered 4-0 by Inter Milan in the derby before the international break, gave a first start to former Real Madrid striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar with Marco Borriello injured but they could not break down an organised defence.

Milan, who won their opening encounter at Siena, lacked creativity early on with Andrea Pirlo spending the first half on the bench after recent exertions for Italy.

He came on for the again ineffective Ronaldinho early in the second period and soon hit the bar with a free kick but it was the closest the visitors came. Huntelaar was also replaced by Filippo Inzaghi.

Livorno, who had two players with their names spelt incorrectly on the back of their shirt, threatened sporadically and could easily have won.

Serie A : Milan 0 - Inter 4

MILAN: Storari; Zambrotta, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Pirlo, Flamini; Ronaldinho; Borriello, Pato.
INTER: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu; Zanetti, Stankovic, Thiago Motta; Sneijder; Milito, Eto'o.

At San Siro it finished Milan-Inter 0-4. In the first half the Nerazzurri scored through Thiago Motta in the 29th minute, Milito on a penalty in the 36th minute, and Maicon in the 46th minute. In the second half Stankovic scored in the 67th minute.

It should have been a great night, possibly that of the rebirth for the morale and the ambition of the Rossoneri. Only 20 minutes were played well by Leonardo's men, who after a great start gave way to a cynical and fast Inter team. For Mourinho's men the goals came from Thiago Motta, Milito, Maicon and Stankovic.

The first derby without Kaká, Maldini and Ibrahimovic, the first in an August night. Leonardo didn't change the team, on the bench go Inzaghi, Seedorf, Huntelaar, and Ambrosini. On his part Mourinho immediately sent new playmaker Sneijder on the pitch behind Milito and Eto'o.

Both teams played aggressively and at a high rhythm from the start. Milan controlled the match, with more personality and clarity, and without getting intimidated by a shot from Sneijder in the 5th minute which was well saved by Storari. Leonardo often told the team to play with a defence high up the pitch, Nesta and Thiago Silva anticipated Milito and Eto'o, in the 7th minute Flamini went past Maicon, Borriello played in support of Pato's runs. The first 17 minutes saw Milan dominate against an intimidated opponent. In the 15th minute Pato entered the penalty area and played it to Ronaldinho, whose shot was off target.

After 20 minutes the match decidedly changed. In the 29th minute Inter showed speed and skill, with a quick move with one-touch football, as Milito found Thiago Motta who unexpectedly gave Inter the lead. Milan tried to regain control of the match while Inter played how they know best, using Eto'o and Maicon's speed. In the 36th minute Milan lost it, as Eto'o found a long corridor in the penalty area, where he was fouled by Gattuso. The penalty was converted by Milito. After a perfect start to the match the Rossoneri started to show tangible nervousness. In the 39th minute Gattuso, who had been booked after conceding the penalty, made a bad tackle in midfield and was sent off with a second yellow card. In the 46th minute Maicon received a pass from Milito and made it 3-0.

In the second half Leonardo sent in Ambrosini and Seedorf instead of Flamini and Borriello. The rhythm was much slower than in the first half, Milan tried to play while Inter tried to hit on the break. In the 19th minute Ronaldinho came off for Huntelaar, while Eto'o scored but was stopped in an offside position. As minutes passed Inter regained control of the match. In the 22nd minute a great goal by Stankovic made it four for Inter. In the 30th minute Eto'o again tried to score, but the Cameroonian's shot went just wide. The final minutes of the match saw Milan look for the goal but with the morale clearly gone.