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.

Derby della madonina

Derby della madonina

Milan vs inter...

Milan-Inter, the anticipated match on 20.45 on Saturday, will be led by Nicola Rizzoli. His assistants will be Lanciano and Rossomando, the fourth man Gervasoni.

Milan arrive to the derby on Saturday night against Inter, valid for the 2nd matchday of Serie A, without suspended or cautioned players. The same goes for Inter..

Seria A 2009/2010: Siena 1- Milan 2

At the Stadio Artemio Franchi of Siena it finished Siena-Milan 1-2. After Pato's goal in the 29th minute and Ghezzal's in the 34th, Pato again scored his first brace of the season in the 48th minute and allowed Milan to win.
SIENA-MILAN: OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
SIENA: Curci; Rossettini, Ficagna, Brandao, Del Grosso; Jarolim, Vergassola, Codrea, Fini; Ghezzal, Maccarone.
MILAN: Storari; Zambrotta, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Pirlo, Flamini; Ronaldinho; Borriello, Pato.

Brazil striker Alexandre Pato scored twice after great work from Ronaldinho to give AC Milan a battling 2-1 win at Siena in their Serie A opener on Saturday.

The visitors, patchy in pre-season under new rookie coach Leonardo, went ahead on 29 minutes when Pato coolly slotted home after compatriot Ronaldinho's clever pass.

Abdelkader Ghezzal equalised for the hosts five minutes later when Milan's stand-in goalkeeper Marco Storari could only parry a shot into his path.

However, Milan quickly regained the initiative in the second half when another delightful Ronaldinho ball allowed Mathieu Flamini to give Pato an easy tap-in.

Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu shrugged off worries about his preparedness by coming off the bench to salvage a 1-1 draw at Bologna in the opening game of the Serie A season on Saturday.

The Romanian striker is still coming to terms with a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdict ordering him to pay former club Chelsea $24.5 million in damages after a positive test for cocaine while at the English side five years ago.

Mutu started as a substitute with coach Cesare Prandelli keen to limit the pressure on him but he rifled home the equaliser from just inside the area after 64 minutes having entered the fray at halftime.

Former Fiorentina forward Pablo Osvaldo had put the hosts in front midway through the first half when he headed in a corner from close range.

Fiorentina, who host Sporting in their Champions League playoff second leg on Wednesday with the score at 2-2, had chances to win but striker Alberto Gilardino was twice denied.