AC Milan general spiel

[p_maldini_3]

[alessandro]

[p_maldini_3]

[alessandro]

Thanks maldini [shehan] figured it would be good to get exposure to more than one forum. Shame about the game I'd love to see the whole game but I have no idea where 'd be able to find it.

[Pauly W. Nuts]

You guys got robbed! Period!

[p_maldini_3]

give it a day or two, but i know there will be torrents of the game available soon enough. you can download those and watch them.

[alessandro]

[shingai]

Meh, a team that doesn't play to win shouldn't be disappointed when they don't win.

Negatives from the match:
-The defending, Kaladze in particular. But it wasn't just him. On set pieces and when Inter was on the counter, all of the starting defenders (even Maldini) seemed unable to keep track of Inter's attackers, and if Adriano was on form (or if Abbiati didn't have a great game) he could have bagged himself an easy hattrick
-the attack for the first 70 minutes. The lack of pace up front was painful to see, with Pato finding himself alone against several defenders 20 yards ahead of the next guy on multiple occasions. Also, as much as Inzaghi has proven to be a great poacher, this wasn't the first time that his inability to do something very simple such as pay attention to where the last is standing has hurt the team. In my book, it pegs him down quite a bit - how many goals has he scored that have been called back for offsides over his career? For a dude that has set records for number of times offisdes, way way too many.
-Pirlo; as someone already mentioned, you just can't play defensive mid anymore if you don't have the ability to help out the defense. Without Gattuso to do the dirty defensive work for him, Pirlo is but a mere mortal. Makes a compelling argument in favor of playing Flamini over Beckham (on the strength of potential contribution)

Positives:
-Even though he looks to have lost a lot of speed, Dinho's ability to pick apart a defense with his passing is second to none. Imagine what the attack would be like if he had more than one target (Pato) capable of doing anything with his great passes
-Pato scored again. The Future is looking more like the present on his run of form
-Senderos got a runaround. Looked a lot more confident in his 20 minutes than Kaladze did. Although, this is a sub that should have been made at the half.

Ratings

Abbiati - 8.5
Maldini - 6
Kaladze - 4
Jankulovski - 5.5
Zambrotta - 5
Pirlo - 5
Beckham - 5
Seedorf - 5
Ronaldinho - 6.5
Ambrosini - 6
Pato - 7.5

Subs:
Senderos - NR (not enough time played)
Inzaghi - 5

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[alessandro]

[Dejan-Stankovic]

I'm not trying to be a smartarse or anything to that effect but seriously, were any of you up in arms when Kaka was offside for the assist in Ronaldinho's goal in the first Derby? While I obviously agree it was handball, how can you deny this was simply the evening up of the score?