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Ac Milan, Fiorentina, Inter, Lazio, Roma
Tuesday, February 20. 2007
Nicolas Andre Burdisso's header from an inspired Zlatan Ibrahimovic cross made Inter the most successful European League side of all time with 16 consecutive victories. The all-time European record for 15 consecutive League wins belonged to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, but the Nerazzurri are seemingly unstoppable at the moment.
Nicola Pozzi's early goal proved enough as incredible Empoli consolidate fourth place, but leave Roma 14 points adrift of leaders Inter.
Ronaldo bagged a brace in his first Milan start, but it took a heart-stopping finale to secure the points in this seven-goal thriller! Goran Pandev bagged a brace as Torino crashed to their fifth defeat on the trot against Lazio, 2-0. Substitute Luca Toni left it late to secure a precious away victory, as Catania ended the game in 10 men.
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Ac Milan, Inter, Lazio, Livorno, Palermo, Roma
Monday, February 12. 2007
Inter were not phased by the absence of fans in Verona, securing their record 15th consecutive Serie A victory.The Nerazzurri's bid to continue their 14-match winning streak was played in an empty Stadio Bentegodi due to enhanced security restrictions.
Francesco Totti scored his 139th Serie A goal as Roma comfortably swept Parma aside. 3-0 the result.
Empoli have beaten Palermo in both their meetings this season and a Sergio Almiron goal proved enough in Sicily. The spoils were shared in a disappointing match between Atalanta e Lazio, which may well have been affected by the lack of a crowd.
Ronaldo made his Rossoneri debut and Gennaro Gattuso scored a rare goal as Milan continued their revival. Emergency work on San Siro saw 28 turnstiles installed overnight, bringing the stadium up to the standard where at least the 37,000 season ticket holders could be allowed in despite the drastic new security measures to view Ronaldo's debut. Milan were closing in on a Champions League spot and took on a Livorno side without a win in nine.
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Ac Milan
Wednesday, February 7. 2007
The Brazilian goal-den boy with the Midas touch has moved from Real Madrid to AC Milan - and he is out to prove his critics wrong once more.
For years now, we have witnessed the trials and tribulations of Ronaldo Nazario. He's a man whose name is synonymous with the word ‘goal’ - a man who, despite enduring so much criticism and a career cursed with knee injuries, has always come out and proved his critics wrong. Always.
With his recent move to Milan, opinions are polarised as to whether the great man will once again come out and prove his worth in Italy. For the antagonists, he is old and slow, he is the ‘fat one’, consistently referred to in a really immature play on words as Ronaldo McDonaldo. He is the has-been of all has-beens and is criticised as being only a shadow of his former self.
Continue reading "Ronaldo will show true class at AC Milan"
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Ac Milan, Roma
Sunday, November 12. 2006
Francesco Totti's splendid brace has given Roma their first 2-1 win at San Siro in 20 years for Milan's fourth defeat in five games.
The Rossoneri were without Massimo Ambrosini, Giuseppe Favalli, Kakha Kaladze and Gennaro Gattuso - out injured.
An Alessandro Nesta defensive error failed to effectively clear Christian Panucci's cross, so Taddei put it back into the centre for a spectacular Francesco Totti volley from six yards and jsut after 6 minutes.
A corner kick was cleared out as far as Brocchi, who unleashed a fearsome effort from 25 metres that beat Doni at the near post. 1-1 at the start of the second half.
It was chaotic end to end stuff in the closing stages and Roma were once again more clinical in front of goal. A fine team move, inspired by Aquilani's left-foot rabona - where you cross your legs and hit the ball with the back foot - was put into the centre by Mancini for Totti's header at the back post.
Roma's Scudetto hopes are still alive, and their last League win at San Siro was in 1987.
Milan: Dida; Simic, Nesta, Maldini, Jankulovski; Brocchi, Pirlo, Seedorf; Kakà; Ricardo Oliveira (Borriello 77), Gilardino (Inzaghi 64)
Roma: Doni; Panucci, Mexes (Ferrari 77), Chivu, Tonetto; De Rossi, Pizarro; Taddei, Perrotta (Aquilani 61), Mancini (Cassetti 87); Totti
Ref: Messina
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Ac Milan, Inter, Roma
Tuesday, September 26. 2006
Francesco Totti celebrated his 30th birthday with a goal against Valencia, but Roma still lost 2-1 at the Mestalla. The Giallorossi got off to a great start in the Champions League, hammering Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0, but missed the injured Rodrigo Taddei, Amantino Mancini and Mirko Vucinic for this trip to Spain.
Luciano Spalletti was impressed with Roma’s performance in Valencia and insists they’re still in the running for qualification. “This was a wasted opportunity because I didn’t see Valencia play any better than we did and we failed to take our chances,” he said after the 2-1 defeat.
Inter's Champions League hopes are in tatters after Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Fabio Grosso were sent off in a 2-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich.
“I think the game changed after we went down to 10 men. We had planned to take no risks in the first half and then push after the break, but unfortunately there was this dismissal and a mistake on the opening goal,” Mancini said of the 2-0 home loss.
Kaka, Alberto Gilardino and Clarence Seedorf had the best chances, but Milan were held to their second consecutive goalless draw - held by French side Lille. Following their 0-0 at Livorno on Saturday, they again fail to hit the back of the net.
"We had scored a goal and it looked valid to me,” Ancelotti said after Milan’s 0-0 draw in France - he was angry that a Clarence Seedorf goal was incorrectly disallowed.
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