Alexandre Pato scored twice, each time set up by Ronaldinho, as We opened our Italian Serie A season with a 2-1 win at Siena on Saturday.
Pato opened the scoring in the 29th off a direct assist from fellow Brazilian Ronaldinho and added the game-winner early off an assist from Mathieu Flamini, who easily set up Pato after a brilliant pass from Ronaldinho.
We have lost the former FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka to Real Madrid, handed new coach Leonardo a win in his debut.
Milan had a few chances early, with Ronaldinho setting up Pato in the 29th on a perfect pass to open the scoring. Ronaldinho delivered a pass to the right side of the box for Pato, who picked out the left side and drove a shot off the hands of Siena goalie Gianluca Curci and into the left side of the net.
Our defensive players should be the one to blamed as Abdelkader Ghezzal tied the match just five minutes later. Lukas Jarolim set up the easy goal with a hard blast, which AC Milan goalie Marco Storari could only knock down in front of the net. Ghezzal slid in at the right post and drilled the rebound into the net.
Milan regrouped at halftime and regained the lead in the 47th when Ronaldinho set up Flamini and he provided Pato with an easy finish for his second goal of the match.
Massimo Maccarone had Siena's first scoring chance of the second half, but hit a shot well wide from just eight yards out.
Ronaldinho continued to display his vintage form in the 68th, settling a pass at the top of the area with his right leg and, with his back go goal, got off a bicycle kick that Curci had to knock away from the upper corner.
The first match that signified how comfortable Ronnie is as the Trequartista for us,his always sharp passing technique have made a clear different towards the match outcome.Pato's maturity is so vital and he have certainly shows the kinda result as we expected from him since the departure of Kaka.Pato have bring the sweet memory of watching the old Sheva,the passion and the awareness that he puts on is the reason we should not even think about selling him,the most lively player of the game.
Thiago Silva is the one that caught my eyes and his contribution last night brings a little bit of hope to out defensive line up and his strong display significantly improve the quality of the weaken backline of Milan.Nesta have been a little bit off form since he is just back from bad injury and is not looking good at the preseason game too.
The midfields is a little bit frustrating to see with Gattuso looking shaky and so do the Pirlo of all people but Flamini gave the most impression with the best match he have play for us,hardworking as ever and the engine behind Ronnie.Goodbye to seedorf if he continue playing like this and consistently making milan more and more steady at the midfield.
We have the players and the wise Leo to ensure a wonderful season ahead,but doesn't the squad look a little bit lacking in terms of subs if the Ronnie,Pato and Thiago get injured?
Saturday, August 22, 2009
First Game..First Win..First Step
Posted by Rokku at 10:28 PM
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Thiago got 5 stars from me,what a player we got with cheap price.Pato does makes it more interesting,and who said Ronnie is wasted at midfield??
Berlu said that.
I had my problem with that too and last season Acu have said a lot about Ronnie be a playmaker rather than a Striker and by the look of it he did an awesome job.
LOL...ronnie prob is that he wasnt consistent enough through out the season...and he is an injury prone player...
Injury prone at this age sounded career threatning right?It happen before and if Ronnie is lazy and not dedicated to improve his fitness level,he will end up like basten.Thats a waste..
hahahahha....
yeahh,thats a waste....
and dont remind me of basten injury that force him to quit football..hm..
well...
we still looks a lil bit missing in our bench..
and i hate that...look at man city and totenham...
the have 3 full strength squad...
but wat do we have???seedorf?kaladze??
Abate is there on the bench too.If anything happen,he can come in handy.Like that kid,but a last minutes midfielder shopping wasnt gonna hurt right?
who?Van der vaart if anything happen to ronnie but he can play along side ronnie too..
that's just our weakness as a squad. there's not enough depth and our ability to challenge for trophies hampered due to injury prone older players (both starters and bench).
Good first game though. definitely room for improvement. Boriello could do more and return to his Genoa goalscoring form. Gattuso seems like he's aging as well. Pirlo was a bit sleepy but should improve later on.
What's great is that Nesta's back and Ronnie's in good form. let's hope it stays that way. Good job to T. Silva and Flamini as well..and of course PATO!!!
Yup Pato was great at the game, and hope Ronaldinho could maintenance his form and found consistency for upcoming match... the Hunter suspended, so he could'nt join the first match, we all hope that he could found his touch after wasted by real Madrid.. Boriello should do better or he will lose his place at the next game.
Watching Flamini played Looks like Ambrosini will start the game from the bench. Ambro is good, but its hard to get position in the first team, Rhino and Flamini already there.
The players that should start every match is Flamini,Nesta,Thiago,Pato and Ronnie.
We Do need the consistent going through out the whole season,Inter wont be the same Inter as last week,So this is getting more and more exciting..
Inter without Zlatan but Etoo is as dangerous as him too,he have the same if not more that what Zlatan had to offer.Leo will have to be smart.
This sunday match is a good indication of how well Milan will do in this season serie A...
Well...i have no doubt that this will be a spectacular one to watch...
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