Scenes from the Derby della Madonnina in the recent past

Please pay careful attention. I am not sure what any of this means, however.

The students in my class are evil

This is what appeared on the whiteboard in my room the morning after Milan's 2-0 loss to Inter.

They wrote this despite the fact that I told them that I would give them a night off from homework if Milan won. In addition, several of them taunted me to my face. Needless to say, there will be an extra long, extra difficult homework assignment coming very soon.

Match report: Inter 2 - Milan 0

• Goals scored: Milito 10', Pandev 65'
• What happened: Milan were up a man most of the match (Sneijder having been sent off in the first half on a straight red card for sarcastically clapping at the referee) but still never really had a chance. Seedorf and Borriello came close on headers in the second half, and Ronaldinho had a penalty kick stopped in stoppage time. Nesta did not play, but his substitute, Favalli, did not do half badly.
• What this match teaches us: Inter are still the better team.

If you must watch the highlights, they are below.

World football update: random news

• Real Madrid news: Real Madrid's friendly this week against an Albanian team called Gramozi was delayed for over an hour due to a power failure in the Albanian capital of Tirana. The Albanian Socialist Party announced that "Albania has been made a laughing stock." Real Madrid won the match 2-1.
• Ridiculous rumor of the week: Reports have speculated that Real Madrid's Kaka may be leaving the team due to his poor performance so far this year. According to rumors, one likely destination is his former club, AC Milan.
• Derby della Madonnina update: This Sunday, Inter will host Milan in the Derby della Madonnina. This game is especially important this year because Milan have fought their way back into the race for the Scudetto after a terrible start to the season. Milan, however, are worried about injuries to many of their most important players, including Nesta, Seedorf, Pato, and Flamini.

Milan v. Inter: Match Report

A VERY satisfactory result... a win for Milan.


For those of you less in tune with the football world I'll give a brief recap of the actual game play:


Early in the game it seemed as if Inter had the advantage, but by the 20th minute or so, Milan had firm control of the ball and many scoring opportunities. Heading into the second half it was still nill-nill, but finally in the 51st minute Kaka crossed into Pippo who headed it in. Five minutes later, Ambrosini passes it in to Kaka who makes the game 2-0.


20 minutes later, Inter, who had never really given up, scored on an amazing, curving free kick by Cruz. This caused some worries, especially when in the last few seconds of injury time Jankulovski (who has been out with injury lately) fouled an Inter player, but they ruined a chance to tie the game. Thankfully.
Final score: Milan 2-1 Inter


Not many of my requirements regarding the game were met, but since Fiorentina lost, Milan is now in 4th place (a Champions League spot) and I don't care how they got there.


Super Pippo has once again shown that he can do no wrong lately. Alexandre Pato is my favorite player, but if I were Ancelloti I wouldn't play him either. I guess this makes 9 goals in 5 games for Inzaghi.


One last parting word: have you ever noticed how Ancelloti has no emotions or reactions to anything? You'd think he was bored or mildly disgruntled no matter what happens!

Derby Della Madonnina

The Milan Derby, Internazionale v. AC Milan, is fast approaching. It's tomorrow, in fact. I have extremely high expectations, and there is much I expect to see before Milan pick up the 3 points for a win.

1. My first requirement is that Milan win.
2. Secondly, SuperPippo needs to continue his fabulous run and score another 2 goals.
3. Milan need to come from behind.
4. I want Inter to get a penalty kick. And Kalac to save it. He's pretty out of favor right now and I want him to have a chance to be a hero.
5. I want Pato to score in his first Derby Della Madonnina.
6. And I want that Balotelli kid (Inter's prodigy) to not score.
7. I want Inter to look really sad when they lose. 3-1.
8. I want Milan to have solid defense.
9. And meanwhile, I want Fiorentina to get pounded into the ground by whatever "soon to be relegated" team they are playing. Oh, it looks like they're playing Cagliari.