Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Match report: Udinese 1- Milan 0


  • Goals scored: Di Natale 22'
  • Milan's offense: Milan held the ball for much of the game, but they did not look close to scoring, especially for the first two-thirds. Pato and Inzaghi looked sluggish and unimaginative. When Ronaldinho and Huntelaar were brought on to replace the two starters, things became more exciting. But they still did not score.
  • A word to describe the match: Brutal. It was surprising that no one was seriously hurt.
  • Best impersonation of Gattuso: Flamini for getting two yellow cards in under 90 seconds. (See photo above)
  • It is not nice to point fingers, but other players played badly also: Massimo Oddo spent most of the evening ruining the offside trap and single-handedly putting Udinese players on onside. Also, Gianluca Zambrotta does not appear to be able to kick the ball with his left foot.
  • What this match teaches us: It may never be possible to figure out why this team can't score goals.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Huntelaar plays for Milan? Oddo is back?

I'm very out of touch.

I saw the highlights of this game on TV...

Andy said...

Huntelaar signed right after you left for Brazil. Oddo just mysteriously re-appeared one day. I don't know where he was or when he got back, but now we are stuck with him.

I miss Bonera...

Unknown said...

What happened to Bonera!?!?!

Andy said...

Bonera has been out with an unspecified injury.

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