Saturday, May 15, 2010

Match report: Milan 3 - Juventus 0

  • Goals scored: Antonini 14', Ronaldinho 29', 67'
  • What happened: Antonini scored the first goal of his AC Milan career. Ronaldinho scored two goals. The Juventus fans set off numerous explosions and sang derogatory songs and had to be warned over the public address system that play would be halted if they did not stop.
  • Aggregate score of the two Milan-Juventus matches this season: 6-0 (Milan)
  • Reasons why fans of both teams were unhappy: Juventus finished in seventh place and had a truly terrible season (for them). Milan did about as well as can be expected and finished in third. Milan fans are upset that the team has not spent more money to bring in top quality players in recent years and also that first year coach Leonardo (pictured above congratulating Antonini on his goal and pictured below being bid farewell by his team) is being forced out by Silvio Berlusconi. The fans repeatedly sang songs in honor of Leonardo until he acknowledged them with a wave.
Below: Milan fans with an enormous set of banners. The internet translates the bottom one as "President failed AWOL".

  • Milan personnel who officially said goodbye at today's match: Leonardo and Favalli
  • Milan personnel who may have played their last match for the team today: Dida, Inzaghi, Ronaldinho, and about a dozen others
  • What this match teaches us: Milan's Serie A 2009-2010 season is over. This means that my daughter will soon be home from her (almost) year in Brazil.
Below are highlights:



Below you can watch the Milan players and staff force Leonardo to come out on the pitch for one last goodbye:

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