Sunday, May 1, 2011

Match report: Milan 1 - Bologna 0

  • Goals Scored: Flamini 8' (See photo above-- the ball is visible just over Flamini's shoulder)
  • What happened: Milan scored early and held on to win. They are in first place-- eight points ahead of Inter and nine ahead of Napoli with three matches left.
  • What it was like to watch this match: Milan are good; Bologna are not. Milan had a reason try hard; Bologna did not. Milan scored early; Bologna did not. Milan had many other chances to score; Bologna did not. Therefore, watching this match was nothing less than pure torture-- for eighty-two+ minutes Milan were one stupid/flukey/extraordinary play away from disaster.
  • Number of wide open headers Bologna missed during the second half: 2 (Like I said-- pure torture)
  • Bologna player sent off undeservedly with a straight red card late in the second half: Della Rocca
  • Evidence that there is a conspiracy to give Milan the Scudetto this season: Della Rocca's sending off, which completely ended Bologna's attacking threat. A penalty awarded to Milan against Napoli on February 28th for a debatable handball.
  • Evidence that there is a conspiracy to prevent Milan from winning the Scudetto this season: The three game suspension given to Ibrahimovic for talking disrespectfully to the linesman at the end of Milan's 3-0 victory over Sampdoria.
  • Milan players who made their debut today: Giacomo Beretta
  • Milan players whose wives/girlfriends have apparently had babies recently: Antonio Cassano, Robinho, Thiago Silva, Urby Emanuelson
  • What this match teaches us: Milan will win the Scudetto this season.
Below: Before the match, a video of Pope John Paul II was shown at the San Siro.


Below: Flamini doesn't score many goals, and certainly none as important as this one.

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