FA Cup aftermath: Michael Ballack will miss the World Cup

Above: Michael Ballack lies injured on the ground and Kevin-Prince Boateng receives a yellow card.

Germany's Michael Ballack will miss this summer's World Cup due to an injury he received playing for Chelsea in last weekend's FA Cup. The injury came on a reckless tackle by Portsmouth's Kevin-Prince Boateng. Boateng, who was born in Germany, will be playing for Ghana in this year's tournament. Ghana and Germany will meet each other on June 23. Boateng will now be remembered for more than just missing a penalty that could have given Portsmouth the lead.

AC Milan 2009-2010 Season Statistical Highlights

Here are the statistical leaders for AC Milan during the 2009-2010 Serie A season:

Most games played: Ronaldinho (36)

Most games started: Ronaldinho (34)

Most minutes played: Andrea Pirlo (2952)

Most minutes played without scoring a goal (goalies excluded): Andrea Pirlo (2952)*

Most goals scored: Marco Borriello (14)

Most yellow cards: Massimo Ambrosini & Mathieu Flamini (10)

Most red cards: Massimo Ambrosini & Mathieu Flamini (2)

Fewest minutes played (of players who appeared at all): Rodney Strasser (7)

*Pirlo's amazing goal against Real Madrid came in the Champions League.

Below: Gennaro Gattuso received eight yellow cards this season. Here is a picture of the last one.

Match report: Milan 2 - Catania 2

• Goals scored: Maxi Lopez 12', Ricchiuti 43', Borriello 48', Borriello 81'
• What happened: Milan played a terrible first half and a much better second half. Inzaghi almost scored the game winner in stoppage time.
• Ways to tell how desperate Milan were to win this match: The large number of fouls committed by the Milan players; the large number of players who fell down in the penalty area in the hopes of earning a penalty kick
• Milan players who received yellow cards: Ambrosini, Pirlo, Thiago Silva, Borriello
• Milan players who fell down in an attempt to earn a penalty: Huntelaar, Borriello (twice), Ronaldinho (twice), Ambrosini, Inzaghi (twice), Pirlo
• Number of penalties awarded to Milan today: Zero.
• What this match teaches us: Milan will probably not win the Scudetto this year.

Highlights are below:

Here are the current Serie A standings. Notice that Inter are no longer in first place.

LEAGUE TABLE

• • GER
  • SPA
  • ITA
  • FRA

• 		Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
  1	AS Roma	33	20	8	5	23	68
  2	Internazionale	33	19	10	4	33	67
  3	AC Milan	33	18	10	5	21	64
  4	Palermo	33	15	9	9	8	54
  5	Sampdoria	33	15	9	9	3	54
  6	Juventus	33	15	6	12	2	51
  7	Napoli	33	12	13	8	4	49
  8	Fiorentina	33	13	7	13	7	46
  9	Parma	33	12	10	11	-6	46
  10	Genoa	33	12	9	12	-1	45
  11	Bari	33	11	10	12	-1	43
  12	Cagliari	33	11	7	15	-1	40
  13	Catania	33	9	12	12	0	39
  14	Chievo	33	10	8	15	-5	38
  15	Udinese	33	10	8	15	-6	38
  16	Lazio	33	8	13	12	-5	37
  17	Bologna	33	9	8	16	-14	35
  18	Atalanta	33	8	7	18	-12	31
  19	Siena	33	7	8	18	-22	29
  20	Livorno	33	6	8	19	-28	26