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ugly milan derby (from a highly-strung because of lack of sleep milan fan's point of view))
in my humble opinion, inter won the derby last night because they had 12 players instead of 11. no, it's not divine intervention just a little help from a very human referee - signore domenica messina. yeah called me a sore loser, disgruntled milan fan whatever but watched the game again and you'd understand what i mean.
yes, i am very emotional at this moment. there's so much hatred in me against the whole inter team. winning at all cost, that's what inter did last night. no sportmanship, no respect for the opponents. and for god's sake, mr referee, have you ever heard of offensive foul??? you bloody stupid referee. how could you possibly say that nesta had fouled obafemi martins when it was the latter who had pushed nesta to the ground. you didnt even give the defender the benefit of the doubt by discussing the matter with the linesman. it was straight yellow card for nesta and penalty for martins. what a horrible judgement by the so called experienced referee. that was a perfect run from nesta, charging in front of martins to get the ball first. that is called orthodox defending not a foul, you bloody stupid referee. if martins did not push him, he wouldnt have fall, you idiot.
and because of that terrible mistake you did on the 24th minutes which had caused milan a one goal deficit, you had to make up for it for the next 66th mins. you had to give milan the penalty otherwise it would look bad for you. of course the penalty was legit because adriano used his hand to block the ball but it was arguable. you gave nesta a yellow card when you're not supposed to but when he did a bad tackle on adriano, you failed to yellow carded him because he already had a yellow card and a second card would take him out of the game. and you didnt want to cause riot by giving him the red card. the same goes with simic. and two tackles on milan players in a space of two minutes and you gave the free kick to inter, what the hell's wrong with youuuuuu??????
couldnt you in a right mind think, how could someone as huge as adriano could fall down easily on the field if not for his theatrical to get a dead ball position. please lah. 95 minutes of bad judgment from the referee really turned the game ugly. he lost control of the game. yes, the game was physical but in a bad way, more like rugby. kaladze and gilardino both were bloodied and bruised. and inter's aim last night was to get nesta out of the field via adriano and martins bad acting. the duo's cheating way managed to force ancelotti to substitute nesta for fear of playing with 10-men. but he forgot, one nesta can do a three-men job while three defenders were needed to cover one nesta.
now, i know how low can the nerrazurri go to win against milan. win at all cost. i wish i could wipe the smile out of mancini's face. sheesh!
as for milan, they made it easy for inter to beat them. what's the current tally, 18 conceded goals and three consecutive loses. what a record! perhaps it's high time for ancelotti to reorganise his team and go back to basic. i've always fought with friends about the importance of defence to build a strong team. fine, you want milan to be a more entertaining attacking team. to whom do you want to prove it?? to the world or the english premier league? oh, for the record, yes, this year teams in the serie a scored more compared to teams in the english premier league. so what? i want the old milan team back where its back four were as formidable as the china great walls, almost impenetrable.
i dont understand why ancelotti did not want to put marek jankulovski in the first 11. he is a very talented and creative midfielder. a player that i believe could turn the game around, at least in my humble opinion. he thinks when he played unlike a certain midget in the midfield who charged without thinking and at times very costly. you know, the pairing of gattuso and pirlo hadnt work very well over the last few months. i didnt say it was all gattuso's fault but he did seem to lose some of his fiery energy. there's no drive in him anymore wherelse jankulovski has the ability to create chances and can complement pirlo very well. he defended well too.
i do think that kaladze and simic were inconsistent. kaladze rarely went forward and didnt defend well. serginho was not a good defender to start with but normally he was a good runner and feeder. he was off form last night though. a lot of his passes went wild. seedorf chose a crucial game like the derby to go awol. he rarely ventured in front and didnt make any impressive move that could help gilardino or even sheva.
what happened to shevchenko. was the captain armband too heavy for him to move forward. he was bloody useless and look bloody nervous which was unlike him. his sharp edge had probably taken a leave. kaka seems tired though there were still a few good tries from him. i didnt blame him. he's probably running out of steam after the gruelling schalke game. simic's lack of play seemed to cost him and milan a game. his failure of marking martins gave inter the second goal, of course resulted from set pieces.
milan has to overcome their weaknesses in defending their goal from corners and set pieces. didnt they know every team right now is studying their Achilles’' heel and are trying to take advantage of ‘em. anyway, the third inter goal resulted from a corner kick in which adriano headed straight into milan's goal. it's not the validity of the goal that i am questioning right now. what i want to know is why did the referee give inter a corner kick when it was supposed to be a goal kick?? why???where's the justice in that?
as for free kicks, why the rotation? everybody knows pirlo is a dead ball specialist who has perfected his kick to the point of well, out of this world, almost. so, let him take all three kicks. why must he rotate with sheva and serginho? i dont understand.
stam did great standing on his own at the central of the milan's defence. his header for the second goal was superb. his defending was excellent.
anyway, milan is now 11 points behind juventus. the old lady does look unstoppable but hey, it's a long season, anything can happen. to paraphrase a good friend - "I suppose the law of averages kicked in today. Inter has to win the Derby at some point or other. At least it hasn't happened in the CL knock-out rounds. Now Milan will just have to start a new unbeaten Derby streak all over again." well said, my friend, well said. inter did fail to beat milan for almost four years. hehehe...
after all, what is Serie A without the drama. forza milan! forza nesta!
p/s: well, fabio, i guess u are one happy inter fan eh! that's probably milan's christmas present for you.
last modified Dec 12, 2005 at 17:03
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one thing is sure...the ref shouldn't be allowed in any German stadiums...the likes of him will tarnished football...no more beauty in all the movements...everybody is keen on getting physical and the ref did nothing to interfere n when he does he made even school children look smarter... and most inter players have the flair for acting even rock hudson failed to compare...what else can we say about the game...anyway the 1 thing i want 2 see..carlo to be sacked...how can he bench so many good players and kill them off while playing the same old players who can't even play the ball right..of course milan need to toughen up its defense...but the midfield has been sleeping lately..the pairing of sheva n gila looks shaky sometimes...that's why i'm pissed bcoz carlo didn't even have d guts to play pippo...n pity nesta...u can see his confidence slumping...he needs more than maldini n stam to boost his morale...afterall football is about teamwork... individual skills can only bring u at some level...and now milan is not at the level we all want to see...
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