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Sunday January 25, 2009 Finished Renato Dall'Ara

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Bologna

  • Di Vaio 8’ (pen.)

Milan

  • Seedorf 12’
  • Kakà 16’ (pen.), 42’
  • Beckham 59’
  1. Beckham scores as Milan win

    Beckham scores as Milan win

    David Beckham scored his first goal for Milan as they trounced 10-man Bologna 4-1 in Serie A. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bologna
    • Milan
    • 90' Inzaghi collides with Antonioli as he chases a through ball and the ref puts Bologna out of their misery, 4-1 and Milan look to be serious title contenders again.
    • 88' BOLOGNA SUB: Rodriguez on for Adailton.
    • 87' Another good cross from Becks on hte right which Moras hacks over for a corner.
    • 86' Ambrosini wide to Beckham again and he clips a teasing ball to the far post but just a bit too much on it and it bounces wide.
    • 84' BOLOGNA SUB: Di Vaio has run his legs into the ground and he is spared potential injury with his match lost.
    • 83' Beckham has had a great game but pace is not his forte as he fails to keep in a slightly overhit pass from Seedorf.
    • 81' Beckham delights the Milan fans with a slick turn and pass wide left. He's really loving this.
    • 78' Ronaldinho spots the keeper off his line and tries an audacious lob, Antonioli is back-pedalling but it goes just wide!
    • 76' A good Milan move goes to waste when Pirlo fires wildly over after nice work from Ronaldinho and Seedorf.
    • 75' Beckham on the right, he cuts inside and drills a cross-shot to the left and it goes inches wide with Antoniolo static!
    • 72' MILAN SUB: Kaka and Pato come off to great cheers for Inzaghi and Ronaldinho. Nice bench if you can get it.
    • 65' Beckham has another chance from the edge of the box but straight at Antonioli.
    • 63' Di Vaio is in again, he turns Senderos and aims for the bottom right but a wonderful save by Abiatti! Great stop and Di Vaio can't believe it, he's been great today but Abiatti has been in fine form.
    • 62' What are the odds on Becks staying at Milan now? Surely he can't go back to the West Coast Amateur League after this kind of fun?
    • 60' Milan counter again, Pato through the middle, he looks right to Seedorf who touches it wide to Beckham AND BECKHAM FIRES AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE INTO THE TOP RIGHT FOR 4-1!! Great goal by Beckham, his first for the Rossoneri and his team-mates all rush to him in delight.
    • 57' Bologna break quickly down the left through Amoroso, it's played to Di Vaio on the penalty spot, he turns Senderos AGAIN and fires a rising drive to the top right but palmed away by Abiatti!
    • 55' Zambrotta enters the book for a foul on Amoroso.
    • 53' Milan counter, the swarm forward, Kaka's pass cuts the defence in two and Seedorf is in but Pato is offside so he can't pass it to him but KAKA CARRIES ON RUNNING AND SEEDORF FINDS HIM AND HE MUST GET A HAT-TRICK BUT HE SCUFFS THE FINISH! Bologna clear.
    • 50' Senderos with a two-footed tackle on the edge of the D and he's lucky to stay on the pitch!
    • 49' Diagonal ball right finds Beckham in loads of space but the forward options are behind him so he plays it back to Pato but he fires it over.
    • 46' The second half is underway and still no sign of Ronaldinho, who must be wondering if he made the right decision in joining Milan.
    • 45' Half-time and Milan lead 3-1. David Beckham must be wondering why he didn't join after Real Madrid.
    • 43' Pato plays it inside to Kaka, he takes a touch into space and he can shoot from the edge of the box and BOOM!! WHAT A GOAL! INCREDIBLE! What a strike from Kaka, he sent a brilliant, bullet of a shot to the left of Antonioli.
    • 41' Mudingayi is still kicking off on the touchlines as pantomime fascist Sinisa Mihajlovic looks on aghast.
    • 40' Milan break, Pato on the left, he races clear and knocks it past Mudingayi who hacks him down and this is going to be a second yellow and he walks! Disaster for Bologna!
    • 38' Kaka wins a free kick, somewhat belatedly as Moras clipped him, he carried on and then lost balance. Beckham to take from the right... Headed clear though.
    • 36' Pato on the left swings a superb crossfield pass to Seedorf but his pass inside to Kaka is short and Bologna clear. Milan have it back though, played to Kaka again who drifts left and drills a low shot in but it's blocked and Bologna clear.
    • 33' Free-kick to Bologna on the left but Volpi's delivery is met with an imperious header from Senderos, the first good thing he's done today.
    • 31' Valliani is played in as Zambrotta appeared to go into the back of Mudingayi but the foul is given to Milan for backing in.
    • 29' Ambrosini goes in pretty hard but the ref waves play on as it breaks to Di Vaio on the right, he takes a touch and drills in a low shot across Abiatti but it drags wide of the far post.
    • 28' Beckham takes the corner but it's cleared at the near post and Seedorf's follow-up drive is deflected and trickles into Antonioli's hands.
    • 27' Pato gets it on the left but he has not support so plays it off Zenoni for a corner.
    • 25' Long ball over the top catches Senderos out again as he tries to swing at it, misses the ball and Di Vaio is in but a brilliant flying stop by Abiatti and it rebounds off Di Vaio for a goal kick! Senderos is rubbish. Can I say that?
    • 24' A neat move down the right involving Beckham, Zambrotta and Pirlo breaks down when, bizarrely, Kaka loses the ball as he mis-controls it.
    • 22' Kaka proves that he is human after all as a dribble on the left culminates in a goal kick following a poor touch.
    • 20' Brilliant skill by Pato in the middle of the park and he is crudely brought down by Mudingayi and a yellow card is shown.
    • 19' Amoroso is in behind Senderos but he slides back to tackle. Flag up for offside anyway, but he wasn't!
    • 18' Pato goes down in the box and that looked more like a penalty than the first two! But play on says the ref! Terzi came right across him and tripped him flagrantly! How was that not a spot-kick?
    • 16' Kaka to take, he belongs to Jesus don't you know... and he puts it down the middle with Antonioli going to the left and Milan lead! 2-1! Who'd have thunk Serie A could be so FUN?
    • 15' Beckham clips a ball in for Zambrotta on the overlap, he bursts into the box and Bomardini brings him down and it's a penalty! That was a bit soft but he did make contact, more clumsy than anything.
    • 13' Milan come forward, great run by Kaka, he smacks a shot on goal from the edge of the D, Antonioli parried AND SEEDORF WITH THE LATE RUN TO RIFLE THE FINISH IN FROM AN ANGLE AND IT'S 1-1!! Milan are level! This is a cracking match!
    • 12' Senderos looks massively out of his depth as Di Vaio gets beyond him again but he can't get a touch on the through ball.
    • 11' Kaka almost sneaks in on the left but Bologna - who are a tidy outfit these days - clear.
    • 9' Di Vaio to take... and he rifles it into the top right, what a penalty! 1-0 to Bologna!
    • 8' Amoroso on a mazy dribble, he beats Ambrosini, he's in the box and he gets between Maldini and Senderos and he's down! Penalty! Senderos gets a yellow!
    • 7' Beckham almost sneaks in on the right but good defending by the hosts to clear. Bologna break...
    • 5' A quite frantic opening to this match as Beckham almost sends a cross in for Pato but Antonioli claims. Not as frantic as Lazio Cagliari - it's already 1-1 there!
    • 3' Milan come again, Ambrosini on the left, now Kaka has it, great play by Kaka and a one-two with Pato AND SEEDORF IS FREE BUT HE FIRES OVER!!
    • 2' Unusually for Serie A the opening exchanges have been pretty frantic. First Milan threaten with Beckham initiating an attack on the right and Kaka playing a great ball in for Zambrotta but he can't get it into Pato and Bologna clear. The hosts counter they have men over and Volpi is in but his shot is parried by Abiatti!
    • 1' Match underway!
    • - TEAM NEWS: Beckham does indeed start, as does cash-shunning, Jesus-loving Milan hero Kaka.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Bologna's Serie A clash with the mighty Milan and, of course, Kaka and David Beckham - from 14:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Bologna Stats Milan
    39% Possession 60%
    15 Shots 20
    7 Shots on target 8
    1 Saves 4
    3 Corners 3
    15 Fouls 7
    5 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 2
    1 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 20
    307 Accurate passes 507
    50 Bad passes 121

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bologna
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Francesco Antonioli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      19 Claudio Terzi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 5 2
      21 Cristian Zenoni 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 1
      18 Vangelis Moras 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 1 2
      7 Francesco Valiani 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 28 2 3
      26 Gaby Mudingayi 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 0 2
      5 Sergio Volpi 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 36 4 0
      10 Davide Bombardini 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 39 15 1
      4 Christian Amoroso 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 28 12 1
      9 Marco Di Vaio 1 8 3 1 1 2 0 21 4 0
      20 Martins Adailton 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 35 5 0
      15 Roberto Colombo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      77 Dyego Rocha Coelho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Federico Casarini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      41 Massimo Marazzina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Marcello Castellini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Diego Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      23 Salvatore Lanna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Milan
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Christian Abbiati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      24 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 1 4
      19 Giuseppe Favalli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 26 1
      15 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 30 0 1
      3 Paolo Maldini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 13 1
      22 Ricardo Kakà 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 42 11 1
      21 Andrea Pirlo 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 67 15 6
      32 David Beckham 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 79 11 2
      23 Massimo Ambrosini 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 72 21 1
      10 Clarence Seedorf 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 67 14 0
      7 Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 22 8 1
      36 Matteo Darmian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      84 Mathieu Flamini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Filippo Inzaghi 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
      80 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      1 Nelson de Jesus Dida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      77 Luca Antonini 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 2
      76 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 78' Ronaldinho spots the keeper off his line and tries an audacious lob, Antonioli is back-pedalling but it goes just wide!
    • 75' Beckham on the right, he cuts inside and drills a cross-shot to the left and it goes inches wide with Antoniolo static!
    • 63' Di Vaio is in again, he turns Senderos and aims for the bottom right but a wonderful save by Abiatti! Great stop and Di Vaio can't believe it, he's been great today but Abiatti has been in fine form.
    • 60' Milan counter again, Pato through the middle, he looks right to Seedorf who touches it wide to Beckham AND BECKHAM FIRES AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE INTO THE TOP RIGHT FOR 4-1!! Great goal by Beckham, his first for the Rossoneri and his team-mates all rush to him in delight.
    • 57' Bologna break quickly down the left through Amoroso, it's played to Di Vaio on the penalty spot, he turns Senderos AGAIN and fires a rising drive to the top right but palmed away by Abiatti!
    • 53' Milan counter, the swarm forward, Kaka's pass cuts the defence in two and Seedorf is in but Pato is offside so he can't pass it to him but KAKA CARRIES ON RUNNING AND SEEDORF FINDS HIM AND HE MUST GET A HAT-TRICK BUT HE SCUFFS THE FINISH! Bologna clear.
    • 43' Pato plays it inside to Kaka, he takes a touch into space and he can shoot from the edge of the box and BOOM!! WHAT A GOAL! INCREDIBLE! What a strike from Kaka, he sent a brilliant, bullet of a shot to the left of Antonioli.
    • 40' Milan break, Pato on the left, he races clear and knocks it past Mudingayi who hacks him down and this is going to be a second yellow and he walks! Disaster for Bologna!
    • 25' Long ball over the top catches Senderos out again as he tries to swing at it, misses the ball and Di Vaio is in but a brilliant flying stop by Abiatti and it rebounds off Di Vaio for a goal kick! Senderos is rubbish. Can I say that?
    • 18' Pato goes down in the box and that looked more like a penalty than the first two! But play on says the ref! Terzi came right across him and tripped him flagrantly! How was that not a spot-kick?
    • 16' Kaka to take, he belongs to Jesus don't you know... and he puts it down the middle with Antonioli going to the left and Milan lead! 2-1! Who'd have thunk Serie A could be so FUN?
    • 15' Beckham clips a ball in for Zambrotta on the overlap, he bursts into the box and Bomardini brings him down and it's a penalty! That was a bit soft but he did make contact, more clumsy than anything.
    • 13' Milan come forward, great run by Kaka, he smacks a shot on goal from the edge of the D, Antonioli parried AND SEEDORF WITH THE LATE RUN TO RIFLE THE FINISH IN FROM AN ANGLE AND IT'S 1-1!! Milan are level! This is a cracking match!
    • 9' Di Vaio to take... and he rifles it into the top right, what a penalty! 1-0 to Bologna!
    • 3' Milan come again, Ambrosini on the left, now Kaka has it, great play by Kaka and a one-two with Pato AND SEEDORF IS FREE BUT HE FIRES OVER!!
    • 2' Unusually for Serie A the opening exchanges have been pretty frantic. First Milan threaten with Beckham initiating an attack on the right and Kaka playing a great ball in for Zambrotta but he can't get it into Pato and Bologna clear. The hosts counter they have men over and Volpi is in but his shot is parried by Abiatti!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Bologna's Serie A clash with the mighty Milan and, of course, Kaka and David Beckham - from 14:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

  • Bologna

    Manager: Sinisa Mihajlovic

    Captain: 19. Claudio Terzi

    Starting line-up

    • F. Antonioli
    • C. Zenoni
    • C. Terzi
    • .. Moras
    • .. Bombardini
    • S. Volpi
    • G. Mudingayi Red Card
    • M. Adailton Substitution Out (87′)
    • F. Valiani
    • C. Amoroso Substitution Out (71′)
    • M. Di Vaio Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • 14. M. Castellini
    • 41. M. Marazzina Substitution In84′
    • 23. S. Lanna
    • 8. N. Mingazzini
    • 15. R. Colombo
    • 77. D. Coelho
    • 6. M. Britos

    Injured

    • A. Cesar
    • 2. D. Marchini
    • 11. M. Bernacci

    Suspended

    • 9. P. Osvaldo

  • Milan

    Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

    Captain: 3. Paolo Maldini

    Starting line-up

    • C. Abbiati
    • G. Zambrotta Yellow Card Substitution Out (66′)
    • P. Senderos
    • P. Maldini
    • G. Favalli
    • D. Beckham Goal
    • A. Pirlo
    • M. Ambrosini
    • R. Kakà Goal Substitution Out (70′)
    • C. Seedorf Goal
    • A. Pato Substitution Out (70′)

    Subs

    • 9. F. Inzaghi Substitution In70′
    • 1. N. Dida
    • 76. A. Shevchenko
    • 80. .. Ronaldinho Substitution In70′
    • 77. L. Antonini Substitution In66′
    • 84. M. Flamini
    • 36. M. Darmian

    Injured

    • 13. A. Nesta
    • 8. G. Gattuso
    • 25. D. Bonera
    • 4. K. Kaladze
    • 11. M. Borriello

    Suspended

    • 18. M. Jankulovski