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Sunday September 14, 2008 Finished Stadio Luigi Ferraris

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Genoa

  • Sculli 29’
  • Milito 90’ (pen.)

Milan

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Genoa
    • Milan
    • 90+3 And that's the final whistle, comfortable win for Genoa in the end against a mediocre Milan.
    • 90+2 The cheekiness earns them a few kicks, but a free-kick to boot, allowing them to waste more time.
    • 90+1 Genoa Cricket and Football club are toying with Milan. This is actually quite funny, Gasbarroni and Sculli are doing tricks and stopovers, for a laugh, as they run the clock down.
    • 90' Milito steps up to take the penalty and he hammers it down the middle into the roof of the net! 2-0 to Genoa, the three points are secured.
    • 89' Milito now in the box, he's faced by Maldini, feints to pass backwards but turns the veteran defender, who sticks out a leg and brings him down for a penalty! Oh dear, things go from bad to worse for Milan.
    • 87' Milan are battering Genoa now, but is it too little too late? Genoa break and Vanden Borre runs through a massive gap in the Milan defence, he''s in the area and he shoots but parried and Milan clear, they can break now too through Ambrosini but Genoa have bodies back to intercept! End to end stuff!
    • 84' Milan pressing hard now, it's on the right with Flamini who sends the cross over and Kaka touches it on FOR BORRIELLO AT THE NEAR POST but his volley on the turn is over!
    • 82' Milan piling it on now, Kaka just inside the box, a clever little ball to BORRIELLO WHO'S IN BUT A BRILLIANT STOP BY RUBINHO RUSHING OFF HIS LINE AND IT DROPS TO PATO BUT IT'S SAVED AGAIN AND BORRIELLO BUT THE BICYCLE KICK IS WIDE! Great chance to level.
    • 80' Sculli on the ball, he cuts inside and runs at Milan's back four, Maldini gets it clear initially but he gets a second shot and he's in but Abbiati blocks! Milan hack it away.
    • 78' Sculli almost sends Milito in but Milan launch a counter attack and Kaka could be in here but well defended. Rossi is in trouble, looks like he turned his ankle.
    • 77' Favalli sees yellow now, after a heavy tackle on Sculli.
    • 73' Kaka cannot believe that he has not won a free-kick on the touchline. My rudimentary Italian lip-reading skills have him saying "that was a foul".
    • 70' Free-kick to Milan which Pirlo will take from distance. He floats it over and it almost curls in but Rubinho gets to it in time.
    • 69' This match is getting really scrappy, loads of fouls and missed passes.
    • 67' Ambrosini is booked for chopping down Gasbarroni.
    • 65' GENOA SUB: Juric is down injured, looks like his stomach or ribs have copped one and Vanden Borre comes straight on for him.
    • 64' A ball in from the right sends Gasbarroni clean through and he is onside and he must make it two but he inexplicably crosses when he should have tried to beat Abbiati! Maldinie easily cleared the cross.
    • 63' Poor delivery by Pirlo though, straight into the wall.
    • 62' A cynical foul by Milanetto on Ambrosini, a booking and a free-kick in Pirlo range, to the left, 25 yards out.
    • 60' Milan go straight down the other end and Borriello is played in on the left but has no support so hammers in the shot near-post but parried by Rubinho!
    • 59' Sculli gets the ball from Gasbarroni, he's running at pace and his momentum takes him into the box but his shot is saved by Abbiati!
    • 58' Milan break, Kaka on the left flies into the box and goes down too easily and gets a yellow when he wanted a penalty. Ha ha. Ha.
    • 56' Corner to Genoa and it causes problems with Sculli lurking near post but Milan clear, now Modeso with a shot from the left, that is blocked and a high ball into the box is fumbled by Abbiati. In the end Milan survive.
    • 54' Zambrotta sees yellow for a late tackle on Modesto.
    • 53' GENOA SUB: Rossi comes on for Mesto.
    • 51' Kaka on the ball, he slides it into Borriello in the box, he turns and tries the shot but it's blocked again. Borriello is giving Milan a touch more.
    • 49' Borriello attempts an acrobatic chest-down and volley in the box, but it's blocked by Ferrari and a free-kick is given for foot up.
    • 47' Genoa come forward and Milito is played in but he drags the shot wide, flag was up anyway.
    • 46' Second half underway.
    • 46' MILAN DOUBLE SUB: Shevchenko comes off for Marco Borriello, while Seedorf is on too, for Ronaldinho. Oh dear.
    • 45' Half-time, Genoa lead 1-0 through that Sculli strike.
    • 43' A Milan attack breaks down and Genoa counter, stroking the ball wide left where Modesto picks it up, he cuts inside and hammers a drive across goal but just wide!
    • 40' Ronaldinho on a mazy dribble and he pokes a super through ball to Shevchenko who is in! But the flag is up! That was marginal.
    • 36' Ronaldinho is furious after a Milan move breaks down, and he has good reason. Pirlo ran at the defence and tried to play Ronaldinho in, but his pass took a big deflection and went out. The ref, however, gave a goal kick.
    • 33' Milan are pressing for an equaliser but Genoa have men behind the ball. They will be hard to break down as their defence - marshalled by Matteo Ferrari and on-loan Juventus starlet Domeneco Criscito - are more than capable.
    • 30' Gasbarroni lofts a ball into the area, Milito chests it back on the turn AND SCULLI MAKES NO MISTAKE WITH THE FINISH, LOW PAST ABIATTI INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT! Genoa lead! Super goal, swashbuckling stuff from the hosts.
    • 27' Now Ambrosini tries to control and shoot on the edge of the box, but Domenico Criscito tackles and clears.
    • 26' Milan with a bit more impetus these past few minutes, Ronaldinho and Kaka combine on the left but Genoa clear.
    • 22' Pirlo on the ball, he turns one man and hammers in a shot from 35 yards but it goes well over.
    • 21' Gasbarroni on the ball around 40 yards out, he runs at the Milan defence, he beats one man, then another and he's on the edge of the box and hammers in a shot but it flies wide of the upright! Touche, Milan.
    • 19' Milito lofts the ball into the area and Mesto almost gets a free header but good defending by Bonera saves the day.
    • 18' Milan counter from the halfway line, Kaka on the ball, he's running at the Genoa defence, he keeps weaving in and out at some pace and he's in the area but thrashes the left-foot shot well wide! That would have been some goal, but he was forced wide and off balance.
    • 17' Juric is booked for a really innocuous challenge on Ambrosini, indeed he didn't touch him. Odd.
    • 16' Kaka falls to the ground holding his knee, and though he gets up he is limping around a bit. He'll be fine.
    • 15' Now Mesto breaks forward and drills a low shot in from the right but side netting with Abiatti covering the near post.
    • 14' Genoa counter now, but Milan deal easily with the cross.
    • 13' Milan break but Ronaldinho's lofted ball cross is intercepted before Kaka can get onto it. They come again with some nice one-touch passing, started by Pirlo and involving Ronaldinho, Kaka and Sheva, but it comes to a standstill on the edge of the box with no-on willing to shoot.
    • 11' A promising attack from Milan breaks down, Gasbarroni bursts through the middle on the counter but Zambrotta crudely pole-axes him and receives the first caution of the day.
    • 9' A long ball is chased by Milito who takes a touch in the box but Maldini shepherds it out for a goal-kick. Good defending from the veteran.
    • 7' Milan fail to clear the corner, which allows Genoa space again on the right, it's played in for GASBARRONI WHO'S ONE-ON-ONE AND MUST SCORE BUT HE FIRES STRAIGHT AT ABIATTI! A week, poor finish, should have been 1-0.
    • 6' Sculli with a good run down the right, he cuts inside and shoots but tipped over by Abiatti!
    • 4' Kaka gets his first touch of note, lofting it in for Shevchenko but he can't connect with the cross.
    • 2' Genoa make the early running, mostly using Sculli and Milito down the right. Flamini starts for Milan and his energy will help Ronaldinho and Kaka do what they do best.
    • 1' Match underway in Genoa!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the Serie A clash of the day, between Genoa and Milan, with coverage from 14:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Genoa Stats Milan
    42% Possession 57%
    16 Shots 18
    8 Shots on target 6
    3 Saves 3
    6 Corners 5
    16 Fouls 11
    2 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 23
    229 Accurate passes 345
    52 Bad passes 61

  • 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
    • Genoa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      83 Rubens Fernando Rubinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      13 Matteo Ferrari 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 3 2
      4 Domenico Criscito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 3
      23 Francesco Modesto 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 16 3
      25 Giuseppe Biava 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 16 0 5
      28 Ivan Juric 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 12 1
      77 Omar Milanetto 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 39 8 2
      20 Giandomenico Mesto 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1
      18 Andrea Gasbarroni 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 22 5 0
      14 Giuseppe Sculli 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 12 1 3
      22 Diego Milito 1 4 2 0 4 2 1 13 4 1
      11 Ruben Olivera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      73 Alessio Scarpi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Raffaele Palladino 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
      68 Anthony Vanden Borre 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4
      7 Marco Rossi 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 0 1
      26 Salvatore Bocchetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 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 8 1 0
      25 Daniele Bonera 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 5
      19 Giuseppe Favalli 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 38 13 1
      15 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 40 0 4
      3 Paolo Maldini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 6 6
      22 Ricardo Kakà 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 30 9 0
      21 Andrea Pirlo 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 57 14 0
      23 Massimo Ambrosini 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 40 3 6
      84 Mathieu Flamini 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 0
      76 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 1
      80 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 3 0
      5 Emerson Emerson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Marco Borriello 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 8 4 0
      4 Kakha Kaladze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Marek Jankulovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Nelson de Jesus Dida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Clarence Seedorf 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 6 0
      7 Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Milito steps up to take the penalty and he hammers it down the middle into the roof of the net! 2-0 to Genoa, the three points are secured.
    • 89' Milito now in the box, he's faced by Maldini, feints to pass backwards but turns the veteran defender, who sticks out a leg and brings him down for a penalty! Oh dear, things go from bad to worse for Milan.
    • 87' Milan are battering Genoa now, but is it too little too late? Genoa break and Vanden Borre runs through a massive gap in the Milan defence, he''s in the area and he shoots but parried and Milan clear, they can break now too through Ambrosini but Genoa have bodies back to intercept! End to end stuff!
    • 84' Milan pressing hard now, it's on the right with Flamini who sends the cross over and Kaka touches it on FOR BORRIELLO AT THE NEAR POST but his volley on the turn is over!
    • 82' Milan piling it on now, Kaka just inside the box, a clever little ball to BORRIELLO WHO'S IN BUT A BRILLIANT STOP BY RUBINHO RUSHING OFF HIS LINE AND IT DROPS TO PATO BUT IT'S SAVED AGAIN AND BORRIELLO BUT THE BICYCLE KICK IS WIDE! Great chance to level.
    • 80' Sculli on the ball, he cuts inside and runs at Milan's back four, Maldini gets it clear initially but he gets a second shot and he's in but Abbiati blocks! Milan hack it away.
    • 64' A ball in from the right sends Gasbarroni clean through and he is onside and he must make it two but he inexplicably crosses when he should have tried to beat Abbiati! Maldinie easily cleared the cross.
    • 60' Milan go straight down the other end and Borriello is played in on the left but has no support so hammers in the shot near-post but parried by Rubinho!
    • 59' Sculli gets the ball from Gasbarroni, he's running at pace and his momentum takes him into the box but his shot is saved by Abbiati!
    • 56' Corner to Genoa and it causes problems with Sculli lurking near post but Milan clear, now Modeso with a shot from the left, that is blocked and a high ball into the box is fumbled by Abbiati. In the end Milan survive.
    • 43' A Milan attack breaks down and Genoa counter, stroking the ball wide left where Modesto picks it up, he cuts inside and hammers a drive across goal but just wide!
    • 30' Gasbarroni lofts a ball into the area, Milito chests it back on the turn AND SCULLI MAKES NO MISTAKE WITH THE FINISH, LOW PAST ABIATTI INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT! Genoa lead! Super goal, swashbuckling stuff from the hosts.
    • 21' Gasbarroni on the ball around 40 yards out, he runs at the Milan defence, he beats one man, then another and he's on the edge of the box and hammers in a shot but it flies wide of the upright! Touche, Milan.
    • 18' Milan counter from the halfway line, Kaka on the ball, he's running at the Genoa defence, he keeps weaving in and out at some pace and he's in the area but thrashes the left-foot shot well wide! That would have been some goal, but he was forced wide and off balance.
    • 7' Milan fail to clear the corner, which allows Genoa space again on the right, it's played in for GASBARRONI WHO'S ONE-ON-ONE AND MUST SCORE BUT HE FIRES STRAIGHT AT ABIATTI! A week, poor finish, should have been 1-0.
    • 6' Sculli with a good run down the right, he cuts inside and shoots but tipped over by Abiatti!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the Serie A clash of the day, between Genoa and Milan, with coverage from 14:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

  • Genoa

    Starting line-up

    • Rubinho
    • G. Biava
    • D. Criscito
    • O. Milanetto
    • M. Ferrari
    • I. Juric Yellow Card Substitution Out (65′)
    • G. Mesto Substitution Out (51′)
    • F. Modesto
    • G. Sculli Goal
    • A. Gasbarroni Substitution Out (84′)
    • D. Milito

    Subs

    • A. Scarpi
    • A. Vanden Borre Substitution In65′
    • R. Olivera
    • R. Palladino Substitution In84′
    • S. Papastathopoulos
    • S. Bocchetti
    • M. Rossi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Milan

    Starting line-up

    • C. Abbiati
    • G. Zambrotta Yellow Card
    • D. Bonera
    • P. Maldini
    • G. Favalli Yellow Card
    • Kaká
    • A. Pirlo
    • Ronaldinho
    • M. Flamini
    • M. Ambrosini Yellow Card
    • A. Shevchenko

    Subs

    • C. Seedorf Substitution In46′
    • M. Jankulovski
    • K. Kaladze
    • M. Borriello Substitution In46′
    • Dida
    • Émerson
    • A. Pato

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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