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Sunday August 31, 2008 Finished Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)

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Milan

  • Ambrosini 41’

Bologna

  • Di Vaio 17’
  • Valiani 78’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Milan
    • Bologna
    • 90' All over at the San Sioro, and Milanget off to another nightmare start! Thanks for joining us, see you again soon!
    • 88' Ancelotti lights up a cigarette, and who can blame him! Milan are finding it hard to mount a late rally here. Bologna bring on Castellini for Bombardini to shore up for the final couple of minutes.
    • 85' In a curious move, no doubt because he's already brought on Sheva and Pato, Ancelotti brings on Emerson in place of Ambrosini. That's the man you want when you're chasing a late goal!
    • 82' The cross comes in towards Sheva from Ronaldinho, but Antonioli is off his line quickly to collect with confidence.
    • 78' GOAL!! Bologna regain the lead! The ball breaks loose for Valiani as they sweep forward and it sits up perfectly for him to rifle a shot past Abbiati into the top corner from outside the area! Disaster for Milan, but Bologna have dug in and doen a job. Can they hold on?
    • 76' Big shouts for a handball in the Bologna area... NO PENALTY! In truth it looked more ball-to-hand by Volpi than anything, but of course that doesn't stop Inzaghi complaining as though his life depended on it!
    • 66' Bologna have been a lot more resilient ever since they have managed to starve Ronaldinho of possession on that left-hand side. The Brazilian has lookd in excellent form today, quite often with the ball at his feet he's been surrounded by three confused men in white shirts!
    • 55' Is this match stuck on repeat? Ronnie wards off two men and crosses for SHEVCHENKO WHO MUST SCORE... TAPPED WIDE!! Say it isn't so! Hopes that the rubbish Sheva stayed in west London are looking shaky after that miss!
    • 52' Ronaldinho is getting a lot of joy out of Zenini, and again he cuts in to chip a ball for SHEVCHENKO... Almost a carbon copy of the Seedorf chance!
    • 48' Ronaldinho turns inside and dinks a delicate ball to the far psot for SEEDORF... It skids just out of his reach!
    • 46' The teams are back out, and the second half is underway! One substitution, and it's a man you may have heard of... Andrei Shevchenko makes his return to the hallowed San Siro turf!
    • 45' Inzaghi is caught offside, and the referee decides that's the cue to call half-time.
    • 43' Bombardini is the first player to be booked this afternoon, for his persistent niggling challenges on Seedorf.
    • 42' GOAL!! Milan have got their equaliser! Pirlo curls in a free-kick from the left wing and Ambrosini jumps highest to head it in! That's given the San Siro a real lift, right before half-time too!
    • 41' Bolgna may be letting the forwards come onto them, but they are breaking with great pace. Di Vaio is released on the right and flashes an effort across the face of goal.
    • 39' Now it's Mathieu Flamini who is allowed to carry the ball forward and he will have a pop from distacne... Beaten away by Abbiati!
    • 38' Zambrotta has been very impressive on his Milan debut. Once again he cuts inside but this time he SHOOTS... A poerful striker but straight at the keeper.
    • 35' Inzaghi is played in by Ronaldinho and he's onside! Pippo takes it round the keeper and chips it... Over the bar! Inzaghi had worked himself into a tight angle, but it was a chance none the less!
    • 28' The cross is sent in by Zambrotta and RONALDINHO HEADS... right at Antonioli who saves and holds! Ronnie really should have scored there!
    • 26' Clarence Seedorf now with a brilliant run and he's in the box.. Well tackled by Moras!
    • 26' Di Vaio is played in again and turns to goal... He's offside.
    • 24' Milan have been a different side since the goal, and have barely relinquished possession as they search for the equaliser. After last season's relative failure, they can't afford to have a bad start to this campaign.
    • 18' GOAL! Bologna go in front! Marco Di Vaio gets on the end of a neat one-touch move to fire underneath Abbiati and give Bologna the lead!
    • 15' Milan have goos pssession in the visitor's half and Ronaldiho has time to SHOOT... Wide of the mark, but he shouldn't have been given the chance. Ronnie is sporting some rather cool french braids and a stylish new headband!
    • 12' Pirlo takes a free-kick from deep, but it doesn't beat the first man in a one-man wall! Bologna coem forward now and the ball is fed to Di Viao who TURNS AND SHOOTS... Comfortably saved by Abbiati.
    • 9' Confident start from Milan, who haven't let Bologna see much of the ball.
    • 1' Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Milan v Bologna! Pippo Inzaghi starts in the Milan attack but Andrei Shevchenko is on the bench! The match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Milan Stats Bologna
    54% Possession 45%
    23 Shots 13
    8 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 4
    4 Corners 1
    11 Fouls 16
    3 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 15
    400 Accurate passes 302
    82 Bad passes 44

  • 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
    • Milan
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Christian Abbiati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      4 Kakha Kaladze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 1
      18 Marek Jankulovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 0
      15 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 42 14 3
      3 Paolo Maldini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 3 4
      21 Andrea Pirlo 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 68 14 2
      84 Mathieu Flamini 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 39 2 5
      23 Massimo Ambrosini 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 50 13 1
      10 Clarence Seedorf 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 53 14 3
      80 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 6 2 2 1 1 1 41 8 1
      9 Filippo Inzaghi 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0
      77 Luca Antonini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      76 Andriy Shevchenko 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 15 5 0
      7 Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
      19 Giuseppe Favalli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Emerson Emerson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      1 Nelson de Jesus Dida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Mathias Cardaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bologna
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Francesco Antonioli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      18 Vangelis Moras 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 1 1
      21 Cristian Zenoni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 2
      19 Claudio Terzi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 1 0
      7 Francesco Valiani 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 32 9 0
      5 Sergio Volpi 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 40 5 1
      4 Christian Amoroso 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 13 4 0
      10 Davide Bombardini 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 31 11 3
      8 Nicola Mingazzini 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 24 2 3
      9 Marco Di Vaio 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 29 3 2
      20 Martins Adailton 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21 2 2
      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
      14 Marcello Castellini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      41 Massimo Marazzina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 1
      11 Marco Bernacci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Gaby Mudingayi 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 18 2 0
      6 Miguel Britos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 78' GOAL!! Bologna regain the lead! The ball breaks loose for Valiani as they sweep forward and it sits up perfectly for him to rifle a shot past Abbiati into the top corner from outside the area! Disaster for Milan, but Bologna have dug in and doen a job. Can they hold on?
    • 76' Big shouts for a handball in the Bologna area... NO PENALTY! In truth it looked more ball-to-hand by Volpi than anything, but of course that doesn't stop Inzaghi complaining as though his life depended on it!
    • 55' Is this match stuck on repeat? Ronnie wards off two men and crosses for SHEVCHENKO WHO MUST SCORE... TAPPED WIDE!! Say it isn't so! Hopes that the rubbish Sheva stayed in west London are looking shaky after that miss!
    • 52' Ronaldinho is getting a lot of joy out of Zenini, and again he cuts in to chip a ball for SHEVCHENKO... Almost a carbon copy of the Seedorf chance!
    • 42' GOAL!! Milan have got their equaliser! Pirlo curls in a free-kick from the left wing and Ambrosini jumps highest to head it in! That's given the San Siro a real lift, right before half-time too!
    • 39' Now it's Mathieu Flamini who is allowed to carry the ball forward and he will have a pop from distacne... Beaten away by Abbiati!
    • 35' Inzaghi is played in by Ronaldinho and he's onside! Pippo takes it round the keeper and chips it... Over the bar! Inzaghi had worked himself into a tight angle, but it was a chance none the less!
    • 28' The cross is sent in by Zambrotta and RONALDINHO HEADS... right at Antonioli who saves and holds! Ronnie really should have scored there!
    • 18' GOAL! Bologna go in front! Marco Di Vaio gets on the end of a neat one-touch move to fire underneath Abbiati and give Bologna the lead!
    • 15' Milan have goos pssession in the visitor's half and Ronaldiho has time to SHOOT... Wide of the mark, but he shouldn't have been given the chance. Ronnie is sporting some rather cool french braids and a stylish new headband!
    • 12' Pirlo takes a free-kick from deep, but it doesn't beat the first man in a one-man wall! Bologna coem forward now and the ball is fed to Di Viao who TURNS AND SHOOTS... Comfortably saved by Abbiati.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Daniele Orsato

  • Milan

    Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

    Captain: 3. Paolo Maldini

    Starting line-up

    • C. Abbiati
    • G. Zambrotta
    • P. Maldini
    • K. Kaladze
    • M. Jankulovski Substitution Out (46′)
    • M. Flamini
    • A. Pirlo Yellow Card
    • M. Ambrosini Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • C. Seedorf
    • R. Ronaldinho
    • F. Inzaghi Substitution Out (68′)

    Subs

    • 34. N. Dida
    • A. Shevchenko Substitution In46′
    • 19. G. Favalli
    • 5. F. Emerson Substitution In85′
    • 77. L. Antonini
    • 7. A. Pato Substitution In68′
    • 14. M. Cardacio

    Injured

    • 13. A. Nesta
    • 8. G. Gattuso
    • P. Senderos
    • 22. R. Kakà
    • M. Borriello

    Suspended

    • 25. D. Bonera

  • Bologna

    Manager: Daniele Arrigoni

    Captain: 1. Francesco Antonioli

    Starting line-up

    • F. Antonioli
    • C. Zenoni
    • .. Moras
    • C. Terzi
    • .. Bombardini Yellow Card Substitution Out (89′)
    • S. Volpi
    • N. Mingazzini Yellow Card
    • M. Adailton Substitution Out (59′)
    • C. Amoroso Substitution Out (59′)
    • F. Valiani Goal
    • M. Di Vaio Goal

    Subs

    • 14. M. Castellini Substitution In89′
    • 41. M. Marazzina Substitution In59′
    • 26. G. Mudingayi Substitution In59′ Yellow Card
    • 11. M. Bernacci
    • 15. R. Colombo
    • 77. D. Coelho
    • 17. D. Rodriguez

    Injured

    • 23. S. Lanna
    • 74. L. Lavecchia

    Suspended

    None

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