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Sunday December 21, 2008 Finished Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)

5 - 1

Milan

  • Pato 4’, 18’
  • Kakà 13’, 52’
  • Seedorf 43’

Udinese

  • Di Natale 17’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Milan
    • Udinese
    • - Thanks for joining us today... see you next time.
    • 90' And there goes the final whistle! A very satisfying evening for Milan... Becks will be very impressed, if a little worried as to how he will win a place in the starting line-up.
    • 80' This one's over as a contest... well, it was at half-time, but with just 10 minutes left, there's not much more action in it.
    • 71' Pato is replaced by Shevchenko... the Brazilian departs to a rapturous ovation.
    • 70' Kaka breaks through as Milan threaten to run riot! But he over runs it and the chance goes begging.
    • 64' Another chance for Milan! This time it's Pirlo who gets on the end of a Kaka cross which Pato had stepped over... but his effort goes agonisingly wide of the upright!
    • 58' Oooh! Floro Flores brings a smart save out of Abbiati with a header from the penalty spot! Either side, and the Milan keeper would have been struggling there!
    • 52' GOAL! KAKA WITH A FIFTH! What a strike it is by the Brazilian! The ball falls kindly to him on the edge of the box... he simply leathers it into the back of the net! 5-1! Superb performance from the Rossoneri! Although Posh doesn't really seem to appreciate the beauty of it all...
    • 48' Ooooh! Kaka nearly latches onto a through pass... again Handanovic is out quickly to save at the feet of the Brazilian!
    • 46' Back underway at the San Siro! The second half is likely to be a relaxed affair for Milan...
    • 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! And it's Milan who head in 4-1 ahead... all under the watchful gaze of King Becks!
    • 45'+2 Pato breaks through once again... where's the Udinese defence? He turns Domizzi inside and then out before trying to dink the ball over Handanovic! But the keeper makes a decent stop to keep the scoreline respectable!
    • 43' GOAL! SEEDORF MAKES IT FOUR FOR MILAN! It's an easy tap in for the Dutchman after Handanovic can only tip Pirlo's splendid free-kick onto the post! The ball bounces out to Seedorf who pounces to hit Milan's fourth!
    • 38' Brilliant from Pato and Ronaldinho! They link up superbly to carve open the Udinese defence... only Ron's final back heel doesn't find his compatriot and the move breaks down.
    • 34' Ooh! Milan and Pato close to another! But this time the youngster can't get a touch on a Kaka cross to the near post! In fact, Handanovic does just enough to put him off... that can go down as good goalkeeping.
    • 30' The game's settled down a little since that manic goal splurge earlier on...
    • 21' Back at the other end, Ronaldinho lets off a shot! Wide of the mark from the Brazilian....
    • 20' Di Natale fires goalwards... but the Italy international's effort is well wide of the mark and Abbiati is untroubled.
    • 19' Posh looks bored... she's never liked the beautiful game, has she?
    • 18' GOAL! MILAN RESTORE THEIR TWO-GOAL ADVANTAGE IMMEDIATELY! Jankulovski leaps to win a header on the far side of the box... the ball comes across the face of goal where Pato nods home! 3-1!
    • 17' GOAL! UDINESE ARE BACK IN THIS ONE! Di Natale fires past Abbiati after some poor Milan defending, not least from Antonini! 2-1 now... and where's the shot of a concerned looking Becks?
    • 13' GOAL! TWO-NIL TO THE HOSTS (cue Becks shot)! Pato bursts free on the left... he gets to the by-line before squaring to Kaka who applies the finishing touch!
    • 10' Oooh! What a strike from D'Agostino! Abbiati flings himself towards the ball and manages to tip it onto the post! Great action... cue another shot of Becks in the stands! The television director likes him. A lot.
    • 5' Pato hares off towards the Udinese goal... he feeds Ronaldinho and looks for the return pass... it doesn't reach him but Milan look effervescent tonight! Trying to impress someone perhaps? Either that or playing for their places...
    • 4' GOAL! Straight down to the other end and Milan take the lead through Pato! The Brazilian leaps to meet Favalli's hanging cross with a powerful header past Handanovic! And Becks beams in the stands as his new team-mates go one up!
    • 3' Oooh! Lukovic sends a teasing ball across the face of goal! Favalli can't deal with it and Pepe fires goalwards! Deflected behind for a corner!
    • 2' Di Natale takes an early knock and is struggline to shake it off... that would be a big blow for the visitors.
    • 1' Anyway, down to business! We're off!
    • - Of course, Becks isn't playing tonight... he can't until January. But it's great to see him. Not so much Posh, who's wrapped up warm in the stands, but you can't have everything.
    • - Credit to Becks for trying though. He's got a huge smile on his face and looks utterly happy to be back in European football.
    • - That's it. Forza Milan. Oh well, what were you expecting?
    • - "Forza Milan."
    • - Becks is sporting a snappy suit and a Rossoneri scarf... hang on! He's going to say something... what's it going to be? Surely he hasn't learnt Italian already?!
    • - At least, that's what you'd think given the fanfare for the former England captain... he's given a guard of honour onto the pitch as the announcer introduces Milan's new signing.
    • - But forget about the game, tonight is all about David Beckham isn't it?
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's big game between Milan and Udinese!

  • Team Stats

    Milan Stats Udinese
    61% Possession 39%
    14 Shots 15
    10 Shots on target 7
    1 Saves 3
    1 Corners 7
    7 Fouls 17
    1 Offsides 1
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 16
    504 Accurate passes 300
    76 Bad passes 43

  • 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 10 0 0
      3 Paolo Maldini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 0
      19 Giuseppe Favalli 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 55 21 2
      18 Marek Jankulovski 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 56 11 2
      77 Luca Antonini 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 0 1
      4 Kakha Kaladze 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 50 2 1
      22 Ricardo Kakà 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 26 6 0
      21 Andrea Pirlo 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 81 7 6
      10 Clarence Seedorf 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 74 14 3
      7 Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 24 2 0
      80 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 51 12 1
      14 Mathias Cardaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      76 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
      9 Filippo Inzaghi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      54 Wilfred Osuji 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
      51 Rodney Strasser 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0
      36 Matteo Darmian 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
    • Udinese
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Samir Handanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      99 Luigi Sala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      6 Maurizio Domizzi 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 19 7 2
      24 Aleksander Lukovic 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 28 7 0
      32 Damiano Ferronetti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 1 2
      21 Gaetano D'Agostino 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 55 6 5
      88 Gökhan Inler 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 35 1 3
      15 Mauricio Isla 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 40 8 2
      7 Simone Pepe 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 2 2
      27 Fabio Quagliarella 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0
      10 Antonio Di Natale 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 29 6 0
      13 Andrea Coda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      83 Antonio Floro Flores 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 1 0
      11 Alexis Sánchez 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 11 1 0
      80 Emanuele Belardi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Giovanni Pasquale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
      5 Christian Obodo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Kwadwo Asamoah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... see you next time.
    • 64' Another chance for Milan! This time it's Pirlo who gets on the end of a Kaka cross which Pato had stepped over... but his effort goes agonisingly wide of the upright!
    • 58' Oooh! Floro Flores brings a smart save out of Abbiati with a header from the penalty spot! Either side, and the Milan keeper would have been struggling there!
    • 52' GOAL! KAKA WITH A FIFTH! What a strike it is by the Brazilian! The ball falls kindly to him on the edge of the box... he simply leathers it into the back of the net! 5-1! Superb performance from the Rossoneri! Although Posh doesn't really seem to appreciate the beauty of it all...
    • 45'+2 Pato breaks through once again... where's the Udinese defence? He turns Domizzi inside and then out before trying to dink the ball over Handanovic! But the keeper makes a decent stop to keep the scoreline respectable!
    • 43' GOAL! SEEDORF MAKES IT FOUR FOR MILAN! It's an easy tap in for the Dutchman after Handanovic can only tip Pirlo's splendid free-kick onto the post! The ball bounces out to Seedorf who pounces to hit Milan's fourth!
    • 18' GOAL! MILAN RESTORE THEIR TWO-GOAL ADVANTAGE IMMEDIATELY! Jankulovski leaps to win a header on the far side of the box... the ball comes across the face of goal where Pato nods home! 3-1!
    • 17' GOAL! UDINESE ARE BACK IN THIS ONE! Di Natale fires past Abbiati after some poor Milan defending, not least from Antonini! 2-1 now... and where's the shot of a concerned looking Becks?
    • 13' GOAL! TWO-NIL TO THE HOSTS (cue Becks shot)! Pato bursts free on the left... he gets to the by-line before squaring to Kaka who applies the finishing touch!
    • 10' Oooh! What a strike from D'Agostino! Abbiati flings himself towards the ball and manages to tip it onto the post! Great action... cue another shot of Becks in the stands! The television director likes him. A lot.
    • 4' GOAL! Straight down to the other end and Milan take the lead through Pato! The Brazilian leaps to meet Favalli's hanging cross with a powerful header past Handanovic! And Becks beams in the stands as his new team-mates go one up!
    • 3' Oooh! Lukovic sends a teasing ball across the face of goal! Favalli can't deal with it and Pepe fires goalwards! Deflected behind for a corner!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Sig. Saccani

  • Milan

    Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

    Starting line-up

    • C. Abbiati
    • L. Antonini Yellow Card Substitution Out (75′)
    • P. Maldini
    • K. Kaladze Substitution Out (86′)
    • G. Favalli
    • A. Pirlo
    • C. Seedorf Goal
    • M. Jankulovski Yellow Card
    • R. Kakà Goals×2
    • A. Pato Goals×2 Substitution Out (71′)
    • .. Ronaldinho

    Subs

    • 9. F. Inzaghi
    • 1. N. Dida
    • 76. A. Shevchenko Substitution In71′
    • 36. M. Darmian Substitution In75′
    • 14. M. Cardacio
    • 54. -. Osuji
    • 51. -. Strasser Substitution In86′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • 13. A. Nesta
    • 8. G. Gattuso
    • 5. F. Emerson
    • 25. D. Bonera
    • 24. P. Senderos
    • 11. M. Borriello
    • 84. M. Flamini

    Suspended

    None

  • Udinese

    Manager: Pasquale Marino

    Starting line-up

    • S. Handanovic
    • D. Ferronetti
    • L. Sala
    • M. Domizzi
    • A. Lukovic
    • G. D'Agostino
    • G. Inler Yellow Card
    • M. Isla Yellow Card
    • S. Pepe Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)
    • F. Quagliarella Substitution Out (40′)
    • A. Di Natale Goal

    Subs

    • 80. E. Belardi
    • 83. A. Floro Flores Substitution In40′ Substitution Out65′
    • 26. G. Pasquale Substitution In87′
    • 5. C. Obodo
    • 13. A. Coda
    • 23. M. Motta
    • 11. A. Sanchez Substitution In65′

    Injured

    • 8. F. Tissone
    • 2. C. Zapata

    Suspended

    None

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