Hiho all,
Back from my little trip -- and for the record, I didn't go JUST to see Toro-Milan. It was the Easter holiday and I could get time and wanted to go somewhere where there's neat Old Stuff (no, not Maldini). (IMG:
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Turin is a lovely little city with absolutely amazing chocolate. Deadly good stuff. The Olimpico stadium is gorgeous - you can see the Alps from right outside. My seat was on the sunny half of the stadium so it was quite comfortably warm watching the game.
As for the game itself, I couldn't actually tell who'd been credited with Milan's goal until I saw the highlights later. It certainly wasn't MIlan's best game but it was a step in the right direction. Didn't bring the player ratings from Gazzetta back with me but I do remember a couple of things: Maldini was named MOM for Milan (though he did miskick a couple of times right before he was subbed) and he got a nice ovation from the Torino curva when he was subbed off. Pirlo is clearly exhausted and needs to be put on rest for a time or he's going to get hurt. I was looking forward to seeing Paloschi play but then Gilardino went and did something useful.
ps - there was a good bit of partying going on in Turin later Saturday night after the Juve game. NOBODY was expecting 'em to win. btw, BOBAN (IMG:
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