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3 points. Off to Manchester!

Grazie Milan! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

[arivanjj]

FORZA MILAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

FORZA RONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

FORZA CAFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[arivanjj]

Grazie Milan! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

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[dst]

Suazo Goal 2-1 Oh my God... this is Serie Z! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Pirlo Goal 3-1 (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

thanks to ReMad2 of SP.

[misha]

Milan 3 - 1 Cagliari
Ronaldo 14, 69 (M), Suazo pen 74 ©, Pirlo 80 (M)
Stadio Meazza

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Ronaldo bagged a brace as a second-string Milan side disposed of Cagliari 3-1.

Carlo Ancelotti rested almost all the players expected to start in the Champions League semi-final with Manchester United, having created a relatively comfortable four-point cushion in their push for fourth place. Nelson Dida was out injured, making way for Zeljko Kalac. Cagliari lost Leonardo Colucci, Alessandro Conticchio and the suspended Paolo Bianco.

The Sardinians had the first effort, as a free kick was touched on for Daniele Conti and Kalac comfortably smothered the low strike. There were also penalty appeals for a Marcos Cafu handling offence that was considered involuntary, as he had been nudged in the back.

Clarence Seedorf and Ricardo Oliveira failed to get the final touch to the ball from six yards.

Milan broke through in controversial circumstances. Marcos Cafu's sliding tackle on Cristiano Del Grosso angered Cagliari, but the referee waved play on and he rolled across for Ronaldo's simple tap-in.

Cafu's angled drive was flicked on by Ronaldo's heel, but Il Fenomeno was in an offside position.

Diego Lopez performed a desperate tackle to stop Ronaldo tapping in after he had quickly exchanged passes with Gennaro Gattuso.

Cagliari were almost handed an equaliser with a lucky ricochet, but Andrea Capone did not react quickly enough, so Kakhaber Kaladze was able to clear.

Lopez was booked for a cynical tackle to stop Ricardo Oliveira's counter-attack, then D'Agostino volleyed just past the near post in a debatable offside position.

Yoann Gourcuff's powerful free kick was off target and moments later Cagliari lost the ball in midfield for Oliveira to sting Antonio Chimenti's palms.

The visitors also threatened with a quick break, as David Suazo hesitated just long enough for Kalac to rush out and close him down. Oliveira again went close, as his volley from a Gourcuff cross took a deflection to rescue Chimenti.

After the restart Capone split the Milan defence, but fell too easily when going for the ball with Kaladze and was told to get back up by the unimpressed referee.

Chimenti caught a Cristian Brocchi piledriver, then there was a double chance. Giuseppe Favalli's cross found both Oliveira's header and a flick on from Clarence Seedorf, but neither got the ball on target.

Cagliari had an even better chance. Suazo nutmegged Dario Simic and cut back for Capone to balloon over from six yards.

Ronaldo and Seedorf exchanged several paces on the edge of the area for a left-foot shot deflected out for a corner.

Massimo Ambrosini and Andrea Pirlo replaced Gattuso and Seedorf, rested for the Old Trafford match. Within seconds Pirlo had sent Oliveira running with a long pass and the cross missed Ronaldo's foot by inches.

It was only postponed by 30 seconds, as Chimenti flapped at Cafu's cross, so Ronaldo redirected the ball in from six yards with his chest! It was his seventh goal in 12 games for Milan.

Substitute Antonio Langella was sent clear and Kalac sprinted out of his area to kick the ball away - Marchini saw the open goal and attempted an ambitious lob off target.

The Sardinians kept pushing and Kaladze clumsily clattered into Capone as he ran on to Suazo's through ball. The referee pointed to the spot and Suazo sent Kalac the wrong way to make it 2-1 with 16 minutes to go.

Oliveira almost restored the two-goal cushion moments later with his angled drive fingertipped round the far post by Chimenti.

But Cagliari's tails were up and a free kick was whipped in just past Canini's outstretched foot.

Their heads were forced to drop again, though, as Pirlo curled in a magnificent free kick from 25 metres. He swung the ball in to the very top corner at the near post despite Chimenti's attempts to block.

The Rossoneri had to end their game in 10 men, as Kaladze picked up a second yellow card for a shirt-tug on Capone. Nonetheless, Chimenti had to beat away an Oliveira effort in stoppages.

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Milan: Kalac; Cafu, Simic, Kaladze, Favalli; Gattuso (Ambrosini 68), Brocchi, Gourcuff (Jankulovski 81); Seedorf (Pirlo 68); Oliveira, Ronaldo

Cagliari: Chimenti; Pisano (Semedo 88), Lopez, Canini, Del Grosso; Marchini (Pepe 77), Budel, Conti, D'Agostino (Langella 68); Capone, Suazo

Ref: Bergonzi

Sent off: Kaladze 87 (M)

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[bigmacmtl]

cafu was man of the match, seedorf was lively and instrumental, pirlo comes on and with a first touch he sets up a 2 on 1 then wins a foul and scores a cracker... favalli was solid, simic did his job and was only beaten once or twice by suazo which is good for his standards, kaladze:same ****, gattuso typical gattuso performance (hope he has lots of tank in the gas for man u), ronaldo is adapting and since his fitness is obviously not there so he's becoming a finisher (i lvoe how he made a tap in look so cheaky), oli tried and was involved but made lil impact, gourcuff dissapointed me and provided little or no creativity from a supposed creative player, kalac made 2 good tackles and was alright.

[LaPalma]

Suazo Goal 2-1 Oh my God... this is Serie Z!  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Pirlo Goal 3-1  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/king.gif)

thanks to ReMad2 of SP.

Thx a lot. Does anyone have R99s second one?

[bigmacmtl]

overall nice performance against a relegation team that can often cause trouble for top teams, and over the years milan have a habbit of having trouble with these. so it's nice to see a 2nd string team win it so easily (although calgliari dint help their case) especially considering the past 2 years our 2nd string team has struggled to win before big matches

[arivanjj]

ratings??

[Darunia]

Kalac - 6 Didn't have much to do.
Cafu - 8 2 assists! Made incredible runs up the right and great crosses.
Simic - 5.5 Run ragged by Suazo at times.
Kaladze - 3 Terrible, dived in for a stupid penalty and got sent off for a shirt tug.
Favalli - 6 Solid, but didn't do much and outpaced by Suazo at times
Gattuso - 6.5 Won a lot of balls, had a pretty good game.
Brocchi - 6 Worked hard on both sides of the ball.
Gourcuff - 5.5 Just lacked something today
Seedorf- 7 Very good, actually pretty fast today
Oliveira - 6 Not bad, not great. Had a couple good shots.
Ronaldo - 8 Great game, finished his chances for the most part

SUBS:

Pirlo - 8 Wow, came into the game and made an instant contribution with a great pass, then finished later with a wonder free-kick. Flawless performance.
Ambrosini - 6 Made lot of fouls, but slowed down their attacks.
Janku - N/A

This post has been edited by Darunia: Apr 21 2007, 10:01 PM

[misha]

Kalac -7 was o.k. workless most of the time
Favalli - 7 solid. Couple bad crosses but good defensively
Cafu - 8.5. 2 assist. Great performance
Simic - 7 No mistakes which is good for him
Kaladze - 3.5. Penalty and a red card. that says it all
Rino - 7.5 like always gave 110 %
Brocchi - 7 good comeback for him. Fought well in the midfield and tried to score few times from distance
Seedorf - 7.5 played well. Especially in the first half
Gourcuff - 7.5 Good game.
Oli - 6.5 Nothing special. I expect more from him
Ronaldo - 9. 2 goals and was a constant threat to he defence.

Pirlo - 8 what a goal!!
Ambro - 7 was o.k in a short time he played
Janku - NA

[Rossoneri7]

FORZA MILAN !

Ronni scored off his chest (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) He isn't even trying (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

I can't wait till he is at 100% fitness, what will he be doing next (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

[han2503]

Gourcuff - 5.5  Just lacked something today

I personally thought Gourcuff was great, especially in the first half, he and Seedorf were combining briliiantly together and were cutting the Cagliari defence wide open with their passing

I think he atleast deserves a 6.5

[KillerMax]

I personally thought Gourcuff was great, especially in the first half, he and Seedorf were combining briliiantly together and were cutting the Cagliari defence wide open with their passing

I think he atleast deserves a 6.5

I've always liked you han. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[arivanjj]

picture perfect
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