MILAN DOES THEIR DUTY AND CONQUERS CAGLIARI! NOW THE ROSSONERI MUST HOPE IN UDINESE.
In this battle of overtaking and counter-overtaking, Milan made their move. Now it's Juventus' turn, but the match in Udine will go anyway, the Rossoneri can say goodbye to 2011 with satisfaction. The match in Cagliari wasn't easy: the Italian champions had some important absences (above all Nesta and Abate) and some players showed up at Sant'Elia feeling a bit stressed. Above all Ibrahimovic, always present (also by choice of him) every three days, bordering on masochism. What happened in yesterday's second half is emblematic: Zlatan, without even being touched by an opponent, slumped to the ground with stomach cramps, a sign of fatigue that had now reached the extreme. The result was already 0 to 2 (with a goal from him, ça va sans dire), and Allegri asked the Swede if he wanted the substitution. Everyone would have said yes, but not him: "No Mister, I want to play!" was the Swede's response. Who remained on the pitch until the 90th minute, came close to another goal and put Pato in front of goal a couple of times. He always plays, runs, fights, scores and makes a mountain of assists, this Milan simply can't do without him, as Max Allegri made clear: "Ibra is an extraordinary player, and then he's generous, when he's tired he loses a bit of lucidity up front, but he gives us a big hand behind on corner kicks and free kicks”.
Speaking of Ibrahimovic, yesterday's victory demonstrated once again that Robinho is his ideal partner. Pato doesn't want to, but Binho makes exactly the movements the Swede wants, not disdaining assists for the other teammates. The initial goal (by the way, is it Pisano's own goal or Nocerino's goal?!) came precisely from a "genius" from the Brazilian. Pato is more forward, Binho a genius across the board. And if he also learned to score (even yesterday he missed a big one), the discussion would have no reason to exist. For the rest, the game didn't create particular headaches for the Rossoneri, who, immediately after the lightning advantage, made Cagliari let off steam, and then hit them in the lethal moment. “It wasn't a great match but today the important thing was to win and the boys understood that – said Allegri, who then added – The standings? We did ours, I think 29 points in 11 games are more than enough."
True, but everything still depends on Juventus. Of course Milan have put considerable pressure on the Bianconeri.
