Hesham

Hesham · 27-02-2005, 19:35

Congratulations for all Milanisti . A very tough and hard fought victory proving our complete superiority over Inter in recent years and condemning them to their first defeat of the season . Most importantly we have once again jumped to joint top even with the horrible outside circumstances like Sheva's injury and playing just four days after another physical battle against Man Utd . Actually when it looked things are not going our way we demonstrated the champions spirit and character pulling off a late victory in one of our most important matches of the season . Firstly Sheva's injury left a huge impact on our attack and made us very short in attacking options with the recent poor form of Thomasson . Carlo deployed exactly the same line-up and format of our midweek CL clash playing with a 4-3-2-1 format with Crespo as a lone forward supported by Rui Costa and Kaka operating behind him . On the other hand Inter were at full strength playing with their traditional 4-4-2 with Mancini relegating Adriano their most prolific striker to the bench a preferring a partnership of Martins and Vieri . During the whole of the first half there were no dangerous attempts on goal or clear opportunities for either side apart from a bullet from Veron in stoppage time that was magnificently blocked by a superb Dida in his best form . They cotrolled the ball more but without any efficiency as our defence didn't allow any spaces with Maldini and Nesta marking tightly Martins and Vieri , full-backs Cafu and Kaladze protecting our flanks completely and our three man midfield fircely pressing and recovering the ball . Likewise their defence and defensive midfelders completely stopped our attacks as Rui Costa , Kaka and Crespo failed t cause any danger and the support coming from the flanks and the midfield was missing . Near the end of the half Kaladze limped off and was replaced by Serginho a player who always shines in derbies and has been in a very good form lately to play as a left-back . The second half was no different with us completely absent in the final third of the pitch and Inter getting the edge in ball possession without chances missed . After a quarter nearly Carlo made a brilliant intervention from outside pushing in veteran defender Billy at the expense of the completely out of form Rui Costa with a lot of tactical changes . Billy stepped in at left-back and who else than one of our greatest defenders ever we can trust while Serginho moved up the pitch to play in his favoured position as a left winger getting released a little from the restrictions of the full-back to provide a badly needed width on the left and the format was switched to a 4-4-1-1 . From that point onwards we pushed forward and finally got into the match and managed to score through Kaka . A corner was won after one of Serginho's runs and crossed from the left , half cleared from their defence to find Gatusso on the edge of the box firing a low on ground shot that was turned in from close range after a magic touch from the Brazilian Kaka . He promised to score and lived up to his word . That are the promises we always like . Inter throw everything forward fielding Adriano and playing with three forwards and immediately Carlo pushed in the solid defensively Ambrosini at the expense of the exhausted Seedorf . Veteran defender Billy cleared Inter's most dangerous attack in a very cruical time while Dida saved a low shot from Vieri confidently . Our players prevailed in the final minutes to defend our lead till the end . At our current circumstances victory is the only thing we are looking for and we couldn't ask for more than that . We are heading perfectly on all fronts domestically and continentally . A special thanks to our coach Carlo Ancelotti for his efforts and superb match management . Finally If I comment on player by player I would say :
1-Dida : A super match and one of his best pulling off a very difficult save that could have been a twist in the match .
2-Cafu : As usual a performance of a hero closing our right-flank and supportng the attack all the time . May be this time his crossing wasn't at its best .
3-Nesta : One of our best players prevailing defensively and without any mistakes and in overall completely stopped Vieri .
4-Maldini : Another great match from our legendary captain . Completely stopping Martins and winning most of the aerial challenges ad standing firm at the difficult times .
5-Kaladze : Wasn't much in action in the minutes he played with little forward runs but no danger was coming from his side .
6-Gatusso : He takes credit for the goal as it was his shot that was deflected to the net and showing maximum fighting spirit all the time . Indispensable .
7-Pirlo : Not at his best offensively but was fine defensively but still has much better than that .
8-Seedorf : I didn't like his performance today . Looking very exhausted and losing ball possession and ineffective on goal .
9-Rui Costa : Very poor in overall rarely supporting Crespo and not holding ball possession much and his substitution was imminent .
10-Kaka : A moderate match but his level has improved a lot near the end of the match contributing defensively and trying to counter attack almost on his own . Scored our winner and that is enough .
11-Crespo : Invisible all the time lacking support and too slow to shake off their defence at his own .
12-Serginho : A very good match from the lively Brazilian winger . Once again throwng him on the left wing proves instrumental in our victory . Solid defensively when he was deployed at left-back and putting in some fine efforts .
13-Billy : No words will give him credit . Always trusted to play anywhere in defence central ,right or left . Even if he is 39 years old he remains one of our most reliable players . Was deployed at left-back and did a marvelous job stopping Stankovic who was switched to the right at the last quarter and clearing their most dangerous opportunity . Full credit to him .
14-Ambrosini : Did well in the few minutes he played . Solid defensively .
Finally congratulations again and forza Milan forever .

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Hesham Registered User Join Date: 07 1999 Location: Cairo-Egypt Fave Players: Van Basten from the past and Maldini from the pres	Congratulations for all Milanisti . A very tough and hard fought victory proving our complete superiority over Inter in recent years and condemning them to their first defeat of the season . Most importantly we have once again jumped to joint top even with the horrible outside circumstances like Sheva's injury and playing just four days after another physical battle against Man Utd . Actually when it looked things are not going our way we demonstrated the champions spirit and character pulling off a late victory in one of our most important matches of the season . Firstly Sheva's injury left a huge impact on our attack and made us very short in attacking options with the recent poor form of Thomasson . Carlo deployed exactly the same line-up and format of our midweek CL clash playing with a 4-3-2-1 format with Crespo as a lone forward supported by Rui Costa and Kaka operating behind him . On the other hand Inter were at full strength playing with their traditional 4-4-2 with Mancini relegating Adriano their most prolific striker to the bench a preferring a partnership of Martins and Vieri . During the whole of the first half there were no dangerous attempts on goal or clear opportunities for either side apart from a bullet from Veron in stoppage time that was magnificently blocked by a superb Dida in his best form . They cotrolled the ball more but without any efficiency as our defence didn't allow any spaces with Maldini and Nesta marking tightly Martins and Vieri , full-backs Cafu and Kaladze protecting our flanks completely and our three man midfield fircely pressing and recovering the ball . Likewise their defence and defensive midfelders completely stopped our attacks as Rui Costa , Kaka and Crespo failed t cause any danger and the support coming from the flanks and the midfield was missing . Near the end of the half Kaladze limped off and was replaced by Serginho a player who always shines in derbies and has been in a very good form lately to play as a left-back . The second half was no different with us completely absent in the final third of the pitch and Inter getting the edge in ball possession without chances missed . After a quarter nearly Carlo made a brilliant intervention from outside pushing in veteran defender Billy at the expense of the completely out of form Rui Costa with a lot of tactical changes . Billy stepped in at left-back and who else than one of our greatest defenders ever we can trust while Serginho moved up the pitch to play in his favoured position as a left winger getting released a little from the restrictions of the full-back to provide a badly needed width on the left and the format was switched to a 4-4-1-1 . From that point onwards we pushed forward and finally got into the match and managed to score through Kaka . A corner was won after one of Serginho's runs and crossed from the left , half cleared from their defence to find Gatusso on the edge of the box firing a low on ground shot that was turned in from close range after a magic touch from the Brazilian Kaka . He promised to score and lived up to his word . That are the promises we always like . Inter throw everything forward fielding Adriano and playing with three forwards and immediately Carlo pushed in the solid defensively Ambrosini at the expense of the exhausted Seedorf . Veteran defender Billy cleared Inter's most dangerous attack in a very cruical time while Dida saved a low shot from Vieri confidently . Our players prevailed in the final minutes to defend our lead till the end . At our current circumstances victory is the only thing we are looking for and we couldn't ask for more than that . We are heading perfectly on all fronts domestically and continentally . A special thanks to our coach Carlo Ancelotti for his efforts and superb match management . Finally If I comment on player by player I would say : 1-Dida : A super match and one of his best pulling off a very difficult save that could have been a twist in the match . 2-Cafu : As usual a performance of a hero closing our right-flank and supportng the attack all the time . May be this time his crossing wasn't at its best . 3-Nesta : One of our best players prevailing defensively and without any mistakes and in overall completely stopped Vieri . 4-Maldini : Another great match from our legendary captain . Completely stopping Martins and winning most of the aerial challenges ad standing firm at the difficult times . 5-Kaladze : Wasn't much in action in the minutes he played with little forward runs but no danger was coming from his side . 6-Gatusso : He takes credit for the goal as it was his shot that was deflected to the net and showing maximum fighting spirit all the time . Indispensable . 7-Pirlo : Not at his best offensively but was fine defensively but still has much better than that . 8-Seedorf : I didn't like his performance today . Looking very exhausted and losing ball possession and ineffective on goal . 9-Rui Costa : Very poor in overall rarely supporting Crespo and not holding ball possession much and his substitution was imminent . 10-Kaka : A moderate match but his level has improved a lot near the end of the match contributing defensively and trying to counter attack almost on his own . Scored our winner and that is enough . 11-Crespo : Invisible all the time lacking support and too slow to shake off their defence at his own . 12-Serginho : A very good match from the lively Brazilian winger . Once again throwng him on the left wing proves instrumental in our victory . Solid defensively when he was deployed at left-back and putting in some fine efforts . 13-Billy : No words will give him credit . Always trusted to play anywhere in defence central ,right or left . Even if he is 39 years old he remains one of our most reliable players . Was deployed at left-back and did a marvelous job stopping Stankovic who was switched to the right at the last quarter and clearing their most dangerous opportunity . Full credit to him . 14-Ambrosini : Did well in the few minutes he played . Solid defensively . Finally congratulations again and forza Milan forever . __________________ FORZA MILAN FOREVER .