AC Milan 2-2 Catania

The Rossoneri had big injury problems as Beckham, Onyewu, Nesta, Bonera, Pato, and Jankulovski were out. Leonardo unleashed an attacking 4-2-1-3, though, with Ronaldinho, Marco Borriello and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in attack just as I had predicted.

Catania raced into a 2-0 lead in the first half through Maxi Lopez and Adrian Ricchiuti which lead to my heart attack! Only for thankfully, Borri to score a great double and salvage Milan's pride.

Milan played a very poor first half and only through Silva,Ronaldinho,Inzaghi & Borriellos combined great efforts were they able to get anything from the match.



Player Ratings
Dida: Played really well but didn't have to make any real noteworthy saves, both goals he was NOT at fault with. 6
Abate: Was very impressive workhorse who ran all day and helped provided the cross for Borriello.Is rapidly improving with everygame. 7.5
Thiago Silva: Very average game for him this afternoon and at times looked like he was sleeping. At fault for one goal. 5.3
Favalli: Struggled against the pace and movement of the oppositions forward partnership and has big question marks on his ability to still compete at the highest level . 4.7
Antonini: Poor day from Luca as he was caught out of defence one to many times. Also led to some stray passes. Redeemded himself in the second half with a few key tackles and good movement. 5
Pirlo: Some very nice passes today but to few tackles and not much of an influence on the tempo of the game today.Needs to improve if he wants World Cup spot. 6
Seedorf: As usual, only a good super impact sub or can only play one good first half of football before disapearing like so many of his teammates today. Gets a 6.2 only because of his impact in the first half.
Huntelaar: He played today? He barley touched the ball! 3.5
Borriello: Loves to bully little teams and was back against Catania!Borriello exploded after the break with two excellent finishes. Was a real handful in the second 45. 8.3
Ronaldinho: Got no protection from the referee today, but still did all he could to create for Milan. Finished impressively. 7.5
Substitutes:
Flamini: Helped win the midfield after his introduction. 7.3
Inzaghi: Involved in second goal and a real handful. 7.2
Mancini: Contributed little. 5.1

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