AC Milan 2-1 Udinese

A typical Italian drama. There were penalties,freekicks,feigning injuries and the presence of a superstar, Super Mario.

Straight from the opening we knew this wouldn't be a normal match, Abbiati withdrawn for Amelia as of his flu while Pazzini pulled up sore leaving Mario took make his offical debut. And what a start he had, nearly scoring in  the first 35 seconds after rounding one defender and shooting through the legs of another.

Through the supreme dominance of Milan's opening of their swift attacks, Udinese was forced to swap from a 3 man backline to a 4 man.  Milan were dominat  in the first half , keeping Udinese pinned back and passing all over the pitch. Abate & Niang partnership was paying diviends, while the latter kept tracking back excellently to help out with the defence. El Shaarawy may not have made as such as an impact as Niang had, but everytime he got the ball, he set up a  cruical attack such as how he tightly squeezed a cross in which to Mario whom stood back unlike the defenders travelling, was able to then snap it into the back of the net.

Luckily for them, Udinese were still in the game at the second half and brought the match to Milan. Manhandling their players and subduing the influence of Montilvo & forcing Nocerino to defend for his life. The Zebretta caught Milan on the counter attack where Di Natalie beat Bonera in a header and found Constant out of position allowing Pinzi to slide in amongst acres of space and finish it past Amelia . The game then turned into a 50-50 contest with both sides going for the jugular and poor Niang was unfortunate to miss after smashing the ball into the crossbar on the 75th minute.
 With the game all but finished after some fierce attacking moves, Thomas Heurtaux illegally twin footed tackled El Shaarawy  which lead to the penalty. With no more time left, all eyes on him, in his debutant,  Super Mario lined up and scored the winning penalty!

NOTES
*Udinese were very clever and waited for the right moments to strike. And they would have won with better decision-making from Basta and Muriel couple of times.
*Bojan was terribly disapointing and wasteful, was unable to deliver a proper pass or shot and even failed to capaltise on great balls presented to him. Balotelli with experience will learn what a player Bojan is and he will then resist to pass to him

* Milan's attacking trio will need some more time to gel, but it has certainly the potential to rule Italy at the least.

Milans Best Votes
3.  Mario Balotelli : Superb, best player on the pitch, all eyes were on him tonight and did not disapoint, scored a brilliant double tonight.
2. Riccardo Montolivo : Tracked back , set up plays all over the pitch, even ripped through with a few shots. Could ask no more of the talent midfielder, future captain.
1.L.Niang :  Lively forward was attacking from the opening play. Kept trying to make something out of nothing, brilliantly teamed well with Super Mario, harshly done by not to leave with at least an assist or goal.

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Juventus v Fiorentina
Lazio v Napoli
Cagliari v AC Milan

Here we come 3rd place