Matchday 5 and AC Milan and Napoli meet for a extremely prestigious match. It’s a recreation wealthy in historical past and glamour that in the previous couple of years has grow to be a top-of-the-table conflict. It was additionally this manner in 2010/11 when at San Siro, Allegri’s Rossoneri, who’s supervisor as soon as once more now, hosted Walter Mazzarri’s Napoli, on the time after they had been in a contest with us for the Serie A high spot. Our facet, made up of stars like Zlatan Ibrahimović, Gattuso and Pato, sealed a high win within the race for the Scudetto which we then received on the finish of the season.
On 28 February 2011, San Siro was arrange for a Monday evening conflict between AC Milan and Napoli, the standout recreation of Matchday 27. The Rossoneri, beneath Massimiliano Allegri, knew they’d a golden likelihood to increase their lead on the high. The primary half was performed at a excessive tempo, however with few actual probabilities: Mazzarri’s Napoli had been compact and closed the areas effectively, whereas AC Milan had been attempting to depend on the expertise of their forwards. The possibility that broke the impasse got here within the first minutes of the second half, however within the first 45 you would already see the Rossoneri ardour, orchestrated by a strong midfield of Gattuso, Van Bommel and Flamini in addition to the implausible assault made up of Ibra, Pato and Robinho. Zlatan, with out having his greatest displaying, was at all times an choice, forcing Aronica into fixed shut marking. De Sanctis’ defence of his web lasted till the break: 0-0, however it was by no means going to remain that approach.
As quickly because the whistle blew, AC Milan pushed on and located the opener: within the forty ninth minute, Flamini’s cross struck Aronica’s arm, and a penalty was awarded. From the spot, Ibrahimović stored his cool and made it 1-0, beating De Sanctis. Napoli tried to react, however the Rossoneri simply stored pushing. Within the 77th minute, Kevin-Prince Boateng got here on and it took him simply 5 minutes to make his mark: Pato discovered him within the space and he made it 2-0. Simply 5 minutes later, the sport was actually sealed. Pato launched a counter-attack and located himself in a 1v2 with Aronica and Zúñiga: the defenders had been scrambling backwards, and he carried the ball previous the midfield, attending to the sting of the field, curling it residence to make it 3-0. That was the knockout blow. It was a dominant efficiency that proved the technical and psychological superiority of that AC Milan facet, on their approach to successful their 18th Scudetto in Could of that yr.
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