Serie A 2003-2004 Season Round 15
Benny
ROMA 1-2 MILAN
Cassano 48 Shevchenko 23, 62
Ancelotti was without Nesta, Kaladze, Ambrosini, Inzaghi and Tomasson so played
with Shevchenko as the lone striker with Kaka, Pirlo, Rui Costa, Gattuso and
Seedorf in a five man midfield (or 4-3-2-1). To say this tactic worked would be
a gross understatement. Ancelotti also played with one forward during Milan's
spectacular start to the Champions League last season.
After a slow start Milan began to boss the midfield and took a deserved lead
through Shevchenko. Seedorf found him with a superb crossfield pass and he stole
a yard on Chivu and, despite the defender's strong challenge, manage to lob the
ball over Pelizzoli. He found himself in a similar position minutes later but
shot wide. With Milan in total control Roma managed to steal an equaliser deep
into first half injury time. As Milan protested over the award of a corner kick
Totti whipped the ball to the back post, Mancini headed across goal and Cassano
slammed the ball past Dida.
The expected second half fight back failed to materialise as Milan's continued
to dominate. A brilliant Rui Costa inspired counter attack restored the visitors
lead. He latched onto a pass and ran half the length of the pitch taking the
Roma defence with him, Shevchenko pulled wide of Samuel, Rui Costa laid off a
pass and Shevchenko swept a left foot shot into the corner. Cassano headed over
with the goal as his mercy after Panucci helped on a corner. Milan almost paid
the price for failing to take a series of half chances when Dida came up for a
long ball and missed. He crashed to the ground and presented Cassano with the
ball at his feet, Cassano sent the ball goalwards but Costacurta was quick to
spot the danger and made a brilliant clearance. Shevchenko should have scored a
hat-trick but when Kaka's pass left him with a one on one with Pelizzoli he
hesitated and his shot was blocked.
Sloppy defending cost Milan a goal otherwise they completely nullified the
threat of Mancini and Totti. Gattuso pretty much took care of Dacourt and
Emerson by himself. Surprisingly Seedorf and Rui Costa completely upstaged Pirlo
and Kaka in midfield, the duo were magnificent. A European Cup winning level
of performance from the Champions of Europe. Oh and one more thing, game of the
season.
Attendance : 73,383
Assists : Seedorf, Mancini, Rui Costa
ANCONA 0-2 PARMA
Barone 27, 64
After having an overhead kick disallowed for offside, Gilardino laid off a cross
for Barone's first. Rapaic won a penalty with a complete dive, Di Francesco
spooned the ball over the bar. Barone hit a pass upto Morfeo, he laid the ball
off first time with a back heel and Barone strode into the box before shooting
wide of Marcon. Fantastic goal.
Attendance : 11,000
Red Cards : Seric 74 (Parma), Maltagliati 84 (Ancona)
Assists : Gilardino, Morfeo
BOLOGNA 2-1 EMPOLI
Bellucci 33 Di Natale 18
Pecchia 75
Di Natale's personal supply line, Rocchi, gave him the cross for only his fourth
goal of the season. Bellucci equalised from Signori's corner. Bologna took
control but Empoli came closest to retaking the lead when Di Natale's
spectacular volley rebounded off the post. Pecchia won the match with a close
range header.
Attendance : 18,000
Assists : Rocchi, Signori (ck), Bellucci
BRESCIA 4-2 SIENA
Mauri 15, 86 Argilli 45
Baggio 21, 52 Flo 46
Just as Baggio was about to score one of his trademark dribble through the
entire defence type goals, the ball ricocheted off a defender and Mauri arrived
to hit a stunning first time shot past Rossi. An unorthodox corner kick routine
gave Brescia a two goal lead. Giant striker Caracciolo took the corner kick and
Baggio volleyed Brescia further in front. Seconds after Agliardi denied Taddei
with an excellent save from the strikers overhead kick the ball was fired back
into the box by Zanchetta and Argilli blasted a scissor kick into the bottom
corner, amazing goal.
Siena were level shortly into the second half. Flo finished brilliantly after
Taddei, who looks to have great potential, found him with a cutting through
pass. Baggio instantly brought Filippini's incredible volleyed pass under
control and gently rolled the ball beyond Rossi. Fittingly Baggio put the seal
on what was a sensational match when he nutmegged a defender, ran into the box
and chipped a cross to the back post leaving Mauri to head into an empty net.
Attendance : 13,000
Assists : Caracciolo (ck), Lazetic, Taddei, Filippini, Baggio
Red Card : Colucci 82 (Brescia)
INTER 3-1 LECCE
Cruz 50 Bovo 3
Cordoba 60
Vieri 85
Inter didn't turn up in the first half. After some extremely sloppy defending
allowed Bovo to head the visitors into a shock lead Lecce took control of the
first half but paid the price for failing to take their chances. Cruz equalised
with a stunning free kick which flew in off the post. Cordoba headed in from an
Emre corner. Poleksic tried to prevent Vieri from reaching Martin's through
pass but only succeeded in leaving the striker with an empty net and despite
Siviglia's touch gave him his 100th goal in an Inter shirt. Adani put a golden
crown on Vieri's head to mark this historic occasion. King Christian? King
Vieri? King Bobo? King Kong? King Dong?
Attendance : 40,000
Assists : Chevanton, Zanetti (fk)? Emre
JUVENTUS 1-0 PERUGIA
Nedved 29
Nedved showed off his Ballon D'or before the match and promptly scored the only
goal. Normally you would say a goal scored from 35 yds and one hit with such
force and accuracy has to beconsidered a great goal but Pardini replaced the
injured Kalac minutes into his comeback and given he's 3rd choice behind the
incredibly RUBBISH Pardini I'm not convinced.
Attendance : 41,500
Assist : Zambrotta
MODENA 0-3 CHIEVO
Cossato 43
Lanna 68
Barzagli 79
Cossato met Santana's cross with a bullet header. Zanchetta found Lanna with a
beautiful pass and from an improbable angle he lashed the ball into the top
corner and just 10 minutes later 22 year old Barzagli met ? corner with a
spectacular scissor kick, one of the goals of the season. For some reason no one
is making a song and dance about this goal, Rai didn't even bother to replay it.
Attendance : 15,500
Assists : Santana, Zanchetta, ? (ck)
REGGINA 2-1 LAZIO
Di Michele 59 Liverani 16
Cozza 69
Reggina fell behind after a bright start. Liverani made a rare excursion in the
box and was left with a simple chance after a Reggina defender slipped when
attempting to clear Favalli's centre. Muzzi earned a second yellow card for
charging down a free kick. After denying Reggina on several occasions Peruzzi
was finally beaten when Di Michele punished Oddo for ball watching and Cozza
thumped a header past Peruzzi. Oddo was sent off for a late foul on Falsini, he
barely made contact but if he had Falsini would be in hospital right now.
I hope Juve sign Oddo.
Attendance : 20,000
Assists : Favalli, Cozza
Red Cards : Muzzi 40 (Lazio), Oddo 93 (Lazio)
UDINESE 0-1 SAMPDORIA
Flachi 57
Carrozzieri headed down Zenoni's cross and Flachi scored with a low overhead
kick. Two scissor kicks and one overhead kick, one overhead kick saved and
another disallowed for offside, unbelievable week in Serie A.
Attendance : 18,000
Goal of the Week
1. Barzagli vs Modena
2. Argilli vs Brescia
3. Cruz vs Lecce
P W D L F A PTS
1 Roma 15 11 3 1 32 6 36
2 Juventus 15 10 3 2 32 15 33
3 Milan 14 10 3 1 24 7 33
4 Inter 15 9 4 2 28 10 31
5 Lazio 15 9 1 5 24 19 28
6 Parma 15 8 3 4 24 18 27
7 Sampdoria 15 6 6 3 18 15 24
8 Udinese 15 7 3 5 19 17 24
9 Chievo 15 6 3 6 17 18 21
10 Reggina 15 3 8 4 14 22 17
11 Brescia 15 3 7 5 25 28 16
12 Modena 15 4 4 7 12 18 16
13 Siena 14 3 6 5 18 16 15
14 Bologna 15 3 5 7 14 22 14
15 Perugia 15 0 9 6 19 30 9
16 Lecce 15 2 3 10 15 31 9
17 Empoli 15 1 3 11 8 30 6
18 Ancona 15 0 4 11 7 28 4
Rank Amateur
>
> Seedorf found him with a superb crossfield pass
I don't doubt you, but you realize how implausible that sounds, right?
-- kov
Futbolmetrix
"Benny" <Be...@soccer-europe.com> wrote in message
news:jcazLFB760+$Ew...@soccer-europe.com...
> 6 January 2004
>
> ROMA 1-2 MILAN
> Cassano 48 Shevchenko 23, 62
>
> Oh and one more thing, game of the season.
Yes, excellent performance by Milan. And for once, I was rooting for them to
win.
> JUVENTUS 1-0 PERUGIA
> Nedved 29
>
> Nedved showed off his Ballon D'or before the match and promptly scored the
only
> goal. Normally you would say a goal scored from 35 yds and one hit with
such
> force and accuracy has to beconsidered a great goal
Period. Great goal, no ifs, no buts. There had been a lot of whining from
the Milan camp about Nedved's award, and he showed today why it was fully
deserved.
Daniele
Benny
> From : Rank Amateur <k...@nyc.nospamplease.rr.com>
Yes as implausible as saying Seedorf and Rui Costa gave a Zidane level
performance but they did!
Benny
>Period. Great goal, no ifs, no buts. There had been a lot of whining from
>the Milan camp about Nedved's award, and he showed today why it was fully
>deserved.
>
>Daniele
Indeed it was. Milan hurt their chances by playing crap football in
November and December.
Coppernob
<futbol...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Period. Great goal, no ifs, no buts. There had been a lot of whining from
>the Milan camp about Nedved's award, and he showed today why it was fully
>deserved.
Personally I even wrote on the the Milan NG that Nedved deserved the
GB but last night Maldini, not withstanding playing with a fever,
demonstrated why he deserved the GB as well: He didn't have a single
mistake, but as always with these prizes, if you can't score you
cannot be considered.
Coppernob
wrote:
>As Milan protested over the award of a corner kick
>Totti whipped the ball to the back post, Mancini headed across goal and Cassano
Actually they were protesting for two other reasons:
The fact that 3 minutes were awarded as 1st half overtime which was
ridiculous as there was no reason to
the fact that the cornner kick was taken after those three minutes had
passed.
Having said that Pancaro, who had an excellent match had Cassano going
AWOL
Benny
>Actually they were protesting for two other reasons:
>
>The fact that 3 minutes were awarded as 1st half overtime which was
>ridiculous as there was no reason to
>the fact that the cornner kick was taken after those three minutes had
>passed.
>
>Having said that Pancaro, who had an excellent match had Cassano going
>AWOL
Despite that a team as experienced as Milan really should know better,
that's how they lost the Super Cup.