A.C Milan 3-0 Palermo: Robinho inspires Champions to an emphatic victory: 1st half report
After a stuttering start to the season, the Italian Champions, A.C Milan, made a remarkable comeback to trounce Palermo 3-0 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Saturday, October 15th, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Cassano-c6302 scored a goal each for the hosts as they registered their second win of the 2011/12 Serie A campaign.
Massimiliano Allegri made several changes to his team from the 2-0 defeat at the hands of Juventus before the international break. Robinho made a welcome return to the starting line-up after recovering from an injury.
On the other hand, Devis Mangia made only one change to his team from the 2-0 win over Siena recently. Suspended, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrea-Mantovani-c5689 in the left-back role.
The game got off to a sedate start as both teams took time to settle in their strides. The first real chance of the game came in the 12thminute when Mark Van Bommel’s pass ricocheted off a Palermo defender and fell into the path of Cassano, who
angled his shot wide of the far post.
Minutes later, Palermo skipper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Nesta-c4735 to pick up the first booking of the match.
The hosts continued to apply the pressure as they came close to scoring twice. First, Robinho had his long range strike saved by the keeper. Followed by Cassano’s low drive from Nocerino’s pass being smothered away to safety by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexandros-Tzorvas-c4909.
The hosts were dealt with a huge blow as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniele-Bonera-c10109 came onto replace the Brazilian in the 35th minute.
Minutes later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 played a lovely ball on the left flank for the former Real Madrid star, whose first time shot was parried straight into his path by Tzorvas but the Greek shot-stopper
brilliantly palmed away the rebound effort to safety.
Milan’s resurgence paid off as they broke the deadlock in the 41stminute. Ibrahimovic’s floated ball on the left found http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Aquilani-c4313, who headed it first time for Nocerino to tap in the empty goal of his former employers to give Milan the lead.
The midfielder scored his first goal in Rossoneri shirt and decided not to celebrate.
The hosts continued to apply the pressure and almost scored another before the half time whistle but Cassano’s curling effort flew over the bar without doing any harm to the opposition.
The referee blew the whistle for half-time as Milan went into the break with a deserved lead. The visitors could not threaten the Milan goal on a single occasion.
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