Italian Serie A: Parma vs. AC Milan – Full Time Report (Part 2)
Even though Milan were out of the "groove" but after the goal they simply gained momentum and soon during the 32nd minute Ronaldinho managed to find his former Brazilian team mate Robinho in the penalty area. Robinho
shot the ball towards the goal without wasting anytime but the shot was well saved by Antonio Mirante.
Milan were now being a constant threat to Parma's defensive lines as their counter attacking football was being very successful especially with "feeding" midfielders like Andrea Pirlo and amazing strikers like Robinho, Ronaldinho
and Zlatan Ibrahimovic; players who simply never fail to deliver while performing for their teams.
The first half ended with Milan leading the game and for the first 45 minutes it was simply one way traffic as the visitors were well organized at the back and were also "deadly" when it came down to counter attacks. With players
like Clarence Seedorf and Pirlo in the team, counter attacking football was simply not a problem as both of them used to feed the striking forces.
When the second half started, the home side decided to make a change as Antonio Candreva was substituted for Francesco Valiani. Soon, in the 51st minute another change took place for Parma as Stefano Morrone went off
for Blerim Dzemaili.
During the second half it was simply Milan as they totally pressurized the home side's defensive lines and kept on attacking them and always found the gaps between the defenders. It was Ibrahimovic who found Gennaro Gattuso during
the hour mark while the amazing holding midfielder only managed to hit the cross bar.
During the 66th minute, Parma made another change as Angelo Mariano de Almeido went off for Valeri Bojinov. On the other hand, Milan were still busy in confirming their win as they were trying to find a goal.
However, Milan did not find the net and soon in the 71st minute their coach decided to take off Luca Antonini while Ignazio Abate came on the field for the defender. Another substitution saw the Milan fans happy as the
injured Brazilian youngster was seen coming on the pitch for Robinho; after Alexandre Pato's inclusion in the team, it was expected that the quick paced youngster was going to help the team score another goal for the club.
During the 77th minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic saw himself booked as the frustrated striker didn't get the ball for a long time and wanted to gain possession by tackling the Parma defender; however, the challenge was simply
late and only found the foot of Cristian Zaccardo.
The outstanding performer throughout the game, Gattuso was taken off soon during the 77th minute and it was the former Portsmouth player Kevin Prince Boateng who took his place in the holding midfield position. However,
during the 81st minute, Boateng found himself booked as he simply dived in on Hernan Crespo while Parma were busy building up to score a goal on the well organized Milan defence.
The very next minute, Christian Abbiati was booked as well for "time wasting" while Milan were now very busy defending the one goal that they were leading with. Milan's away form recently had been really poor but if they could
pull a win, maybe it could be a new start for them.
Six extra minutes were given by the fourth official and Milan were ready to defend their one goal lead. Milan decided to keep possession of the ball and it was well kept by the midfield players as Ronaldinho moved back as well
and helped in the midfield to keep possession.
The referee finally blew the whistle as Massimo Paci managed to find his name in the referee's book as he fouled Pirlo while trying to gain possession of the ball. The match was won by Milan and they were finally on a winning run
as they had drawn a lot of matches during their run in the Serie A.
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