I wanted this Derby like I’ve never wanted a win before. But
it wasn’t a huge surprise that it was a massive disappointment. Despite the
fact that Inzaghi gave almost a perfect Football Manager lineup, Milan climbed
back into their shells and played scared again. Who’s afraid of a few biscione? Grass snakes have no venom.
But luckily, their Calciopoli
Karma is starting to turn on them, and Luca Banti made the calls for
the right team instead of the right calls, which turned the game from an Inter
win to a painful scoreless draw. So yeah, it still
sucks to be blue.
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| Diego Lopez was MOTM, right behind Luca Banti |
There really isn’t much to say. Outside of Banti deciding
the match, Lopez was the MOTM. We used to be accused of being Ibra-dependent,
now we are Lopez-dependent. Suso had a couple of really nice shots early on,
but faded into anonymity before being subbed off. Antonelli is one of our
finest snake hunters, and he took a beating but kept fighting. After his early offside goal was called back, Alex being
subbed off was apparently only for cramping, so he’ll be available for Udinese
on Saturday. Mexes actually did pretty well until the 71st when his own goal
was called back because Palacio fouled him. I’m sure he personally saw to it
that Banti and his team got to their cars safely for saving him further
embarrassment and actually making the right call on that one.
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| A bright young star that faded fast (still better than Cerci) |
The big mystery is where the grinta has gone. Menez was painfully silent back in his false nine
role. Bonaventura fought hard and was not as lucky as Milan were to sign him
away from the filthy snakes. Van Ginkel looked good early on, but also faded,
as we’ve seen before. But the fact that we only took seven shots with three on
target the whole match is very telling. Where has the grinta gone? Why are we afraid of the team that sits just below us
on the table? Did Berlusconi cripple them with one too many Hip Hip Hooras yesterday? Hopefully we can find some answers before our next match. This one
was painfully uneventful. Well, except for Ranocchia’s tantrum when they
didn’t get a penalty. That was entertaining. But as much as it sucked for us
and was a hard pill to swallow, always remember that it still sucks more to be
blue.
This post was largely uninspired
Our next match is
Udinese vs. Milan
Saturday, April 25 18:00 CEST (12noon EDT)
Stay
tuned for the next Milan Obsession Podcast!