Until the end of the championship - a lot of time. 18 rounds. The advantage of Inter is certainly a serious one: 11 points. But you can destroy such a gap. And yet no one believes in the continuation of the struggle for the scudetto. There is no one to compete with Inter. Roma does not have enough strength, Palermo has arrogance, and Empoli does not seem to pretend to be anything. Between the first and fourth teams in Italy now (attention!) 26 points. Not that abyss. The whole failure. In the novel by Ilf and Petrov, police near the Pyatigorsk Failure were interested in Ostap Bender, for what purpose money is charged for entry.
“In order to overhaul the Failure,” Ostap replied impudently, “so as not to fail too much.”
Maybe overhaul will be able to carry out "Juventus" next year.
Inter itself is not at all to blame for the rivals sticking together. Milanese play powerfully, recklessly and with a good margin. There are many forces, there is stability. On Sunday, the stylish but fragile Fiorentina was defeated. Even the first goal, scored, of course, by Tony, did not help the players from beautiful Florence. The best forward “violets” hit his head hard after a pass from the free kick. Probably, in this episode the protection of the hosts turned out to be too relaxed.
When Inter needs to equalize, the team does this. When, having equalized, it is necessary to score another goal or two - it turns out. The Milanese confidently demolished the opposing opponent. Stankovic struck from the penalty after instant transmissions of Ibrahimovic and Adriano. Adriano himself used the standard - powerfully, from his left foot and into the far corner. We argued a little about the third goal - Ibrahimovic poked the ball twice into the goal, Frey hit from somewhere from behind the line. The referee Morganti still counted the goal and, it seems, did the right thing.
AC Milan played the same day as the blue-black neighbor. The contrast turned out to be very powerful. Ancelotti and his students entered the field of the Roman "Stadio Olimpico" and with the help of "Lazio" started a tight, tough and inexpressive game. On goal very rarely hit. The melting Milan was no better than the poor but stubborn Roman club. Moreover, in the last minutes of the first half, Rocky, having received a transmission from the depths from Mauri, just struck a corner. Dida did it.
It is interesting to know: what did Massim Oddo, who did not play, think during the match? The world champion will have to choose between his current team (Lazio) and the applicant-employer (Milan). What is better today - who knows ... True, Berlusconi and Galliani pay more.
Now they say that the Rossoneri are interested in Ronaldo. The choice is certainly dashing. On the other hand, it’s really a misfortune to attack - Gilardino, who has been playing a bit recently, left the lawn with the help of a stretcher and doctors. Replacing Oddo, the young Swiss Berami carefully jumped spikes into the bone for the Italian national team striker. The leg arched unpleasantly, and now the team will await the diagnosis with fear. Berami, who escaped punishment, should also be feared - the disciplinary commission will still appreciate this episode.
At the end of the meeting, the game of Milan was slightly freshened, and Seedorf after the transfer of Kaka almost came out one on one. Spas Kribari, who successfully chose the moment of tackle. This attack of the Milanese turned out to be the most dangerous in the second half. The game is over and Ancelotti did not bring anything good to the team.
For the fourth place, giving the right to the Champions League, “Milan” will fight anyway. And, by the way, the chances are good that their seventeen-time champions of Italy will achieve. The club’s ability to create results in any game has been tested repeatedly. Practice.
Vladimir STOGNIENKO