A Truly Famous Win

After all the panicking, hand-wringing, and palm sweating, the Milan derby between AC and Inter finally took place. Not only did Milan come to play, they arrived from the opening minute ready to play. Within 43 seconds, Brazilian prodigy Pato had scored a goal off a deflected pass in the box, and sent his team and crowd into a frenzy. It's worth mentioning that a fortuitous pass helped the goal along, but Milan put themselves in that position to take advantage of it. With the tone immediately set and Inter having to play catch up for the rest of the game, the most likely outcome became clear almost immediately. AC Milan's players were striving to corral extra passes, pulling each other up when knocked down, while the opposition demonstrated none of this desire to win. Inter did create a few chances to score, as their skill players did perk up from time to time, especially Giampoalo Pazzini.

One of the newest members of Inter, he seemed to care the most at times and displayed his frustration quite clearly. Often yelling at his teammates, they simply let their heads fall and did nothing to help him. Milan defenders Thiago Silva and Alessandro Nesta gave another master class on how to clamp down and never let the game get out of control. Without the rock of those two players this season, Milan would be nowhere close to the top of the table. As the second half progressed, Inter defender and Christian Chivu was caught out of position as Pato blew by him on a breakaway. Chivu did the only thing he could do to stop a certain goal, and brought Pato down from behind, earning a free kick for Milan and a red card for himself. Down a man for most of the second half left Inter little to no chance of winning. Soon after Pato scored his second goal, and assured a Milan victory. The crowd begin singing, players began pulling out some tricks to show off to the crowd.

With Milan going 5 points clear in first place and only 5 games left in the season, a catastrophic ending would have to take place for Milan not to win the league. Team morale is high, fan morale is sky high, and with no injuries to major players, all Milan has to do is keep playing at their current level and they'll achieve ultimate victory in no time. As always and with gusto I say FORZA MILAN.