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Milan survives a tough threat from Napoli

Napoli 0-0 Milan
Seria A 08-09 W29
Sunday March 22, 2009
San Paolo

Milan arrived at Naples expecting to put up a great show. The match was expected to be one-sided after the excellent form of Milan and their star players, after inflicting thrashings on Atalanta and Siena. However, things did not work as expected by Milan and were lucky to escape with a goalless draw.

The Sao Paolo stadium at Napoli was known for doing in giant teams. Nevertheless, only a few expected a similar thing to happen against Milan because of the terrific form of Inzaghi, Pato and a few others.

The match did not see many goal scoring opportunities on either sides of the pitch. Milan concentrated hard on their defense and midfield while Napoli counterattacked with their strong attacking play. The only close chance came when Napoli’s Marek Hamsik netted one past Milan’s goalkeeper. However, the goal was disallowed due to a wrong offside call.

Milan did not make even a single shot at the target during the full 90 minutes of play. It was a below par performance by the leading striker Inzaghi. Later during the day, Milan’s manager, Adriano Galliani expressed that he was more than just happy to go away with a single point from the hard fought draw.

Milan was rather lucky to escape from the determined Napoli. If it were not for the disallowed goal, Milan would have ended up on the other side of the table. Milan would look to cling on to the third spot with nine matches left to be played for the season.

The day ended on a negative note after a group of agitated Napoli fans attacked Galliani’s car that was stationed outside the Sao Paolo stadium.