Recap: Milan v Bologna

After last week's loss to Napoli, Milan had nearly a week to re cooperate in time for a Friday match v Bologna at the San Siro. In the week leading up to the match, it was Mario Balotelli again, who grasped the attention of the media. His tears have been publicly displayed across multiple media outlets. A rumored Arsenal move according to English papers. Some skeptical mid-week comments regarding a future move back to England.  Let's not forget that Milan had a match to play v Bologna followed by a huge CL match v Atletico Madrid just 5 days away. Time to start climbing up the league table.

Seedorf went with a 4-2-3-1 formation that looked like this: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Rami, Zaccardo (Zapata was a late scratch due to an injury suffered in pre-match training)Constant; De Jong, Montolivo; Taarabt, Kaká, Honda; Balotelli

Aside from Taarabt, Rami and Abbiati playing well, the entire first half and most of the second half was disappointing for Milan. Kaká, again, looked tired, Honda couldn't really get anything positive going on the right side and shockingly, De Sciglio underperformed. The match had "tie" written all over it. Bologna failed to cash in on their chances to score thanks to, in the eyes of many, the MOTM, Christian Abbiati. De Jong was replaced by Muntari, Honda by Pazzini and Kaká by Poli. Balotelli had another underachieving performance. Some of the blame falls on the center mids who couldn't really feed the striker reasonable chances. Yes, Balotelli needed to stay focused and keep active but still, he can't seemingly pass the ball to himself. He needed to find a way to get Milan 3 pts but would that happen for the "late party arrivals" in Milan? Well.....

In the 86th minute, Mario Balotelli received a pass about 40+ yards from net. He took a few touches forward and effortlessly launched one towards Curci, who was off his line. The ball flew into the back of the upper left corner for one hell of a match winning goal. Just like that, Milan snuck away with 3 pts.

Balotelli's superb goal ignited the Milanisti and silenced many of the doubters despite 85 minutes of non-existent football. Sure, Milan fans want to see more urgency, motivation and more consistency from their star striker but when your striker can score goals like the one he did today, you must remain positive and optimistic. Like many of the Milanisti across the world, we have always been by his side and we will continue to do so. Balotelli's match winner earned himself some "head turns" and his side 3 pts ahead of a huge CL match v Atletico Madrid this Wednesday. Forza Milan