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Serie A Saturday Wrap: Milan Demolish Juve, Inter Held By Sampdoria
10/30/2005 2:05:00 AM
In the most important match of the season, Milan emerged as the winners over Juventus to re-open the Scudetto race.
The Rossoneri brought to a halt the record of consecutive wins that the Bianconeri had managed so far, but more important got within two points of the league leaders after the 3-1 win at San Siro on Saturday night.
In a long awaited match, Milan deservedly defeated their rivals to bring back on earth the high flying Juventus side which up till tonight had seemed unstoppable. The Rossoneri played extremely well, however goalkeeping blunders paved the way for their win too. The home team took the lead after 14 minutes with a deflected shot by Seedorf, who always seems to find the net whenever he plays against the Old Lady.
Milan doubled the score in the 26th minute, this time with Kaka following a scramble in the penalty area. Ancelotti’s side seemed on a different planet and just before half time Pirlo made it 3-0 from a free-kick with the complicity of a poor Chimenti.
Capello tried to re-adjust things in the second half, but Juventus could only pull one back 15 minutes from the end thanks to Trezeguet. However that was not enough to re-open a game which was already over by the end of the first half. After an initial poor start to their season, Milan have managed to climb back up and are now just two points behind Juventus.
In the other match of the day, Inter failed to take advantage of the encounter between their direct rivals as the Nerazzurri were held to a 2-2 draw by Sampdoria. Diana put the Doriani ahead in the 6th minute, before Cambiasso equalized in the 31st minute. Diana scored his personal brace four minutes later, however the joy only lasted 5 minutes as Cordoba levelled the score in the 40th minute.
The result did not change in the second half as Inter only managed to decrease their deficit from Juventus by one point to 8 points. Sampdoria have climbed to 8th place as they struggle to be as consistent as last season.