With Ronaldo Watching, Milan Strikers Pretend They Can Score; Reality Eventually Intervenes
By: Martha | January 26th, 2007
In the first 25 minutes of yesterday’s home leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final against Roma, Milan looked like world beaters. With Ronaldo — on the very of joining the club to increase both the weight and productivity of its miserable striking corps — in the house, useless signing Ricardo Oliveira put the team ahead in the fourth minute. (After possibly using his arm to control the ball. Bygones.) You know, as if he hadn’t been running around pouting, carefully avoiding any relationship with the goal for most of the season so far. Then, about 20 minutes later, Pippo Inzaghi stopped whining long enough to let the ball bounce off him into the goal, putting previously punchless Milan up 2-0.
Unfortunately, however, the Milan strikers spend the rest of the game prancing about with their chests out, not scoring. Roma, meanwhile, tied the game by the end of the first half and held firm until full time, so they head home with two crucial away goals. Assuming Ronaldo passes his medical, he’ll likely be in the Milan team next week for the return leg, and will obviously be expected to score six or seven times on his debut.
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