AC Milan vs Atalanta BC ... Serie A week 3

AC Milan vs Atalanta BC

Serie A, week #3

Saturday: 15-Sep-'12

San Siro @ 18:45 (GMT)

It's the Red n' Black vs the Black n' Blue... Of Bergamo:-

The colours tell it all, Atalanta BC, the self-proclaimed "original nerazzurri", will face a team that loathes the black n' blue. This may be an indicator that AC Milan will dominate the match tonight!

The Pazzini factor, and the horrible Atalanta defence:-

"Il Pazzo" scored a hat-trick in Milan's week #2 game against a tough Bologna side, and I bet he'll be thirsty for more goals this week. The Atalanta defence hasn't been that good recently, but they have a brilliant GK (Consigli) who denied Cagliari 2 PKs. Add to the horrible defence part, Peluso won't play against Milan.

But... Can Milan's defence stop Denis?:-

Denis, a dangerous striker in Serie A. A player who can tremble most defences, and Milan's defence doesn't need more trembling! He will score against Milan, but can his teammates in defence manage to make his goal(s) count?

Call-ups:-

AC Milan...  Abbiati, Amelia, Gabriel; Abate, Acerbi, Antonini, Bonera, De Sciglio, Mesbah, Mexes, Yepes, Zapata; Ambrosini, Boateng, De Jong, Constant, Emanuelson, Flamini, Nocerino, Traorè; Bojan, El Shaarawy, Niang, Pazzini.

Atalanta BC... Bellini, Biondini, Bonaventura, Brivio, Cazzola, Cigarini, Consigli, De Luca, Denis, Ferri, Frezzolini, Lucchini, Manfredini, Matheu, Moralez, Parra, Polito, Raimondi, Scozzarella, Stendardo, Troisi.

Prediction:-

AC Milan has a good attacking line, with a "thirsty" Pazzini. But, can their defence manage to hold off Denis's threat? We'll have a good game in a 15 degree/c weather!

AC Milan 3-2 Atalanta BC

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