Milan 5-Napoli 2 Pato, Pato, Pato, Pato
By: Gianfranco | January 13th, 2008When I was younger there was a song that used to play on Italian radio with a chorus that went quando, quando, quando, quando and as I watched the kid play it somehow reminded me of that song (I posted the video for the song below and when you listen to it go ahead and replace the chorus with Pato and their you have the new Pato anthem, poke fun all you want but I LOVED that song as a kid). Am I sold on his talent? No not yet, but remember I am skeptical guy who needs more than most to be proven satisified. Do I think he is talented? Yes very much so and I really look forward to seeing him in action with Gila upfront as well as Ronaldo. I tell you though it is pictures like this that just make laugh and ask myself how anyone so goofy can save anything?
The rest of the team really pulled it together in the second half with the defense solidfying in the back and Bonera really putting out one of the best performances as a Rossoneri. The midfield clamped down and really held the tempo keeping Hamysk and Gargano contained, does anyone else think that Emerson is the olding look man on Earth and a virtually useless soccer player? Hats off to Ronaldo who scored two goals despite looking sluggish. Good first half by Napoli but the game is ninety minutes and the Rossoneri really played with the urgency to move up in the table.
Where do we go from here? Fluid attacking soccer is a good start. At no point was I worried that Milan would not equalize. They attacked with conviction, and at times exposing the defense, but as you can tell by the scoreline it was all well worth. Carletto needs to throw caution to the wind and continue to work in games for Bonera, more time for Gourcuff, and plenty of action for Pato. Gourcuff showed well in his ten minutes and their is no reason why he can not see more time in place of fading Seedorf, or as the first midfield sub which Carletto uses almost every game.
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HAHAHA… I LITERALLY LAUGHED FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES AFTER I SAW THAT PHOTO… classic….
ive gotta say, i am thoroughly impressed by pato, and ronaldo even though he still looked pretty unfit, he still managed to get 2 goals…
finally we win at home and i cant think of a better way of doing it…
BUT… i think its too soon to get carried away… its going to be a long way to the 4th position in serie a and this is only the start of the marathon… we have to keep up this performance
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i think against udinese, it will be gourcuff’s game…
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Englebert Humperdink is back? Where? Forza Milan!!
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jajajajaaj that he is such a geek, here in El Salvador we call losers, geeks and nerds Pato’s jJAJAJAJA hadn’t put that in context untill now, funny shit jajajaja
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for someone who always show distaste for brazilians, you seem very happy with what “those bastards” did today.
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Hey Bruno, if I can change, than you can change, we all can change…
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Pato + Ronaldo + Kaka = watch out Inter !
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we are all so soo sooo happy, because we finally saw OUR Milan, the Milan that can achieve everything and anything. this victory proved to us that WE CAN DO IT.
NON TI LACEREMO MAI!!
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you can have a poor defensive performance when you have that kind of offensive firepower. That lineup choice was brilliant and that is the way it should be. 5-2 soccer games are enjoyable to watch.
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If Anco would switch up the formation and do like today with two strikers we will for sure start to win! Ahhhh…poop he’s got a girlfriend…why is it that every soccer player is taken? lol jk
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by the way I forgot to add this in my last comment but I just saw him on Rai and he speak pretty dang good for being there only 5 months.
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now we need a defence…
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what made me really happy about last nights game was the danger created by so many players .This was not the case before cuz it was all about kaka. Now we have ronaldo ,seedorf and kaka and i am not going to say Pato cuz its sooooooooooo early to tell. however this doesnt mean he wasnt dangerous lets hope he is consistent. i wonder whats going on in Gilardino’s head right now tho’.
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He knows hes outta there…I told my dad the viola can have gilardino if they give us frey I think thats a fair exchange….don’t you?
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http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t121/kassandra0330/Random/ronnie.jpgPosted from
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^^^^P.S. sorry forgot to add…my friend made that in a forum I belong to It’s a pic of ronaldo that was photoshopped they took the ball out that was in front of him and posted something else see it to find out…I think it’s hilarious…let me know what you think.
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hahah thats pretty funny ro…
lets not throw gila out yet… i think it will be interesting to see how he does when he is consistently playing with a second striker… a lot of fixtures are comin up and he will have plenty of chances to finally come good… but if he doesnt, he will probably be gone by the summer…
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for those who missed on The Duck today
his goal
http://www.mediafire.com/?fdbyww03dux7 minutes of Pato’s highlights in the game
http://www.zshare.net/download/6488777db6e667/Milan’s trophy ceremony
http://site.acmilanclub.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=2480Posted from
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i agree k, i feel like (or at least i hope) gila will do a lot better in our spiffy new-not-so-new 2 striker system, where he’ll get more of the service he needs. the competition for places in all positions is going to be interesting, especially in midfield. Rino was noticeably lacking, so him and Ambro are probably going to duke it out. we’ll see how Carletto works it all out.
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and by lacking, i mean not present. it’s so hard speaking coherently at 1 am in the morning…
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Ro thanks for the pic it will be in the next non-maldini monday post. As for Gila we keep him because side by side with Pato will mean great things, they are complimentary strikers Pato on the ball and Gila off, it is so exciting to me.
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I wasn’t going to comment b/c I couldn’t add anything that hasn’t already been said, but Gianfranco- my coffee went flying through my now when I read your quote from Rocky 4. Well done!
Yes, I too was choked up when he kissed the badge on his shirt. It made everything alright after the two goal comment. Just think what the papers/websites/forums would look like if he HADN’T scored that goal. I’m happy for him, I’m happy for me, I’m happy for us, I’m happy for Milan!
And welcome back Ronie! Fenomeno!
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your welcome gianfranco…I’ll let my friend know so she can come check out her picture that’s being made famous!
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You are way too skeptical if you don’t think Pato lived up to the hype. His too misses from point blank range were very lucky saves by the keeper.
Pato on the field opens up tonz of space that Gila could only dream of opening up. I’ll ride this kid & say that although he will go through some rough patches he will absolutely live up to the hype.
His talent is enormously apparent and his mental fortitude was proved to be just as enormus when he scored his goal dispite missing the earlier sitters.
In contrast when Gila misses, I have NO confidence that he will score at all for the remainder of that game. He has proven not to be mentally strong.
At 18 Pato has shown EMMENSE signs of being GREAT!Posted from
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Pato - I have seen several young players get lost in their fame. I hope Milan will protect him about it. In a few years, he can be the best player of the world if he keeps his focus on soccer.
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Forza Milan Forza Pato
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