Milan From Bad to Worse

Not per se. Drawing against Bologna is not worse than losing against Fiorentina. But being three points behind Juventus is worse than being just one point behind.

What's going on with Milan?
A month ago, they couldn't stop winning. Now, they can't stop dropping points.

After Ramirez's goal, in the first half (in minute 27), Milan should have had an equalizer late in the second half, when Ibrahimovic was wrongly judged to have been offside.
So, Milan had a goal disallowed erroneously. Would that have turned the game around? (Maybe...)

The same player, though, Ibrahimovic, finally found the back of the net almost at the death, when he tapped in a ball that completely wrong-footed the Bologna goalkeeper.

And Milan also did have a header go just slightly past the goal post, in the very last seconds of the game.

But the fact was they dropped two more points, and Juventus seems to be unstoppable at the moment.

Milan is on 68 points now, while Juventus managed to reach 71, by crushing AS Roma, 4-0, at the Juventus stadium.
The Scudetto race is not over yet, but it seems more and more like it would be won by The Old Lady (Juventus).

See highlights from Milan - Bologna 1-1 here.

Highlights from Juventus - Roma 4-0:

Juventus 4 - 0 AS Roma footyroom.com by Futbol2101

The Kings of the Draw

Is Bologna - Juventus 1-1 a surprise?
Not really.

You know what's a surprise?
...When Juventus actually wins; that's a surprise.

I'm beginning to wonder, therefore, if Juventus will be able to retain second spot till the end of the season.
If they keep getting draw after draw, Lazio and/or Udinese, and maybe even Napoli, should reach them soon.

And Bologna was the one that scored first, too, again, in minute 17, through Marco Di Vaio.

Mirko Vucinic drew the guests level, in minute 58, with a nice lob over the Bologna goalie.

Juventus gains very little ground: they're two points behind Milan, with the same number of games played now(, and only four points above Lazio, by the way).

See highlights here.

Oh, the Humiliation!

I thought the loss against Novara was the lowest inter Milan could sink.

But, ha, ha, it got worse! Bologna, the team that provided inter with their first win, at the start of the season, took their revenge by winning 3-0 at the San Siro today.

And I suppose inter's title chances are practically zero now. (Ranieri still refuses to step down, by the way, though.)

inter had some good chances, but Gillet was just outstanding in Bologna's goal.

Di Vaio scored two in two minutes, during the first half, while Acquafresca put the icing on the cake with five minutes to go by taking on the entire inter defense and making all the players in it look ridiculous (and then his finish did the same to Julio Cesar).

This loss, in tandem with Napoli's same-scoreline win at Firenze, means that Napoli is now fifth in the standings (although Roma could claim that position with a win at home against Parma).

From now on, since the difference between inter Milan and the leader(s) is more than 10 points, and will probably grow over the weekend, I will pay no special attention to their matches, and thus scorers and highlights in matches featuring inter will be overlooked, unless they face a genuine title contender (or close the points gap).

Highlights from Inter - Bologna 0-3:

inter-bologna by www4444
Highlights from Fiorentina - Napoli 0-3:

Italy Postponements Too Much

The way the Italians are postponing matches left and right is really getting ridiculous now. How many more matches are they going to postpone because of a harsher-than-usual winter?

I just found out Bologna - Juventus has been postponed. (It's not the only one for this matchday, either. Parma - Fiorentina has also been abandoned.)

What a bunch of pussies!
Just hire somebody to clear the snow, and play! What the hell's the matter with you, people? You've never seen snow? You've never played in snow?

Juventus had to put their qualification in the Europa League on the line when they went to Lech Poznan, last season, and the game went on as scheduled. I'm sure no winter phenomenon in Italy can be worse than what took place on December 1st, 2010 in Poznan.

Bologna in the winter (2004)