Juve take control as Milan slip up again
23 April 2012 10:12 PM IST
Juventus took control of the Serie A title race with a 4-0 victory over Roma as AC Milan slipped up again in a 1-1 draw at home to Bologna.
Yesterday's was Juve's sixth win in a row and opened up a three-point lead at the top with five games left.
They also have a better head-to-head record than the rossoneri meaning Milan need to make up four points to hold onto their scudetto crown.
Arturo Vidal scored a brace and Andrea Pirlo added the other as Juve killed the game before the half hour mark with Claudio Marchisio rounding off the scoring after the break.
Vidal arrived in the right place to finish from Paolo De Ceglie's cross on four minutes and the Chile midfielder hit an unstoppable shot from Mirko Vucinic's pass four minutes later to double the advantage.
Just before the half hour mark the game was over as Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was harshly judged to have brought down Marchisio in the box.
To add insult to injury he was sent off, even though there were two covering defenders and Marchisio, who seemed to hang his leg out to be caught by the keeper, had clearly lost the ball. Substitute goalkeeper Gianluca Curci saved Pirlo's spot-kick but the Italy midfielder kept his cool to slot in the rebound.
Marchisio added the fourth with a precise low shot from outside the box.
Milan slipped up for the third time in four matches as Gaston Ramirez gave Bologna a first half lead and Daniele Bonera was sent off for the hosts 10 minutes from time before Zlatan Ibrahimovic rescued a point.
Ibrahimovic had what seemed a valid goal ruled out for a tight offside decision in the second half but Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri refused to make excuses.
"There's nothing to say, the linesman raised his flag, the referee gave Ibrahimovic offside," said Allegri.
Yesterday's was Juve's sixth win in a row and opened up a three-point lead at the top with five games left.
They also have a better head-to-head record than the rossoneri meaning Milan need to make up four points to hold onto their scudetto crown.
Arturo Vidal scored a brace and Andrea Pirlo added the other as Juve killed the game before the half hour mark with Claudio Marchisio rounding off the scoring after the break.
Vidal arrived in the right place to finish from Paolo De Ceglie's cross on four minutes and the Chile midfielder hit an unstoppable shot from Mirko Vucinic's pass four minutes later to double the advantage.
Just before the half hour mark the game was over as Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was harshly judged to have brought down Marchisio in the box.
To add insult to injury he was sent off, even though there were two covering defenders and Marchisio, who seemed to hang his leg out to be caught by the keeper, had clearly lost the ball. Substitute goalkeeper Gianluca Curci saved Pirlo's spot-kick but the Italy midfielder kept his cool to slot in the rebound.
Marchisio added the fourth with a precise low shot from outside the box.
Milan slipped up for the third time in four matches as Gaston Ramirez gave Bologna a first half lead and Daniele Bonera was sent off for the hosts 10 minutes from time before Zlatan Ibrahimovic rescued a point.
Ibrahimovic had what seemed a valid goal ruled out for a tight offside decision in the second half but Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri refused to make excuses.
"There's nothing to say, the linesman raised his flag, the referee gave Ibrahimovic offside," said Allegri.
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