Don't Bow to the Red & Black Devil - Part 2

Well, one of the best derbies ever just finished at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan. Inter defeated Milan 4-3. Inter pulled ahead with a header from Hernan Crespo (terrible marking from Milan), and then added a second on a nice goal by Dejan Stankovic (no one pressured him). Milan were abysmal in the first 45 minutes, failing to create any good chance. After the second half, Carlo Ancelotti realized the 4-3-2-1 wasn't working and made all 3 substitutions, putting in Alberto Gilardino for a poor Filippo Inzaghi, Paolo Maldini for the invisible Marek Jankulovski, and Ricardo Oliviera for Massimo Ambrosini, changing the formation from a 4-3-2-1 to a 4-1-2-1-2. But the second half didn't start to well. Inter suddenly went on the counterattack, with Stankovic laying off a pass for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who slipped past Nesta and volleyed past an unimpressive Dida. The score was 3-0 and Milan looked done. They got a goal back however, Gilardino made himself useful and layed a pass back for Clarence Seedorf who scored, with a little help from a Materazzi deflection. This brought the game to 3-1 and gave Milan life. But before you could say "Forza Milan!" World Cup hero Marco Materazzi headed home off of a free kick to put Inter 4-1 up (bad marking once again), and then stupidly got himself a second yellow card for taking his shirt off during the celebration. So against 10 men Milan regrouped, and Alberto Gilardino finally put a ball into the back of the net on a looping header. Milan really felt like they had a chance, and as the game was in the closing minutes, Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar came out badly for a cross, leaving Kaka' with a gift. For the final 2 minutes Milan pressed for the tying goal, but it didn't come, and Milan lost 4-3. Despite the good comeback, Milan were terrible. In the first 45 minutes I didn't know if I was watching AC Milan or AC Milan's youth team. The defense is still leaky and nobody can create anything upfront. The only positive is that Gilardino finally scored, and hopefully that gives him some much needed motivation. Milan are now 14 points behind Inter and realistically are out of the Scudetto race. Once again, do not bow to the Red and Black devil, atleast for this season...