The season has finally begun and it was worth the wait as there were goals galore in Milan tonight. Lazio headed to Milan, a place they had not won in Serie A since 1989, saying they would attack and they did just that taking the game to the Rossoneri right from the first kick of the ball. It did not take them long to start creating chances either and a superb assist from Mauri allowed new signing Miroslav Klose to unlock the Milan back door to send Lazio in front. Milan did not no what had hit them as Lazio dictated the play for the first 25 minutes and it only got worse for the Diavolo when Djibril Cisse headed home another Mauri assist to put Lazio 2 goals to the good.
Milan were rocking but were allowed back into the game through a bad defensive play by the Lazio back line which left Ibrahimovic the task of tapping in from one yard out. Now it was Lazio who were rocking and the score was levelled after Antonio Cassano somehow managed to get on the end of a ball which Luciano Zauri should have cleared with ease. It looked a matter of time before Milan took the lead but the Aquile dug in and went in at the break level. After the break Milan started like that finished and it began to look like a back to the wall job for Lazio. Indeed stand in goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri repeatedly kept Boateng, Cassano and Ibrahimovic at bay although was lucky when a Cassano effort came back of the post. Despite this the best chance of the half fell to Lazio's Cisse who after rounding the keeper could not quite convert mainly due to some brilliant defending from Alessandro Nesta.
It finished 2-2 and Lazio will certainly be more pleased than Milan. Inter, Juve Napoli and Roma would have looked on with interest too and perhaps after this Milan don't seem as formidable as pundits have made out this season and an unpredictable season and Scudetto battle is afoot.
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