After a players' strike eliminated week of the Italian Serie A, things finally got off the ground this weekend in fairly spectacular fashion all over Italy. The first match took place on Friday at the San Siro in Milan between the reigning champions AC Milan and Roman club Lazio.
Honestly, just looking at the result it might be hard to believe that was an Italian game. Both sides started with a bang, and all the goals came in the opening 32 minutes, but it was a great match to watch all the way around.
Lazio especially got started off on the front foot. Their new summer signing, the German International Klose opened the scoring for the 2011-2012 Serie A season in the 12 minute, banging a shot past Abbiati to give Lazio the 0-1 league. The Milan defense looked to be somewhat in disarray. In the 18th minute, Nesta and Gattuso collide right outside the area and created an open shot for Cisse, but Abbiati managed to save it and keep it 0-1. There was a rebound but Klose put the shot wide.
However, Lazio did manage to double their lead in the 21st minute. Cisse came through and headed the ball into the back of the net to make it 0-2. Up until this point, it looked like Lazio was the home side and defending champs.
Milan was not to be outdone. Prince Boateng had been the most post potent offensive plaver for Milan and started to get some shots on goal. Then in the 29th Ibrahimovic took a nice pass from Cassano and banged it into the empty net to make it 1-2. Then just 4 minutes later Cassano made his presence known again, this time heading in a corner kick to equalize at 2-2, which was the score at half time.
The second half was mostly Milan, but neither they nor Lazio could manage to break the draw and the match finished at 2-2. it was obvious that the two sides were a little spent after the fantastic display in the first half. The match ended with the 2-2 score. All in all it was a great way to start the new Serie A season.
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