The week that was: European Adventure

7. Ajax 0-0 AC Milan:

The script was all about Balotelli in this one. Fresh from his first penalty miss of his senior professional career, he was tasked with taking one in the 90′+3rd minute and he took it extremely well. That’s now 22 out of 23 scored.

Ajax huffed and puffed but never really threatened except when they scored (duh) in the 90th minute. But the delirium and joy would prove to be short-lived as Balotelli with one of the most blatant of dives ever, Bale would do well to copy, won the decisive penalty.

AC Milan have fallen on hard times and Allegri seems to be on borrowed time, but investing their money, scarce now, in Balotelli is one of the smartest decisions ever made by them. They may lack the big names that for so long strutted their stuff at the San Siro, but the mentality of winning and winning ugly is still in abundance.

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