Gattuso fires Milan over Juve in Turin
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March 7, 2011, Monday
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GENNARO Gattuso finally had fans talking about his talent rather than his temper after his rare goal gave AC Milan a 1-0 win at beleaguered Juventus and stretched its Italian Serie A lead to eight points on Saturday.
The combative midfielder netted his first goal in three league seasons and only his eighth goal in 12 Serie A campaigns with Milan when his shot surprised Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon midway through the second half.
Gattuso starts a five-match European ban when Milan visits Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday following his headbutt on Spurs assistant boss Joe Jordan in the first leg which the Rossoneri lost 0-1.
"There's still a long way to go but my goal is an important one," the 33-year-old told Sky television as Milan eyes its first league title since 2004.
"Sometimes the coach has to interrupt training because there is too much competitiveness. Every time there has been this sort of atmosphere at the Milanello training ground we have won the scudetto."
Milan deserved its victory with Zlatan Ibrahimovic wasting a good early chance while Juventus was rarely a threat.
Champion Inter Milan, bossed by last year's Milan coach Leonardo, can cut the Rossoneri's advantage back to five points with 10 games left if it beats Genoa at home.
Juventus' third defeat in a row leaves coach Luigi del Neri under huge pressure after a season which was meant to spark a revival for Italy's best supported and most successful domestic club after last term's seventh-placed finish.
Some media reports said before the game that the coach would be sacked if it lost against its arch-rival and remained in seventh.
Angry home fans unveiled a banner at halftime in Turin, including a phrase often uttered by former striking great Giampierio Boniperti.
"At Juventus winning is not important. It's the only thing that counts."
The combative midfielder netted his first goal in three league seasons and only his eighth goal in 12 Serie A campaigns with Milan when his shot surprised Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon midway through the second half.
Gattuso starts a five-match European ban when Milan visits Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday following his headbutt on Spurs assistant boss Joe Jordan in the first leg which the Rossoneri lost 0-1.
"There's still a long way to go but my goal is an important one," the 33-year-old told Sky television as Milan eyes its first league title since 2004.
"Sometimes the coach has to interrupt training because there is too much competitiveness. Every time there has been this sort of atmosphere at the Milanello training ground we have won the scudetto."
Milan deserved its victory with Zlatan Ibrahimovic wasting a good early chance while Juventus was rarely a threat.
Champion Inter Milan, bossed by last year's Milan coach Leonardo, can cut the Rossoneri's advantage back to five points with 10 games left if it beats Genoa at home.
Juventus' third defeat in a row leaves coach Luigi del Neri under huge pressure after a season which was meant to spark a revival for Italy's best supported and most successful domestic club after last term's seventh-placed finish.
Some media reports said before the game that the coach would be sacked if it lost against its arch-rival and remained in seventh.
Angry home fans unveiled a banner at halftime in Turin, including a phrase often uttered by former striking great Giampierio Boniperti.
"At Juventus winning is not important. It's the only thing that counts."
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