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Cagliari 1:2 AC Milan

Cagliari: Fortin; Ferri, Lopez (Bizera 74), Bianco, Agostini; Biondini, Conti, Parola; Foggia (Larrivey 87); Matri (Fini 66), Acquafresca

Milan: Dida; Oddo (Cafu 70), Nesta, Maldini, Serginho; Gattuso (Brocchi 79), Pirlo, Ambrosini (Bonera 58); Kakà; Ronaldo, Gilardino

Goals:

1-0, Acquafresca 4'

1-1, Gilardino 61'

1-2, Pirlo 85'

Ref: Dondarini

Cagliari 1:2 AC Milan - match report

Milan fought back from a goal down with Andrea Pirlo's late winner on Ronaldo's debut after Kaka had seen his penalty saved.

Il Fenomeno had not played a competitive match since May, but was finally ready to lead the line, especially as Clarence Seedorf, Pippo Inzaghi, Kakha Kaladze and Marek Jankulovski were sidelined. Cagliari had their own debut, as Coach Nedo Sonetti took over from Marco Giampaolo. The Rossoneri were undefeated here in Serie A since a 1-0 result on October 18, 1998, although last season they were held to a 2-2 draw.

There was a minute's silence ahead of every game this weekend for Italian soldier Daniele Paladino, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan.

It took less than four minutes for Cagliari to take the lead. Once again a corner kick proved disastrous for the Rossoneri defence, as Massimo Oddo lost sight of Robert Acquafresca and Nelson Dida failed to come out, so the Under-21 international turned in the header.

Paolo Maldini took matters into his own hands with a left-foot strike from distance that tested Marco Fortin, but the Sardinians threatened again when Pasquale Foggia's pass flashed across the face of goal with nobody able to get on the end of it.

Dida spilled a Foggia counter and Alberto Gilardino's glancing header from a corner caused concerns. Ronaldo turned between two defenders, but lost his footing and a defender came flying in with the tackle.

Gennaro Gattuso headed Kaka's cross into the path of Ronaldo, who was held back by Paolo Bianco. Kaka stepped up, but his penalty was saved by Fortin and on the follow-up Maldini struck the side-netting.

After the restart the Sardinians remained in control, as Bianco's glancing header whistled across the face of goal. Yet Ronaldo was unlucky not to equalise when he turned the ball on to the base of the upright with the inside of his right foot.

Serginho's angled drive was deflected inches past the far post, while Massimo Ambrosini went off injured, pushing Serginho further up the field.

Milan finally drew level with Gilardino's acrobatic finish, as he had to jump up and flick Serginho's deflected cross in off the outside of his right foot from six yards to avoid the goalkeeper's intervention.

Cagliari almost restored their advantage moments later, as Acquafresca ran down the right flank and squeezed his shot from the narrowest of angles past both Alessandro Nesta and Dida, but Daniele Bonera performed a decisive last-gasp goalline clearance.

Bianco risked an own goal as he anticipated Gilardino at the near post, but the resulting Andrea Pirlo corner came out to substitute Marcos Cafu for a sensational volley that skimmed the crossbar.

Dida smothered a Parola snapshot from the edge of the box, but Milan turned it all around five minutes from time with a Pirlo free kick. His right-foot effort swung over the wall and seemed to take Fortin by surprise, as it was relatively central.

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According to many sources in the Brazilian press, Ricardo Kaka's wife of 2 years, Caroline Celico is two months pregnant.

The Brazilian himself was believed to have confirmed this news to the various sources. Kaka was believed to be "elated" throughout the Milan training camp, as they prepare to meet Benfica on Wednesday for the Champions League.

"They confirmed the pregnancy last week after Carol went for several examinations. When he came to Brazil to play against Uruguay, he had already known the good news. Kaka says he is happy to be a father. Carol is also calm about having a child," a source said.

Prior to this, Kaka had already expressed his intentions of becoming a dad. "I want to have children in future," Kaka had said.

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Benfica-Milan

Goalkeepers: Dida, Fiori, Kalac.

Defenders: Bonera, Cafu, Favalli, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Oddo, Serginho, Simic.

Midfielders: Brocchi, Gattuso, Gourcuff, Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf.

Attackers: Aubameyang, Gilardino, Ronaldo.

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Kaka Set For European And World Player Awards

Milan superstar Kaka is set to win both the European and World Player of the Year Awards for 2007, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport.

The Brazilian is already the hot favourite to win the Ballon d’Or, following his scintillating displays in the Champions League last season.

The prestigious prize will be handed out at a lavish ceremony in Paris this Sunday and Kaka is planning a trip to the Eiffel Tower afterwards.

“I was contacted to arrange a private visit to the Eiffel Tower,” Vice-Mayor of Paris Jean Bernard Bros revealed to Le Parisien.

La Gazzetta is now claiming that Milan are preparing Kaka’s travel arrangements to pick up the World Player of the Year award prize in Zurich.

FIFA caused controversy last month when a host of world-class players such as Francesco Totti and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were not included on the shortlist for the prize.

Nevertheless if Kaka were to win both awards he would become only the 10th person in history to achieve the double.

Fabio Cannavaro famously accomplished this milestone last year, following his magnificent performances for Italy in their World Cup success in Germany.

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