BEYOND THE RESULT

(IN THE PHOTO: El Shaarawy chases after the ball) 
MILAN – The match between Sampdoria and Milan at the Marassi stadium ended 2-2 on Saturday. A point achieved with determination and spirit by Filippo Inzaghi’s players. It was also a match with plenty of action on both sides and full of positives for the rossoneri. Let’s take a look at some of the stats to emerge from the game: 622- before scoring tonight against Sampdoria, Stephan El Shaarawy had gone 622 days without scoring. His previous goal in Serie A came on the 24th of February 2013 against Inter in a 1-1 draw. His previous goal in all competitions however was 445 days ago. The date was the 20th of August 2013 and the match was against PSV in the first leg of the Champions League qualifier. That match also ended 1-1. 400- by starting this evening, Daniele Bonera made his 400th appearance at club level. The Milan number 25 has now made 310 appearances in Serie A, 5 in Serie B, 24 in the Italian Cup, 58 in European competitions and 3 in other tournaments with Brescia, Parma and Milan. His professional debut was on the 28th of November 1999, Brescia-Vicenza 1-1, Serie B.23- this is the number of players used by coach Filippo Inzaghi in the first 11 matches of the season. Philippe Mexes made his first appearance of the season against Sampdoria.6- by picking up a point away to Sampdoria, the rossoneri have now extended their unbeaten run to 6 matches away from home. That run of results is made up of 2 wins, Parma and Hellas Verona, and 4 draws, Cesena, Empoli, Cagliari and Sampdoria. 3 from 3- tonight’s penalty by Jeremy Menez means he has now scored from all of his 3 penalty attempts with the Milan jersey. Interestingly, the Frenchman has also won all 3 of those penalties.