*Insert Skee-Lo - I wish song here* I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat(REMIX) ... that scored hattricks like Kevin Prince Boateng.
Lecce -- I'd like to call this the "under match." A game hosted by one of the underdogs of Serie A played AC Milan, where an under-rated Kevin Prince Boateng scored an inspiring hattrick. Milan was down by 3 goals and practically prepared for a loss before Max Allegri made the decision to sub the great Robinho(46 minutes) with Kevin Boateng. An attacker for a midfielder when you're down by 3? Leave it to Allegri - Mr. Fullofsurprises. At this time Ambrosini was also subbed for Aquilani; these substitutions could easily be one of the best decisions Allegri could have made and he was about to find out why.
The first half of the game was basically "The Lecce Show." The team played extremely offensively against Milan, who was not playing like the Champions they are. There are many reasons for that, one being the absence of their injured players; but like most things in life, you win some and you lose some - until you sub in Boateng. Second half - 49 minutes, AC Milan back with a vengeance. An assist by Aquilani put Boateng in front of the goal line, left; BAAAAAAM in she goes. Clean and effortless within the first minutes of him being on the field. You'd think at this point Lecce would change their game plan and begin to play defensively but they continued in attack mode and thats where their weakness was; perhaps Boateng observed this while sitting on bench and came onto the field with a fully calculated plan? Hey, anything is possible. 5 minutes later Cassano made a clean pass to the Prince himself who shot it in right away from the edge of the box - 2-3. At this point the cat was in the bag and 14 minutes after his first goal, the rabbit came out of its hat! HATTRICK BOATENG! The midfielder was in the right place at the perfect time as Abate's shot was blocked inside the box which put the ball into the likes of KPB who forced a side-footed obscenity from an acute angle. Poor ol' Benassi basically had a hands length between his leg and the post which is where the ball slid itself through. Big bang Boateng in for the win. At 3-3 with less than 30 minutes left in the game both teams were in a race against time; who was going to walk away as the winners? Or perhaps the game would end with a tie? The 13,300 people in Stadio Comunale Via del Mare and all of us at home were watching intensely as 83 minutes rolled around and Cassano made another executive pass but this time to defender Yepes who banked it in with a thundering header past the far post. Money in the bank, shawty watchu thaaank. Sometimes I get a little musical...
4-3 and AC MILAN takes the win and Kevin Prince Boateng gets his first Hattrick in the Italian League! Leave it to Milan to score a 14 minute hattrick and then finish it off with a defender. Just brilliant. Kevin Prince Boateng, you inspire us all.
Until next time,
Sahar "Princess"Boateng ;)
