Milan miss the chance to reclaim top spot in Serie A as Andrea Esposito heads in deep into injury time to give promoted Lecce a 1-1 home draw.

Ronaldinho scored an injury-time goal from more than 20 meters (yards) out to give AC Milan a 1-0 win Thursday over Sporting Braga in the UEFA Cup.

Ronaldinho, who came on as a second-half replacement, shot into the upper corner of the net to beat Braga goalkeeper Eduardo.

“I’m working very hard and it is paying off,” said Ronaldinho. “We knew they were a team that is playing really well in the Cup so we knew this wasn’t going to be easy.

Ronaldinho scored his first goal in Italian football to give AC Milan a vital 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in a pulsating city derby at the San Siro on Sunday.

Inter’s disappointment at dropping two points in their Serie A opener will have been eased by both Roma and AC Milan failing to win on Sunday.

Nicolas Anelka scored four goals as Chelsea romped to a 5-0 friendly victory over AC Milan in Moscow.

AC Milan defender Marek Jankulovski was Wednesday voted Czech footballer of the year in a poll of players and coaches in Prague.
Jankulovski, 31, saw off Chelsea keeper Petr Cech and Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky, the latter who will miss Euro 2008 through injury.
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