{"id":596,"date":"2014-01-20T01:05:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=596"},"modified":"2014-01-20T01:05:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:05:54","slug":"seedorf-dedicates-victory-to-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/seedorf-dedicates-victory-to-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"seedorf dedicates victory to fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1390178135469_726\">\n<div id=\"mediaarticlerelated\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1390178135469_725\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Ladbrokes-bet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1390178135469_619\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1390178135469_618\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n<div id=\"mediaarticlebody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1390178135469_617\">\n<p>Mario Balotelli converted a late penalty to ensure Clarence Seedorf made a winning start to his managerial career at the San Siro as AC Milan beat Verona 1-0 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the win, it was another unconvincing performance from Milan who struggled to create chances and always looked vulnerable in defence.<\/p>\n<p>Balotelli side-footed home in the 82nd minute after Verona defender Alejander Gonzalez \u00a0had needlessly fouled Kaka, tripping the Brazilian with a clumsy tackle even though the ball was already heading out of play.<\/p>\n<p>Milan remained 11th with 25 points after only their sixth league win in 20 attempts this season.T<\/p>\n<p>Seedorf, 37 was officially appointed on Thursday despite having no previous coaching experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victory is certainly dedicated to all the Milan fans. I am happy for the squad, as there is a lot of work to do and a win makes it all feel easier.\u201d the Dutchman said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Balotelli converted a late penalty to ensure Clarence Seedorf made a winning start to his managerial career at the San Siro as AC Milan beat Verona 1-0 on Sunday. Despite the win, it was another unconvincing performance from Milan who struggled to create chances and always looked vulnerable in defence. Balotelli side-footed home in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,82],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}