AC Milan was defeated by Manchester United in their first leg encounter in the Champions league round of 16 at San Siro. Manchester United now has the advantage of 3 away goals. It is their first win at San Siro in the last three years. The match will be remembered by the good attacking play presented by both teams and for poor refereeing.
It only took 3 minutes for AC Milan to score their opening goal. Ronaldinho’s volley with the help of a slight deflection beat van der Sar. Both team’s players shot wide in the subsequent minutes. United’s first goal came in the 36th minute. Paul Scholes swinged at a cross with his right foot but the ball hit his left leg before going into the net.
In the first half AC Milan was clearly in control. They had 54% possession.
I do not know what Ferguson is doing to players at half time that they always come up with tremendous form. Rooney scored two goals with his head during the second half. Valencia and Fletcher were the providers. Valencia’s first action in the match was the cross that resulted in his team’s second goal. Rooney showed that he is now a complete striker by showing his heading abilities.
Pirlo’s free kick which was heading for the goal was saved brilliantly by van der Sar. AC Milan players kept van der Sar busy. Ronaldinho was the main threat he forced two saves from the United goal keeper. It was from his brilliant pass that Seedorf who came as a substitute for David Beckham scored their second goal with a close range shot. Ronaldinho was in tremendous form as he created two more chances. His passes only required a good finish but that was missing.
Carrick was shown his second yellow card in the final minutes. He will be missing the second leg at Old Trafford. AC Milan players will be kicking themselves for their missed chances as they will be waiting for the second leg.
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