AC Milan vs Barcelona, 1st Leg
Match pulse
MILAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Barcelona 1-0
Barcelona beat AC Milan 1-0 in 1st Leg on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Goals for Barcelona: Ludovic Giuly (57').
Play by play
- 93'
FULL-TIME: Ancelotti's men have got a massive task in front of them after Ronaldinho and Giuly combined to win the first leg here in Milan.
- 92'
Nesta thumps a ball in to the area for Shevchenko to chase, but Valdes reads the danger and collects.
- 91'
There will be three additional minutes at the end of the game. One last push from Milan...
- 90'
WIDE! Kaka cuts in to the penalty area from the left, but he drives his shot wide of the near post as the space opened up for him.
- 89'
BARCELONA SUB: Maxi comes on to replace Ronaldinho, who takes an age to leave the field. When he does, he does so with a smile.
- 88'
OOH! Maldini meets the corner from the right with a thumping header, but Valdes dives across his goal-line to make a comfortable save.
- 87'
Serginho's cross from the left is deflected behind for a late corner by Belletti.
- 86'
Milan will curse the fact that their best chances haven't fallen to their master goal-scorer, Shevchenko. He has had a tough night, working against Puyol and Marquez.
- 85'
Seedorf curls a cross in to the middle, but it is too close to the keeper, who collects on his six-yard line.
- 84'
Eto's shove on Kaladze down near the corner flag results in another free-kick. The clock continues to tick...
- 83'
...He curls his shot in right-footed, but it dips a foot or so over the crossbar, with Dida scrambling across his goal-line.
- 83'
Barcelona line-up a free-kick in a dangerous spot; Ronaldinho stands over the ball...
- 82'
That really was a good chance for the home side to get the equaliser they so desperately crave; it seems unlikely that they'll get a better opening than that in the final ten minutes or so.
- 81'
GREAT CHANCE! Kaka's superb reverse-pass feeds Ambrosini inside the area, but the substitute's shot on the turn is scuffed three yards wide. Poor, poor effort.
- 79'
AWFUL! Ambrosini collects a knock-down from Shevchenko, but his shot from the edge of the area is woefully sliced and easily taken by Valdes.
- 78'
Milan, in truth, don't look like their going to snatch an equaliser; Barcelona are defending well, and the home side just haven't been able to find their rhythm going forward tonight.
- 77'
MILAN SUB: Cafu comes on to replace Stam; the attack-minded Brazilian is given the chance to drive forward down the right as Milan search for this equaliser.
- 77'
Stam's cross from the right causes panic in the Barcelona's back-four, but Serginho can't quite control the ball at the back post and Valdes collects.
- 76'
BARCELONA SUB: Oleguer is replaced by Motta. The right-back seemed to pick up an injury when defending against Serginho a moment or two ago.
- 75'
SHOT! Kaka drives at the heart of the Barcelona defence, but his right-foot shot at the end flies high and wide of Valdes' goal.
- 75'
Valdes is booked for taking too long over a goal-kick.
- 74'
MILAN SUB: Ambrosini replaces Gattuso. A midfielder for a midfielder, but Gattuso was one of the few Milan players playing with energy and passion.
- 73'
Milan are starting to lose their shape a little; they are really being pulled out of position by the swift, decisive Barcelona passing.
- 72'
Van Bommel has done a good job for Barcelona tonight; in La Liga matches, he is given much more licence to get forward, but tonight he has been very disciplined.
- 71'
BARCELONA SUB: Belleti replaces Giuly; a defensive chance from Rijkaard, who brings on the Brazilian right-back to replace the more offensive Giuly.