AC Milan vs Internazionale, 1st Leg

Inter will be the happier of the two having kept a clean sheet in the face of relentless Milan attacks. Althouh disappointed Milan will no doubt fancy their chances of getting an away goal in next week's second leg when these two meet again for a place in the May 28th Champions League final in Manchester against either fellow Italians Juventus or defending European champions Real Madrid.

We could have predicted the scoreline but the nature of the game was completely different to what we'd expected: The play was open and attacking, exciting and end-to-end very entertaining stuff

The referee blows full-time and the game ends 0-0.

Rivaldo's cross finds Inzaghi but Toldo just reaches to take the ball

End-to-end play again with both sets of players seemingly desperate to grab the all important match-winnign goal

Crepso manages to loft the ball over Dida, but his efforts just creeps past the post and the open goal - both teams pressing hard in the final moments

Di Biagio lets a piledriver loose from fully 40 yards out, its on target but Dida gathers easily, but a great shot

Inter press forward with Crespo looking dangerous despite being largely anonymous in the second half, can Inter steal an away goal after being on the back foot all night?

Serginho and Redondo link up well on the left - the two players with fresh legs menacing the Inter back line

Seedorf, who was an injury doubt ahead of the game, is down after taking a knock. He's had a great match tonight and will be keen to stay on and find the winner

Giovanni Pasquale joins the game being subbed on to replace the injured Coco

Like so many before the corner is wasted and Inter bring the ball out - but fail to hold on to it

Rivaldo looking bright and dangerous. Playing a great ball to Seedorf who wins a corner

Not long left for Milan to grab the goal they deserve

Play stops while Coco recieves treatmetn

Seedorf crunches into Coco who lies writhing on the floor - he won the ball fairly but clattered the player

The corner is taken and once cleared Rivaldo will replace Shevchenko, who looks a little short of confidence tonight

Both sides keen to make changes and there is confusion as the players wait to take a corner

Substitution for Milan and Gennaro Gattuso is applauded off the pitch after a great game as his replacement Fernando Redondo joins the fray

Serginho sees a great left foot shot saved by Toldo. He got the ball from Shevchenko on the edge of the box and let it roll across his body onto his favoured foot before shootly crisply.

A trully woeful effort from Shevchenko who instead of shooting from the freekick tried to play a deft ball in behind the wall, but failed miserably

Di Biagio fells Rui Costa and its a freekick in a dangerous area 30 yards out - still no yellow cards

Another change, this time for Milan: Brazilian Sergio Serginho on for the industrious Cristian Brocchi

Corner to Inter after Di Biagio shot is deflected out

Kallon comes on replacing Recoba for Inter who has had a quiet and frustrating evening