tottenham 0 milan 0

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Spurs join Barcelona, Schalke and Shakhtar Donetsk in the last eight of this season's Champions League. While the absence of goals at White Hart Lane was disappointing, the game was on a knife-edge throughout. Keep an eye on Soccernet for all the post-match fallout. Thanks for tuning in folks.
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FULL-TIME. Spurs 0-0 Milan. Well it certainly wasn't pretty - but Tottenham are into the Champions League quarter finals. Dawson looked to be close to tears at the final whistle. An incredible result for the club, but Milan must be disappointed. They bossed possession for long periods of the game but just didn't create enough clear-cut chaces and the Serie A leaders are out.
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It's all over...
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The Spurs fans are going wild and the Serie A leaders are heading out.
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Nesta penalised now, just inside his own half. Spurs are exactly where they want to be, in Milan territory.
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And a free-kick goes against Milan for pushing in the box.
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Corner given though.
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Great effort from Robinho, excellent one-two with Ibrahimovic and the Brazilian fired just over.
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Antonini does well to win the ball back and Seedorf brings Milan forward.
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Three minutes of added time to play.
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Pavlyuchenko releases Lennon and he comes up against Antonini in the corner.
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But they choose to play it along the ground instead.
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Pavlyuchenko offside and Milan have a chance to pump it forward.
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Dawson with a rugby-style kick forward - looking for the corner.
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Pato shoots from 25 yards but it's only testing the handling of the family of Spurs fans in Row Z.
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Merkel and Robinho combine as the red and black wave comes forward again.
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Flamini with a bouquet of flowers of course waiting for him as he trudges off the pitch. Those Spurs fans love him.
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Strasser on for Flamini
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Antonini gets to the byline but his cross is headed to safety by Dawson.
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Sandro looking to hold the ball in the corner, but Milan win it back.
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Modric looks for Bale at the front post but Nesta gets in ahead of him to poke it out for a throw in.
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Spurs corner now.
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Nesta outraged that Pavlyuchenko's physicality against him wasn't punished by the referee. Not sure he had too much of a point really.
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He's back up on his feet now though. They're made of strong stuff those Croatians.
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Corluka's down and he looks in quite a lot of discomfort after Pato ran into him off the ball.
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Pavlyuchenko on for Crouch
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Spurs sitting so deep now, inviting the pressure. They seem to have faith they can hold off Milan for another nine minutes.
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Nesta making his presence felt in the box, and Milan piling on the pressure.
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Teasing cross from Antonini and Dawson heads it out for a corner.
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Corluka embarrassingly slices his cross into the grateful grasp of Abbiati.
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Optimistic ball forward towards Zlatan, but Gomes is out quickly to claim.
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He controlled it with one touch and struck a fierce effort with his second from the edge of the box. it was just a whisker wide of the left post and rippled the side netting.
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Great effort from Pato and some Milan fans thought it was in!
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Merkel will need more than the diplomacy of his namesake to help Milan make the breakthrough.
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Merkel on for Boateng.
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Lennon shouts for a handball against Antonini. Again a hopeful accusation.
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Sandro again a man-mountain as he prevents Ibrahimovic from engineering a hand.
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Bale with his first forward run but Seedorf is again in the right place to mop up the danger.
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Lovely back-heel from Lennon sets up Sandro for an opportunity to break.
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But the Rossoneri still looking to push. They've certainly got plenty of potential match-winners.
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Milan starting to look a little tired now and Spurs starting to see a bit more of the ball.
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Spurs free-kick now down the right wing. But Seedorf does well to close off the threat of Lennon.
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Jenas on for Pienaar
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Antonini on for Jankulovski.
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Milan about to ring the changes.
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Before the start of the season, Soccernet's Tom Adams openly mocked Jermain Defoe's assertion that Spurs could go further than Arsenal in the competition. They're 22 minutes away from making it a reality though!
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Where are the goals?!
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Flamini just brought down Bale, though he couldn't really get out of the way. That came just after Ibrahimovic flashed in a shot.
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Bale takes to the left wing and Pienaar pushes up to play the support role behind Crouch,
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Bale on for Van der Vaart
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The ball comes back in and Gomes does well to deny Robinho. He stops the first shot and then desperately palms the ball away.
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Gomes collects Abate's cross but he has given it away very cheaply.
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Crouch with another 'what me?' look on his face after conceding a foul. Number eight and counting.
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Van der Vaart whips it in but Seedorf clears it once more.
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Pato.
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Free-kick on the left but Pato is booked for charging it down too quickly.
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Another crunching tackle from the Frenchman, he is not too popular.
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Flamini
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Crouch amazingly wins a free-kick this time, Thiago Silva a bit too physical.
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Robinho took advantage but as the ball broke to Ibrahimovic, the Swede was offside.
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Sandro has just given the ball away cheaply, I gave him the commentator's kiss of death!
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59'

Crouch again protests his innocence after falling all over Nesta. That's seven fouls committed by the Spurs frontman tonight.
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I must say that Sandro has looked particularly accomplished today, hadn't seen too much of him prior to this game but he has been strong in the challenge and confident with the ball at his feet.
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Spurs claim for a handball as Seedorf appears to touch the ball with his hand attempting to deal with another Lennon cross. it was inadvertant and the referee waves away the protests.
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He releases Lennon who looks again for Crouch. The big man's downward header is cleared by Seedorf, with Modric closing in.
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Mix up between Robinho and Flamini gives Modric the chance to stride forward.
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Spurs looking a little one-dimensional coming forward at times, understandably they appear to be pressured by the enormity of the occasion.
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Schalke have just taken the lead against Valencia, Gavranovic has put the Royal Blues 2-1 up on the night and 3-2 up on aggregate.
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Lennon releases Sandro with an excellent through ball and he lays it off to Van der Vaart who crosses towards Crouch. But the England striker is climbing all over Seedorf.
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Flamini finds himself in some space just inside the right-side of the box and he flashes a shot across goal, but it's wide.
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Christian Abbiati makes a save to block Rafael van der Vaart
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It would have been pretty unlucky had that decision gone against Thiago Silva.
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Lennon runs at Thiago Silva and cries of 'handball' echo around the Lane as the Brazilian goes to ground to prevent the winger getting past him.
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Poor pass from Nesta as he gives it straight to Pienaar and Spurs come at Milan.
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Bale warming up at the moment, much to the delight of the Tottenham faithful.
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Jankulovski
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Jankulovski cynically brings down Lennon who was accelerating away from him.
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Lovely ball from Robinho to play through Abate but his cross on the overlap is knocked clear.
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Dawson fouls Zlatan and he's probably a touch lucky to avoid a yellow.
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He peeled off at the back post and Lennon found him with a great cross but his header was accidentally straight back across goal. He should have done better.
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We're back for the second half and it's a terrible header from Crouch early on!
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Right we're off for the second half...
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In the other game tonight it's 1-1 between Valencia and Schalke and 2-2 on aggregate. All still to play for!
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William Gallas clears the ball from the goal-line after Robinho's deflected effort
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You can check out all the fallout from this game - whatever the result may be - later on Soccernet. Today has seen plenty of stories coming out of Tuesday night's Barca v Arsenal match. Xavi has said he expected more of the Gunners.
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HALF-TIME: Spurs 0-0 Milan. It's been all Milan really so far, barring a couple of optimistic efforts from Van der Vaart. There has been little of the attacking verve that has characterised Tottenham's UCL performances this season and it has been a case of them hanging on for the first 45 minutes. Can they do it for another 45 though?
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The whistle goes and Tottenham are 45 minutes away from the Champions League quarter-finals. Then again, so are Milan!
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Yes, wide.
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Assou Ekotto tries a speculative effort from 30 yards. I will give you one guess where it went...
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Lennon trying to tiptoe through Jankulovski and Boateng, but Milan doing well to double up on the Spurs speedster.
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Stats: Since the inception of the Champions League, 15 of the 16 teams who have won 1-0 away from home in a knockout first-leg have gone on to progress.
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Pato with an excellent touch to take him away from Gallas inside the area, but the Frenchman coolly recovers to intercept and pass the ball away.
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Sandro fouls Boateng and here come Milan again.
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Robinho with the chance to thread it through to Zlatan, but he picks the wrong pass. They weren't on the same wavelength at all there.
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There has been some desperate defending from Spurs so far.
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Abate's cross is tipped away from Gomes. Then Boateng's shot is blocked by Modric.
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Pienaar with a chance to counter but he tries a 60-yard Hollywood pass towards Van der Vaart. It didn't come off.
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Boateng wins it from Corluka, Jankulovski crosses towards Zlatan but Gallas gets the ball away. Milan corner now.
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Abate crosses into the danger zone but Gallas heads clear. However, three white shirts climbed up for the same ball then, it could have gone horribly wrong!
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Crouch again called up for a foul, again on Thiago Silva.
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There are a lot of worried-looking Spurs fans around White Hart Lane. Milan have definitely looked the more likely to score.
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Van der Vaart strikes one from 20 yards out but Abbiati does well to hold onto the ball.
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Crouch nods it down to Pienaar on the edge of the box but the South African shows another loose touch.
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Pienaar does well to win the ball back and looks to break. But gives the ball away immediately.
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A chorus of boos rings out for Flamini again as Spurs hang on, with the red and black onslaught pretty incessant at the moment.
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The replay shows that Pato was definitely onside, he would have been in the clear again there. Lucky break for Spurs.
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Flamini and Seedorf doing a great job of holding onto the ball, but Pato is called offside as Robinho looks for the through-ball.
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Stats: Milan have enjoyed 53% of possession so far.
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Good save from Gomes after Pato made some space to hit a sharp left-foot effort.
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Excellent effort, it was swinging towards the top corner, but didn't dip enough and Abbiati looked to have it pretty well covered.
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Seedorf fouls Modric about 30 yards out, centre of goal. Van der Vaart with the free-kick.
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Ibrahimovic back doing some dirty work in defence - he heads it to safety.
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Spurs corner now after Modric is blocked by Abate.
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Alessandro Nesta battles with Peter Crouch for possession
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Blazed over from Ibrahimovic, significantly less impressive than his last effort.
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Free-kick for Milan about 35 yards out.
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I really don't know what Gomes was thinking, Pato was on the left of the area, not really in a dangerous position.
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Robinho's shot deflected off Sandro and Gallas cleared it off the line, with Milan players claiming a goal.
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He came out of goal and Pato took it around him before pulling it back to Robinho.
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Gomes has a nightmare....
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But the move breaks down, much to Allegri's annoyance. The Milan coach does not look a happy bunny in the dugout.
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Lovely interchange between Abate and Pato down the right flank gives the former the chance to advance down the wing at pace.
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Robinho turns and shoots from 20 yards. But it's very high and very wide from the Brazilian.
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Robinho in towards Pato, whose shot from just inside the area if blocked by Dawson.
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Crouch heads it clear from underneath a surprised-looking Gomes, but Spurs survive.
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Boateng brought down by Lennon and Milan can get the ball into the danger zone.
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But Milan have it clear.
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Dawson gesticulating, asking for the ball.
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Both teams being given plenty of space in midfield. Van der Vaart strikes one from the edge of the box and Nesta does well to deflect it out for a corner.
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Van der Vaart brought down by Robinho in midfield.
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Pienaar crosses it towards Crouch and the towering striker wins the header, but can't direct it goalwards.
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Now Lennon can take on Jankulovski. Corluka looks for a one-two with Modric but the Croatian puts too much on it.
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Milan have certainly had the upper hand for the last ten minutes after a fast-paced start from Spurs.
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Robinho floats it in towards Boateng, who is penalised for climbing.
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About 35 yards out, Ibrahimovic strikes it ferociously but Gomes gets a solid pair of hands on it. Corner.
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Sandro fould Boateng after a terrible kick from Gomes, caused by a terrible back pass from Dawson.
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Milan of course having to do without Ambrosini, Gattuso and Pirlo - Flamini has unsurprisingly not enjoyed a welcome reception thus far.
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It's a dangerous position and Pato looks to whip the ball into the near post, but it's hoofed clear.
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Jankulovski and Boateng exchange passes deep in the Spurs half and Robinho wins a free-kick on the right-edge of the Spurs box, under a challenge from Assou Ekotto.
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A Spurs free-kick in midfield is wasted, straight out of play without getting anywhere near a player in white.
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Robinho with some trickery on the edge of the box and he passes it to Seedorf, who plays in Jankulovski. A poor first touch though sees the ball fly harmlessly out for a goal-kick.
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Stats: Steve Perryman scored twice for Spurs in a 2-1 victory over Milan in the 1972 UEFA Cup semi-final, the only previous meeting between the sides at White Hart Lane.
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Crouch penalised for a foul on Thiago Silva, moments earlier he won a knockdown to Van der Vaart but Jankulovski cleared his lines.
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Milan now attemtping to retain some possession, but Ibrahimovic is once again offside.
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Milan playing it around riskily on the edge of their own box, Spurs playing a high pressing game and putting the Rossoneri under pressure at every opportunity.
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Pato in space down the left and he whips a cross in but no-one is there.
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Great opening at White Hart Lane, no more than we expected though - end-to-end stuff.
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He crosses towards Crouch who climbs above Abate to head it down towards Van der Vaart, but Abbiati is bravely out to block his attempts to turn the ball goalwards.
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Modric opens up some space and switches it to Lennon.
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The ball comes out to Seedorf but his dinked ball into the box is dinked straight out for a goal-kick.
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Ibrahimovic with an excellent run in round the back to pick up Seedorf's pass, but Dawson does well to divert it out for a corner.
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Decent effort from Van der Vaart, good positive run from Pienaar through midfielder and he knocked it to VDV on the edge of the box, who poked a left-foot shot wide.
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The ball floated in towards Zlatan early on, but he's offside.
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Milan get us under way...
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The players walking out onto the pitch now, and just spotted a smirking Spurs fan with a banner saying: "Are you watching Arsene Wenger". I'm guessing probably not. Arsenal fans the world over praying for a Milan win tonight for sure.
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Gareth Bale, the scourge of Milan's city rivals Inter earlier this season, is on the bench and will be a pretty useful weapon for Redknapp to introduce. England boss Fabio Capello even went as far as calling Bale the world's best player today. Think that might be a bit over the top though.
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The first-leg result means we are likely to be in for a better game than if Milan had won and were just aiming to close out the tie. Allegri's side must chase the game, but can they deal with Spurs' devastating counter-attack football?
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AC Milan have plenty in attack to caus Spurs problems though. The Rossoneri's front line of Pato, Robinho and Ibrahimovic is a rather fearsome one and you fancy that Dawson and Gallas may be troubled.

juventus 0- milan 1

juventus 0- milan 1
Juventus: Buffon, Chiellini, Barzagli, Sorensen, Traore (Bonucci 84'), Felipe Melo, Marchisio, Martinez, Krasic, Matri (Del Piero 81'), Toni (Iaquinta 63')

Milan: Abbiati, Thiago Silva, Nesta, Jankulovski, Abate, Van Bommel, Boateng (Robinho 46'), Flamini, Gattuso, Cassano (Seedorf 71'), Ibrahimovic


After Pato’s late withdrawal due to the fever, Milan were forced to make changes. In Allegri’s 4-3-1-2 Abbiati started in goal behind Abate, Nesta Thiago Silva and Jankulovski Whilst the same midfield as the Napoli game was played (Flamini, Van Bommel, Gattuso). In attack, Robinho was on the bench perhaps with the Spurs game in mind, whilst Boateng’s impressive display earned him a starting spot behind Ibrahimovic and Cassano who was in for the ill Pato.

It seemes like all of Milan’s games start off at some pace nowadays, and this was no difference. Within minutes Milan could have led after an excellent ball in found Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but his shot was blocked well and the ball went high over the bar. Despite the exciting start though, there wasn’t much action in the opening 10 minutes, but both sides looked fairly dangerous on the counter – particularly Krasic’s driving running style for Juve (which also made it tricky to challenge him).

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After Juve had the better of the first 10 minutes or so (despite Milan being closest to scoring) the game was open, and Milan began to dominate, with some well worked combinations from Ibrahimovic and Cassano, as well as an excellent idea from a corner, where the ball was played out and then back in for Cassano running in to the side of the box – but the play was read well by Juve, and they were able to clear. Despite the game being open, there were no clear cut scoring chances early on.

Milan were imposing themselves more and more on the game, and just after 20 minutes, Milan very nearly took the lead! After a superb ball from Kevin-Prince Boateng, the ball fell to the feet of Antonio Cassano. The Italin did well to drag the ball right before cutting it back inside – but as he went to curl his shot in to the back of the net, he leaned back slightly and the ball sat up awkwardly – it ended up over the bar. Juve were getting a lot of dangerous free kicks around the Milan area, but failed to take advantage.

With not far off half an hour gone, Milan were noticably the better side, and were looking to get forward. Gennaro Gattuso played a superb ball downfield for Antonio Cassano, and Cassano did well to bring it down, and play it in to the box. His ball was looking for Ibrahimovic, and the Swede went to volley it goalwards first time – however, Ibrahimovic misread the flight of the ball, and the ball ended up bouncing past him to the touchline away from danger.

The Rossoneri were on top with 5 minutes to go before half time, and were getting quite a bit of joy from playing long balls inbetween the center back and full back, but still Milan were unable to capitalise. Both teams looked dangerous – particularly on the counter, though Milan were marginally the better side in the first half.

Milan had an oppertunity late on as Ibrahimovic showed great pace to beat Chiellini to the ball, after a slight mix up between him and Cassano, Fantantonio found himself fouled from behind, but nothing was given. Juve broke and Van Bommel was booked for a late tackle but nothing came of the free kick. After a fast and frantic opening part to the half, the game settled down to a much slower pace. Krasic had impressed for Juve, and Milan had just looked dangerous in general, though Cassano came the closest to giving Milan the lead, the score was 0-0 at half time.

At half time, Robinho was brought on for Kevin-Prince Boateng, in the hope of establishing a link between midfield and attack.

Milan started the second half in a similar vein to how they started the first. In the early exchnages though, the best effort came from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. After a Milan counter, the Rossoneri had a free kick from around 25 yards out, and he blasted it goalwards with a dipping swerving shot. The effort had Gianluigi Buffon scrambling across goal, but the Italian just about managed to parry it wide and away from danger. Milan were now clearly the better team. Ibrahimovic did go down in Juve’s box a minute later wanting a penalty, it wasn’t clear either way but the referee waved play on regardless.

With almost 70 minutes on the clock, Milan took the lead! After a ball in to the box, Zlatan Ibrahimovic managed to knock the ball back towards the edge of the box. Gennaro Gattuso took one touch forward on the bounce after picking it up on the edge of the are, and then struck the ball hard and low back across goal with his weaker foot, leaving Buffon helpless as it head towards the bottom corner to give Milan the lead! A great finish for one not known for his finishing ability! After this Clarence Seedorf came on to replace Antonio Cassano.

In the next 10 minutes, there were no clear cut chances. Ibrahimovic was put through once, but he was found to be offside – which was unfortunate since he had managed to play an excellent ball for Seedorf to tap in, but the whistle had already gone.

Milan came close to doubling their lead shortly after. After some excellent play on the right flank from Clarence Seedorf, the dutchman chipped the ball in to the box. Ibrahimovic positioned himself well and played an intelligent knockdown for Flamini, but he couldn’t take it first time and Robinho’s late run in to the box prevented him from getting a shot away. The ball did end up at Robinho’s feet, and he shifted it before taking a shot but it was blocked, and nothing came from the corner.

As the game approached the end, the game settled down. It seems Milan were happy enough with the 1-0 win, and were content on remaining comfortable, whereas Juve were struggling to create much. Juventus made a very late claim for a penalty late on, right on the edge of the area, but it wasn’t as much of a penalty as Ibra’s earlier claim, and so correctly a penalty was not given..

The full time whistle sinalled a deserved and well earned victory for Milan. The Rossoneri have ticked off another one of their remaining games against big teams, and are now 1 step closer to the Scudetto after a huge 3 points against Juve – Massimiliano Allegri can now turn his attentions to the midweek clash with Spurs at White Hart Lane…

Best Moment: Gattuso’s quality finish

Man of the Match: Gennaro Gattuso, mainly for the winner but he looked solid throughout.