barca 2 - milan 2

BARBARA Berlusconi :
"Sungguh malam yang sangat emosional dan begitu mendebarkan, tapi itulah sepakbola. Malam ini sungguh tak terlupakan,Kami menghadapi tim terbaik dunia dan mampu menjaga kepala tetap tinggi. Milan terbukti tampil solid, kompak, dan mencetak dua gol bagus. Sekarang saya bergabung dengan dewan direksi dan belajar dari mereka yang telah membuat sejarah dalam sepakbola Italia."

Barca yang lebih diunggulkan sempat dikejutkan dengan gol cepat Milan yang diciptakan Pato saat pertandingan baru berjalan satu menit. Penyerang asal Brasil itu mencetak gol dari luar kotak penalti setelah mendapat operan dari Antonio Nocerino.

Gol itu seperti membuat para pemain Barca tersengat. Mereka mulai mendominasi permainan dan menciptakan beberapa peluang terutama melalui Pedro, Lionel Messi dan David Villa. Tuan rumah baru mampu menyamakan skor di menit ke-36.

Pedro membuat gol dari jarak dekat setelah mendapatkan umpan matang dari Messi. Di babak kedua, Barca semakin aktif menyerang. Mereka mampu unggul lewat gol David Villa melalui tendangan bebas di menit ke-50.

Barca sepertinya akan memenangkan pertandingan dengan mudah dan kembali mempunyai beberapa peluang emas, salah satunya melalui Messi yang tinggal berhadapan dengan Abbiati namun berhasil digagalkan tekel Alessandro Nesta.

Menjelang pertandingan berakhir, Milan mendapatkan tendangan sudut kedua mereka. Tim besutan Max Allegri ini ternyata mampu menyamakan skor setelah umpan Clarence Seedorf disundul Thiago Silva dan menjebol gawang Barca.

Skor 2-2 tetap bertahan sampai gim berakhir karena Barca sudah tidak punya waktu lagi untuk menambah gol.


ENGLISH
AC Milan shocked Champions League holders Barcelona with a Thiago Silva header in the final seconds to walk away with a surprising 2-2 draw at Camp Nou in the sides’ opening game in Group H on Tuesday.

Alexandre Pato opened the game with a goal just 24 seconds after kick off, which marked the fifth-fasted goal in Champions League history. Pedro and David Villa were the host's heroes as they netted a goal either side of the halftime break.

In the third minute of stoppage time, Silva popped up inside the box to meet Clarene Seedorf's corner with a powerful header which flew into the net to snatch a late point.
The match began in absolutely extraordinary fashion when, against all expectations, AC Milan surged into a 1-0 lead in the opening minute.

Pato picked the ball up virtually from kick off, knocked the it through the center of the Barcelona defense and accelerated directly towards goal, leaving Sergio Busquets trailing in his wake before slotting a cool finish under the advancing Christian Abbiati.

The early goal was exactly what the doctor ordered in terms of Massimiliano Allegri’s tactical plan, as it allowed his team to sit deep, defend in numbers and attempt to utilize Pato’s pace on the counter attack.

For a 20-minute spell following the goal, the visitors defended doggedly while testing the Barcelona rearguard, particularly the nervy Sergio Busquets, with a handful of lightning counter attacks.

Milan would remain lucky as Lionel Messi forced at least four decent saves from Abbiati before striking the outside of post with a free kick from 25 yards.

However, as the half wore on, the game was almost exclusively played in the Milan half of the field, and, despite the club's organized and disciplined defending, one moment of magic from Messi in the 35th minute proved its undoing.

The Argentine flicked the ball between Alessandro Nesta and Ignazio Abate and darted through the gap between the fullback and his central defender. He then proceeded to shrug of Abate’s weak challenge and prodded the ball across the face of goal to gift Pedro the easiest of tap-ins.

Milan’s stubborn resistance was breached for a second time five minutes after the restart, and this time there was little anyone in the Rossoneri ranks could do to prevent it as Villa curled a sublime free kick into Abbiati’s top right-hand corner from 25-yards out.

The rest of the second period played out in a predictable fashion, with Barcelona in complete control of possession, but while, less predictably, lacking penetration in the final third as Milan defended doggedly.

That was, however, until against all predictions, Silva powered home a bullet header in the third minute of stoppage time to grab a share of the spoils.

Matchday two sees the Catalan club travel to Belarus to meet Bate Borisov, while Milan hosts Viktoria Plzen at Giueseppe Meazza, with the fixtures to be played on Sept. 28.

Jadwal Liga champion AC Milan

DRAWING LIGA CHAMPION

GROUP H
Barcelona
AC Milan
BATE
Viktoria Plzen

13 September
Barcelona-Milan
Viktoria Plzen-BATE Borisov

28 September
BATE Borisov-Barcelona
Milan-Viktoria Plzen

19 Oktober
Milan-BATE Borisov
Barcelona-Viktoria Plzen

1 November
BATE Borisov-Milan
Viktoria Plzen-Barcelona

23 November
Milan-Barcelona
BATE Borisov-Viktoria Plzen

6 Desember
Barcelona-BATE Borisov
Viktoria Plzen-Milan

Gamper Trophy : Ac Milan 1 Barcelona 1 ( pen. 2-4)

Milan played out an exciting Gamper Trophy game against Barcelona in what was their last test before facing Lecce on Sunday on the opening day of the season.

It was a special evening for Ronaldinho, who was greeted by a standing ovation before kick-off. Allegri played the Brazilian upfront with Borriello and Huntelaar while Boateng was given his debut in midfield alongside Pirlo and Ambrosini. Alessandro Nesta returned in defence after his hand surgery.

Guardiola fielded a trident with Iniesta, Villa and Ibrahimovic.

The home side started well and Ibrahimovic had a goal disallowed for offside while just before the half-hour mark Iniesta saw a shot well saved by Amelia and at the other end Ambrosini volleyed wide.

Allegri made a raft of changes at half-time but it was Barca who took the lead two minutes after the restart, when David Silva toe-poked the ball beyond Amelia after reaching Adriano’s cross from the left.

Andres Iniesta and Bojan’s header then went close but the Rossoneri got their just reward as Pippo Inzaghi hit a stunning left-footed volley into the top corner on 67 minutes.

Leo Messi tested substitute goalkeeper Flavio Roma with a header and a curling free-kick but Milan were the equal of any further pressure and game finished 1-1 which lead to penalties to decide the outcome.

The first from the spot was Leo Messi who put Roma the wrong way. However, Clarence Seedorf saw his shot saved. Same fate for Busquets, well blocked by the excellent Roma. The second penalty taker for Milan, Pirlo, missed. Bojan scored, despite the Milan goalkeeper guessing right. Yepes got the Rossoneri off the mark. Barca's Thiag scored but Jankulovski: missed and Barcelona won 4-2.

MILAN - Barcellona-Milan 4-2, penalties. Statistics:
Barcellona: Pinto, Adriano, Milito (18'sh Fontas), Puyol (18'sh Pique), Abidal (1'sh Dani Alves); Maxwell (1'sh Thiago), Jeffren (18'sh Pedro), Jonathan (18'sh Busquets); Iniesta (18'sh Keita), Ibrahimovic (1'sh Bojan), Villa (18'sh Messi).
Coach: Guardiola.
Milan: Amelia (15'sh Roma); Bonera (1'sh Abate), Nesta (1'sh Papastathopoulos), Thiago Silva (15'sh Yepes), Antonini (1'sh Jankulovski); Ambrosini (1'sh Seedorf), Pirlo, Boateng (37'sh Strasser); Huntelaar (10'sh Oduamadi), Borriello (10'sh Inzaghi), Ronaldinho (31'sh Merkel).
Coach: Allegri.
Goalscorers: 47' Villa (B), 67' Inzaghi (M)
Referee: Borbalan (Spa)
Penalties:
Messi goal; Busquets saved; Bojan goal; Thiago goal;
Seedorf saved; Pirlo saved; Yepes goal; Jankulovski saved.