Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Champions League: Peter Crouch to Tottenham in Milan to victory

The AC Milan in the Champions League again threatened an early out. The 17-time Italian soccer champion lost the first knockout round first leg without the players not eligible former Bayern captain Mark van Bommel vs Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 (0-0) awaits the return leg on 9 March at the White Hart Lane in London with his back wall.

Already in his last two appearances in the premier class was for the three-time Champions League winner in the second round last stop. The winning goal for Peter Crouch scored the score in the 80th Minute. Both teams offered before the break, a disappointing performance. Above all, the hosts were no resources against the well-organized defense of the English.

The leaders of the Serie A has already done in the 18th Minute the goalkeeper switch after Christian Abbiati in the air with Peter Crouch was bumped and could not continue playing. came for Abbiati Marco Amelia, who was third in 2006 as Keeper for the Azzurri World Cup squad. The substitute keeper just before half proved his class when he the ball after a good shot by the former HSV-Profi Rafael van der Vaart, the 62nd in the Minute was replaced responsive deflected over the bar.

After the break the game came in front of 75,000 spectators in a better swing, mainly because Tottenham tried his luck on the offensive and 59 by van der Vaart in the minutes had the first good chance in the second round. 60 seconds later Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes prevented after a header from Mario Yepes a guide for the Rossoneri, which scorched the German Under-19 international Alexander Merkel, the entire season on the bench.

Gomes prevented from 1-0 with some parades still a residue of his team. Gennaro Gattuso Milan captain saw a quarter of an hour left in the game yet his third yellow card in the competition and is therefore locked in the return game.

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