Tie between AC Milan and Barcelona

The AC Milan and FC Barceloan played yesterday one of the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The Italian champions and the Spanish league staged an entertaining match that missed the goal.

A goalless draw may not sound like much, especially if it occurs between two big teams like Milan and Barcelona. The truth is that all known Allegri stand well in the field to stop the advance team of Guardiola. Abbiati had an outstanding performance (as Valdés) saving some clear scoring situations: Xavi, Messi and Taylor met with the Italian goalkeeper and Ibrahimovic to the Spanish. Meanwhile, the Rossoneri defense managed to contain most of the game in the Catalan side's attack. In the second half, the locals were able to put more pressure, but were not strong enough to take advantage on the scoreboard.

Special mention two incidents unrelated to the performance of the players on the field: state of the pitch and the referee. The terrain of the San Siro was not in good conditions, which hampered the Barca game and the judge of the meeting, the Swede Jonas Eriksson, was not up to the party and made important decisions as two clear penalties committed on Alexis Sanchez and Puyol .

The day leg of quarterfinals of the Champions League completed the match between Olympique Marseille and Bayern Munich in the German team won by 2 to 0.