FOOTBALL: MILAN 3-1 LYON

I woke up half of 1st half. Nice flow, Milan seemed more dangerous in the first half. Lyon did not disappoint too. Both goals scored in the first half were from headers.

Lyon players were really good with possession. They try the best to keep the ball as long as possible. It helps to pressure the opposition. Their 1-2 passings are good. They cut through Milan attacks with great pace. Dida was not very stable in goal as Lyon gave Milan alot of set pieces attacking. Wiltord especially tried hard to win alot of balls for Lyon, playing at a more defensive position.

Milan attacked more effectively from the left with Serginho and Kaka doing all the runs. Still, Lyon were doing alot of good passes and held on. Seedorf had a good chance and wasted it with a good position and opening in front of goal. I can see that Lyon were playing very neat and clean football. Very disciplined indeed.

As it approached the 60th minutes and beyond, Milan started to get more possession and attacked more. Then, Lyon gave a few scares. Govou almost scored when he managed to squeeze in with just Dida in front of goal but unselfishly wanting to pass to Wiltord but was cut out. I thought he should have tried his luck eventhough he was not in a very good position and at a very tight angle to score. Juninho also did alot of damage with great ball dribblings in attack. Wiltord also helped to head the ball out of the goal line which almost destined to be a goal. He was really hardworking whole night long.

Coupet also impressed me whole night with all the jumps and great saves. He was the better man in front of the goal tonight. Kaka was extremely quiet for his standards. I guess I can summed up that Serginho was the most dangerous player for Milan in the second half. The tempo slowed down by the 80th minute as both sides looked tired.

Suddenly, a good cross came in and dropped in front of Shevchenko with good opening. He tried and shot the ball over Coupet but hit the post. It came back and Inzaghi managed to put it in. It looked like Kaka who scored it instead. It was abit too late for Lyon. A very dear defensive mistake in the 88th minute. Then, another good chance for Shevchenko taking advantage from a disastrous defensive error for a ridiculous back pass from a defender to score with a 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper.

I guess luck was on Milan's side in the end. To me, Lyon deserved to go through for all the hardwork and the football they played. The scoreline is not fair to Lyon at all. Oh well, football is like that sometimes.