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This season in the Spanish "Primera" championships, the "Barcelona" team, who have no equals, will have to sweat hard to reach the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.
Late on Wednesday evening in the first match of the prestigious Old Continent football tournament's round of 16 played at the "San Siro" stadium, "Milan" gave their fans a victory that they probably didn't even dream about before the game.
Massimiliano Allegri's team not only completely shut down the Catalan attack but also managed to create dangerous attacks themselves, two of which ended in precise strikes into the visitors' goal.
Although there were no doubts about "Milan's" superiority over "Barcelona", the Spanish team's fans can argue that the Italians did not deserve at least one goal.
It was precisely the first time when Victor Valdes was forced to pull the ball out of his own net after Kevin-Prince Boateng's shot that the referee didn't notice that Cristian Zapata's pass to the keeper was made with his hand.
Without finding any gaps in the opponents' defense and clumsily pushing the ball in the center of the field, the "blaugrana" were once again punished during a fast counterattack in the 81st minute - Sulley Ali Muntari scored from close range.
Keeping their goal "dry," the fashion capital's team will travel to "Camp Nou" on March 12 knowing that their only goal in Barcelona could be worth its weight in gold - the hosts will have to think about how to "break" the iron "Milan" defense even four times.
Meanwhile, in the other matches in Istanbul between local "Galatasaray" and Gelsenkirchen's "Schalke," the referee's final whistle marked a level 1-1.
It is worth noting that Burak Yilmaz once again reminded everyone of himself, with 7 goals being the most in the tournament category, overtaking Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Milan" 2 - 0 "Barcelona" 57' [1 - 0] K. Boateng 81' [2 - 0] S.A. Muntari
Stambulo "Galatasaray" 1 - 1 Gelzenkircheno "Schalke" 12' [1 - 0] B. Yilmaz 45' [1 - 1] J. Jones
